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

Allwork

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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When the chairs took over the world and what it all meant

Workplace Insight

Of all the things we buy, with the exception of our clothes, furniture is the most intimate, the one item we spend most time in contact with. The past few years have seen a surge of interest in the role furniture and the rest of our working environment has in making us feel better, physically, intellectually and emotionally.

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Jillian Michael’s Self-Care Guide to Aging Gracefully

Success

My fascination with aging led me to find what I call the six keys to ageless strength, health and beauty, which make up my 2018 book The 6 Keys. Self-care means keeping yourself in fantastic health, inside and out, for a hell of a long time. After all, would you want to live in a dilapidated home? Of course not.

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Podcast 133: How to create good habits

Clutter Coach

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. True story: my mom quit smoking when she was 84 years old.

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Top 5 Office Waste Reduction Tips

Eco-Office Gals

You want to be sure to stay on top of office waste because it’s a form of clutter than can slow down productivity and if you’re not careful, it can be what leads to a less than clean look or smell in your work space too. But don’t stop at the break room. Make your own cleaning products. Every office needs cleaning supplies.

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We are not blank slates and we don’t adapt to change in predictable ways

Workplace Insight

Arguably, it is also behind many of the most misleading notions about work and workplace design, perhaps most importantly that a change to some single element or characteristic of a working environment will lead to a specific outcome in the behaviour of people. We are hardware as well as software, in other words.

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16 planet-friendly gift ideas, recommended by TED speakers

Ideas.Ted

You could give it in either digital or paper form — and bonus points if you can find an old map at an auction site or local map store and get it framed. Maps can help people rediscover the amazing diversity of their natural and built environment, support local business and help keep everyone’s footprint local.

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