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Living Buildings Are On The Way — The Future Office Will Breathe, Digest And Grow

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Designers are using AI to reveal what the future of the built environment could look like. Although the concept might seem new, biophilia — the human race’s innate desire to connect with the natural world — has been inspiring the design of manufactured environments for thousands of years. Of course, there have always been exceptions.

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Sustainability, Well-being, and the Building Blocks of a Biophilic Workplace

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Incorporating biophilic design principles into workplace environments can have far-reaching benefits, both for individuals and for the planet. Providing a range of spatial, thermal, formal, and acoustical environments that prioritize health and well-being can make a workplace more attractive, making it commute-worthy.

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Rachel Ceruti Is Curbing Environmental Waste By Upcycling Clothes

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Growing up, Rachel Ceruti had an appreciation for the environment, but she didn’t consider herself an environmentalist nor had she started upcycling clothes. While she was there, she learned about how secondhand clothing is shipped to Africa and then ends up in landfills. “We What is upcycled clothing?

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The Potential of Hybrid Work in Protecting Knowledge Workers from AI Displacement

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The face-to-face aspect of the hybrid work model nurtures an environment conducive to brainstorming, problem-solving, and the generation of revolutionary ideas. These are inherently human capabilities that AI cannot mimic, making knowledge workers vital in the creative and innovative processes. The potential is limitless.

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Local Women’s Shelters Wouldn’t Respond, So These Two Friends Decided to Build Their Own

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Even though this finally gave them a stable home, different forms of abuse persisted. Sheri’s years of experience as an officer could help her create an environment of safety and protection for women like Janice. As children, Shante and her sister were placed in the California foster care system because of their mother’s drug abuse.

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Podcast 112: Daily habits

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It’s a big deal to form a new habit. This is a great way to form a habit that you may be resisting because it seems too daunting. I’ve talked before about setting up your environment to support your new habit. Anything that crowbars you out of your rut takes energy to get started, to overcome that inertia.

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Podcast 133: How to create good habits

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The author says what I already knew and have podcasted about before; that willpower has little to do with forming good habits, or being successful, or even having self control. The best way to form a good habit is to set up your environment to make success easy. Setting up a reward works with the brain the way it’s wired.

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