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A workspace filled with green plants boosts productivity and morale
Calmness. Focus. A strong immune system. These are all benefits that come with being in nature, something usually not found in the office workspace. To spruce up an office that might otherwise be dull and sterile, a firm in Lisbon has added 1,000 plants of varying sizes to create a space that not Read More...
This app helps retailers sell food near expiration date to fight food waste
In Finland, a new app called Froodly is helping companies sell a much wider range of their produce while also preventing food waste. Retailers photograph food that is near the expiration date and post it online along with a discount typically ranging from 30 to 70 percent off the regular price. Read More...
For the first time since 2007, every EU economy is growing at the same time
Economically speaking, the European Union is performing better than it has in a long while. For the first time since 2007, all 28 of the union’s member economies are growing at the same time, on an annual basis. Unemployment is also at its lowest point across the region since 2009, and the GDP Read More...
Four tips to help you finish your workweek by Thursday
What if you could work so efficiently that you could kick off your weekend on Thursday evening? It may seem impossible, but there are people around the world who are able to finish their work for the week by Thursday to enjoy a three-day weekend. To help you polish off the bulk of your work before Read More...
How has technology changed the way we trust?
Rachel Botsman has spent over a decade thinking about the "sharing economy." As an author and a visiting academic at the University of Oxford, Saïd Business School, who researches how technology is transforming trust, she’s an authority on the subject. She's also one of Fast Company's Read More...
In Seoul, a sharing economy takes hold that leaves Uber and Airbnb in the cold
Seoul mayor Park Won-soon wants to make the South Korean capital a global role model for the sharing economy, but he’s defending the city fiercely against the very startups that have shaped the concept. Ever since the second-term liberal mayor entered office in 2011, the 60-year-old Park—whose Read More...
Lower back ache? Be active and wait it out, new guidelines say
The group did not address surgery. Its focus was on noninvasive treatment. The new guidelines said that doctors should avoid prescribing opioid painkillers for relief of back pain and suggested that before patients try anti-inflammatories or muscle relaxants, they should try alternative therapies Read More...
Will Massachusetts become first U.S. state to commit to 100 percent renewables?
Clean energy supporters in Massachusetts announced legislation Monday, backed by more than a quarter of the state legislature, committing Massachusetts to get 100 percent of its energy needs from clean and renewable sources by mid-century. The legislation, introduced in the House of Representatives Read More...
4 tips for dealing with negative thinking when the world seems doomed
Whether you’re wringing your hands over the unpredictability of Trump or Brexit, or distracted by anxiety towards your relationship, there’s nothing fun about being plagued by negative thoughts. A recent survey by Harris Poll for the American Psychological Association showed that the divisive Read More...
These bacteria clean water while generating electricity
At The Optimist Daily, we know that nature is the leading provider of solutions to human problems. Here’s one more. Across the planet, a lot of water is poisoned with heavy metals. The good news is that there are bacteria who love iron, lead, and mercury. And researchers have now modified these Read More...