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Category Archives: happiness
What do you want to be When You Grow Up?
WYGU is a new social careers guidance and mentoring platform that helps you to find your perfect career, or help others find theirs. Whatever your age, whatever your occupation, if you’re looking for advice or if you have advice to … Continue reading
Posted in careers, happiness
Tagged careers advice, guidance and mentoring platform, http://www.wygu.com/, www.csrplus.co.uk, WYGU
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Statistics to Laugh About
1. The average pre-schooler laughs or smiles 400 times a day. That the number drops to only 15 times a day by the time people reach age 35. 2. People smile only 35 percent as much as they think they … Continue reading
Posted in happiness, health
Tagged fun at work, good for the soul, happiness and laughing, health, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Think oblique: How our goals are best reached indirectly
In business, in mountaineering and even in the pursuit of happiness, the most direct route isn’t always best. Economist John Kay makes the case for obliquity http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/think-oblique-how-our-goals-are-best-reached-indirectly-1922948.html
Posted in future, happiness
Tagged happiness, reaching your goals, think oblique, www.csrplus.co.uk, www.independent.co.uk
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Trends in 2010
Forget the recession: the societal changes that will dominate 2010 were set in motion way before we temporarily stared into the abyss. Urban culture is the culture. Extreme urbanization, in 2010, 2011, 2012 and far beyond will lead to more … Continue reading
Posted in future, happiness, health, innovation
Tagged 24/7, environment, http://trendwatching.com/briefing/, tracking and alerting, trend watching, trends in 2010, urban culture, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Access the Hero within – Super Kid Agency
From the day we are borne there is a HERO inside us all waiting to be discovered. To access this HERO we need to cultivate creativity and enrich the human capacity, we need to re-think and educate the whole being … Continue reading
Posted in fun stuff, future, happiness, health, hero, www.csrplus.co.uk
Tagged awareness, behaviour change, future, super hero, super kid agency, twitter, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Last chance to change our behaviour
There is growing awareness of the damage we are doing to the planet and the natural resources on which we depend, says David Hillyard. Yet, he argues in this week’s BBC Green Room, we still carry on along the same … Continue reading
Posted in Deforestation, biodiversity, business, climate change, communications, conservation, consumerism, economics, education, environment, future, global warming, happiness, health, leadership, lifestyle, oceans, overfishing, quality of life, social responsibility, water shortage
Tagged attitude and habits, behavioural change, climate change, ecosystems and business, environmental destruction, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8242410.stm, human life, quality of life, species loss, www.csrplus.co.uk
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A poem by Naomi Shihab Nye, “Kindness”
Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth What you held in your hand, What you counted and carefully saved, all this must go … Continue reading
Posted in future, happiness, lifestyle
Tagged kindness, Naomi Shihab Nye, www.csrplus.co.uk
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To all of you out there trying to better yourself and others
Posted in happiness, lifestyle, motivational quotes, social responsibility
Tagged courage, motivation, self actualisation
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Why it’s worth the walk – a step in the right direction
Stepping out is good for your health. Here are a few good reasons to get you motivated – Walking can halve your risk of coronary heart disease. Walking one mile in 20 minutes burns the same number of calories as … Continue reading
Posted in exercise, happiness, health
Tagged health, stress management, The Green Marine, Walking, www.csrplus.co.uk
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St Patrick’s Day: enjoying the craic or drinking to excess?
There has been a lot of talk about using the price of alcohol to control consumption, bad timing some would say with St Patrick’s Day literally just around the corner. Everyone wants to be Irish on 17 March. But celebrating … Continue reading
Posted in happiness, health, lifestyle, www.csrplus.co.uk
Tagged alcohol, St Patrick's Day, www.csrplus.co.uk
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No Smoking Day: Wednesday 11 March 2009
No Smoking Day is the UK’s leading health campaign for smokers who want to stop. If you need help and want to stop smoking then this website has all the information and resources you need to kick the habit http://www.nosmokingday.org.uk/
Posted in happiness, health, quality of life
Tagged no smoking day, stop smoking, www.csrplus.co.uk, www.nosmokingday.org.uk/
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Thought for the week…
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” Gandhi
Posted in Ethical living, The Green Marine, future, happiness, health, leadership, www.csrplus.co.uk
Tagged Gandhi, The Green Marine, thought for the week, www.csrplus.co.uk
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Bring a bit more kindness into the world
It’s not unusual for a clothing brand to aim to be kind to the environment, such as by using sustainable materials, production methods and packaging, for example. A new line of clothing out of Northern Ireland, however, strives to inspire … Continue reading
New Year Resolution
OK you’ve gotten rid of the hangover, it’s time to look at the year ahead and think about the resolutions you’re ready to make. Is it finally time to stop smoking, trim your spending, clean out your closets, eat healthier … Continue reading
Posted in The Green Marine, future, happiness, www.csrplus.co.uk
Tagged 2009, The Green Marine, www.csrplus.co.uk
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7 ways to a greener and happier lifestyle
Walk the walk Get around with less machine power and more of your own steam power. If you Walk The Walk, or pedal the pedal, you’ll see the world around you and burn plenty of fat but no fossil fuel … Continue reading
Posted in future, green living, happiness
Tagged do the green thing, green lifestyle, happiness, quality of life, www.csrplus.co.uk, your choice
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rentAtoy this christmas…
Kids seem to have the attention span of fruit flies when it comes to toys. They fall in love with anything new, until the next new thing grabs their attention and affections. (When I was a lad we’d be happy … Continue reading
Posted in Ethical living, business, consumerism, future, happiness, innovation, lifestyle
Tagged christmas, ethical business, innovation, retail, toys
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Christmas Cracker
Thanks to Debby in Devon for today’s Tip, an alternative to expensive, and often wasteful, Christmas crackers. Take a square of paper or cloth and make a bundle tied up with ribbon. Add your own contents – including the essential … Continue reading
Secrets to happiness part 1
With our current concerns about the economy, as well as climate change topping the list of environmental problems, it’s natural to feel anxious about the future. But new research shows that well-being does not depend on spending money or consuming … Continue reading
Posted in Ethical living, consumerism, future, happiness, lifestyle, money
Tagged consumerism, happiness, life, money, volunteer
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