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Well-being

Environmental balance keeps everything in check - including our minds and moods.

Well-being November 5, 2020

Climate Psychology: Change Your Mind, Change The Planet

Sarah Thomas investigates how psychology and adapting our mindset can help us tackle climate change. She introduces well renowned phycological research and offers you some tips on your own mind-set. In 2006 world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck published her iconic book MINDSET. Her work found that people tended to fall sharply into two categories regarding their intelligence capabilities. They either considered…

Well-being May 18, 2020

Health and well-being become top priorities for UK public

A new UK poll has revealed that the public would prefer ministers to prioritise factors such as health and well-being over economic growth when measuring quality of life.

Well-being February 13, 2020

The environmental footprint of Valentine’s Day flowers?

Roses are red, not green. Love it or loathe it, this Friday is Valentine’s Day. Bouquets of flowers are one of the most common gifts, but what is the truth about the environmental footprint of flowers?