BUSINESS & ENVIRONMENT
The hidden power of architecture
It is undeniable that our surroundings affect us energetically. They can cause us to feel cheerful or melancholy, free or constrained, connected or disconnected, clear or confused. Architecture: it creates the space that surrounds us. It is the cocoon that shelters us. And it inevitably helps to shape our lives. ...
7 keys to cultivating authentic leadership
It is both a privilege and a great responsibility to be a leader. The responsibility being to lead with wisdom, compassion, and courageous authenticity for the benefit of those we lead, and for all humanity. Our organisations, our government, our communities, our businesses all need a new kind of leadership: ...
Choosing renewable for a more sustainable future
As the years have gone by, everyone, including myself, has become more and more conscious about the environment. But the real question is whether there is more we can do besides recycling. The answer is yes – living a sustainable and renewable lifestyle and being responsible consumers. Being a responsible consumer ...
The rise of purposeful business
The ‘purpose economy’ is here. Right now, it is unevenly distributed and poorly understood, as the future often is. But in the coming year, the purpose economy will redefine how we conduct business and derive meaning in our lives. We are at a similar moment for the purpose economy as ...
Sustainability and the human death drive
Could our global crisis have something to do with our personal inability to balance and effectively manage our own creative and destructive impulses? Article and images by Andrey Tamarchenko. Sustainability means the ability to maintain at a certain level – a delicate balance between creation, maintenance, and destruction. Nature is forever ...
Herbal medicine banned by the TGA
Herbal medicine arbutin (a.k.a bearberry) has been officially banned by the Therapeutic Goods Administration. In May this year, the Therapeutic Goods Administration issued information governing the sale of herbal products containing the chemical substance arbutin. Certain to be affected is uva ursi, also known as bearberry. Arbutin is a known ...
Water and the next generation
Gemma tells how bringing experiential environmental education into schools is helping to create a healthier outlook for tomorrow. “Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But ...
Drastic plastic
What’s wrong with single use plastic and what you can do about it. Because plastic lasts for so long, every single piece of plastic ever made still exists, and will continue to do so for at least 500 years. Add to this that most Westerners throw away roughly 600 times their ...
One element that can make or break your business
Let me set the scene. It’s 11.59pm, the job is due out tomorrow for a customer who is super picky about the packaging, and he won’t… A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… well in Cairns anyway, I had three different casual jobs in different restaurants ...
Brush for change!
Introducing a new Aussie family business called Brush for Change – the eco-friendly toothbrush that gives back. What I mean when I say ‘gives back’ is, when you purchase an eco-friendly bamboo 4-pack of toothbrushes we give back. That is, we donate $2 to an environmental cause AND $2 ...
Do you ever feel like a fake?
For many of us the game of life can be difficult and as we take on those challenges our confidence can begin to wane. We feel that we’ll be found out and that someone will see right though our brave facade and know that we are a fake. The ...
An offer you’ll hardly believe – from LivingNow
A gift for more abundance, from us to you! Over the years we’ve found that people who take more space in their advertising and tell their stories – how they got into their careers, why they do what they do, what motivates them – are usually the ones who get ...
BUSINESS & ENVIRONMENT
The hidden power of architecture
It is undeniable that our surroundings affect us energetically. They can cause us to feel cheerful or melancholy, free or constrained, connected or disconnected, clear or confused. Architecture: it creates the space that surrounds us. It is the cocoon that shelters us. And it inevitably helps to shape our lives. ...
7 keys to cultivating authentic leadership
It is both a privilege and a great responsibility to be a leader. The responsibility being to lead with wisdom, compassion, and courageous authenticity for the benefit of those we lead, and for all humanity. Our organisations, our government, our communities, our businesses all need a new kind of leadership: ...
Choosing renewable for a more sustainable future
As the years have gone by, everyone, including myself, has become more and more conscious about the environment. But the real question is whether there is more we can do besides recycling. The answer is yes – living a sustainable and renewable lifestyle and being responsible consumers. Being a responsible consumer ...
The rise of purposeful business
The ‘purpose economy’ is here. Right now, it is unevenly distributed and poorly understood, as the future often is. But in the coming year, the purpose economy will redefine how we conduct business and derive meaning in our lives. We are at a similar moment for the purpose economy as ...
Sustainability and the human death drive
Could our global crisis have something to do with our personal inability to balance and effectively manage our own creative and destructive impulses? Article and images by Andrey Tamarchenko. Sustainability means the ability to maintain at a certain level – a delicate balance between creation, maintenance, and destruction. Nature is forever ...
Herbal medicine banned by the TGA
Herbal medicine arbutin (a.k.a bearberry) has been officially banned by the Therapeutic Goods Administration. In May this year, the Therapeutic Goods Administration issued information governing the sale of herbal products containing the chemical substance arbutin. Certain to be affected is uva ursi, also known as bearberry. Arbutin is a known ...
Water and the next generation
Gemma tells how bringing experiential environmental education into schools is helping to create a healthier outlook for tomorrow. “Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But ...
Drastic plastic
What’s wrong with single use plastic and what you can do about it. Because plastic lasts for so long, every single piece of plastic ever made still exists, and will continue to do so for at least 500 years. Add to this that most Westerners throw away roughly 600 times their ...
One element that can make or break your business
Let me set the scene. It’s 11.59pm, the job is due out tomorrow for a customer who is super picky about the packaging, and he won’t… A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… well in Cairns anyway, I had three different casual jobs in different restaurants ...
Brush for change!
Introducing a new Aussie family business called Brush for Change – the eco-friendly toothbrush that gives back. What I mean when I say ‘gives back’ is, when you purchase an eco-friendly bamboo 4-pack of toothbrushes we give back. That is, we donate $2 to an environmental cause AND $2 ...
Do you ever feel like a fake?
For many of us the game of life can be difficult and as we take on those challenges our confidence can begin to wane. We feel that we’ll be found out and that someone will see right though our brave facade and know that we are a fake. The ...
An offer you’ll hardly believe – from LivingNow
A gift for more abundance, from us to you! Over the years we’ve found that people who take more space in their advertising and tell their stories – how they got into their careers, why they do what they do, what motivates them – are usually the ones who get ...