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When Nature Calls, Boston Harbor Now CEO Kathy Abbott Answers

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These interactions helped Abbott to notice and attune to her environment. In her new school, Abbott enrolled in a class at Falmouth High School called “Cape Cod Environment” that focused on horticulture, forestry, landscaping and geomorphology. “It So I hadn’t really traveled much at all,” she explains. “I

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Top 10 Most Innovative Companies to Watch in 2024

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Most Innovative Travel Company 5. Photo cred: courtesy of Travel Environmental Most Innovative Company in Beauty 6. Travelers Haven by Blueground Who they are: This Denver-based on-demand housing-solution provider helps other companies’ nomadic workforces find housing. Most Innovative Company in Hospitality 8.

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7 Money Mistakes You’re Making in Your 20s

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To get around this, buy items you can use more than a handful of times—it’s more economical and friendlier to the environment. Some offer reward programs like cash back, grocery points or travel discounts that can be very worthwhile. This article was published in December 2016 and has been updated.

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A 4-Question Guide to Unlock Your Creativity

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People who are high in openness might enjoy traveling to new places, eating foods they’ve never eaten before and discussing ideas they’re unfamiliar with,” says Marie Forgeard, Ph.D., They are sensitive to the environment they’re in as well as their internal, emotional environment. They don’t disregard things as irrelevant.

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Business Spotlight: How Cox Enterprises Successfully Promotes Sustainable Employee Behavior

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Within the platform, there are more than 700 environmental actions employees can undertake, from holding a virtual meeting instead of traveling to purchasing a vehicle with improved fuel economy. Their hard work highlights that doing the right thing for the environment and the community is at the very core of who we are.

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The Expanding High Skill Gig Economy

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Key quote: "Three-quarters of law firms with more than 250 lawyers use contract attorneys, says a 2016 report from legal consultancy Altman Weil." Younger doctors may want to earn extra income or experience different clinical environments, while older doctors may use it as a means of maintaining a part-time schedule."

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Expectations of Today’s Assistant

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We are into the 4th month of 2016. Bottom line is that executives rely on their assistants from everything to scheduling their meetings and phone calls to travel planning, preparing presentations, keeping them on schedule, organizing their day, listening to their ideas, maintaining confidentiality and so much more. Welcome to April!