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Riding an electric scooter in Vienna

There are many electric scooters available in Vienna. Because there are so many walkways the scooters are a fun way to see the city sights.

25 November 2019 by IdeaSpies

Wellbeing

A New Study Suggests A Lack of Sleep Makes Your Brain Eat Itself

It makes intuitive sense that our wellbeing improves when we have the right amount of sleep. This interesting new study suggests a more concerning picture. It suggests chronic sleep-deprivation causes overactivity in the brain’s self-cleaning mechanism, leading to destruction of healthy brain cells. Another reason to ensure you get enough sleep! https://bigthink.com/lack-of-sleep-makes-your-brain-eat-itself?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1574190704

21 November 2019 by Gill mclaren

Wellbeing

A wellbeing leader at your school

Every school needs a Daisy Turnbull Brown. That's the view of the Productivity Commission, which has recommended every school appoint a designated wellbeing leader. Ms Turnbull Brown is the director of wellbeing at St Catherine's, an Anglican girls' school in Waverley, Sydney. She welcomes the focus on wellbeing and "positive psychology" - sometimes described as the science of human flourishing. https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/students-might-roll-their-eyes-but-this-is-why-your-school-needs-a-wellbeing-leader-20191115-p53aw2.html

18 November 2019 by lynnwood

Wellbeing

An opportunity to experience what it's like to feel trapped

A Felt Experience and Empathy Lab at the UNSW Galleries offers an opportunity to experience constraint, entrapment and depression through the traditional indigenous story of The Man in the Log via virtual reality. It's an innovative, Aboriginal-led project that helps understanding of mental health issues. It also warns that you should not go into a hollow log in case you get stuck! www.npywc.org.au/news/uti-kulintjaku-and-smiling-mind-guided-meditations-launched

16 November 2019 by lynnwood

Wellbeing

A festival of dangerous ideas

The Festival of Dangerous Ideas is Australia's original big thinking festival, bringing leading thinkers and culture creators from around the world to explore life's most problematic and divisive issues.https://festivalofdangerousideas.com

15 November 2019 by IdeaSpies

Wellbeing

Animal- free testing of cosmetics now possible

A piece of skin about the size of a thumbnail can be printed in less than a minute, according to scientists in Singapore - a game-changing step for the future of non-animal testing for cosmetics and other products. www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/singapore-scientists-produce-vitro-human-skin-191113144758952.html

14 November 2019 by lynnwood

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Riding an electric scooter in Vienna

A New Study Suggests A Lack of Sleep Makes Your Brain Eat Itself

A wellbeing leader at your school

An opportunity to experience what it's like to feel trapped

A festival of dangerous ideas

Animal- free testing of cosmetics now possible