Does money make you mean?

Paul Piff from Berkley studies how social hierarchy, inequality and emotion shape relations between individuals and groups.  He concludes by suggesting how people can be nudged into positive interactions.

http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_piff_does_money_make_you_mean.html?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2013-12-20&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_content=talk_of_the_week_button

No Pictures, Please: Taking Photos May Impede Memory

In a new study, psychological scientist Linda Henkel of Fairfield University presents data showing that participants had worse memory for objects, and for specific object details, when they took photos of them.

“People so often whip out their cameras almost mindlessly to capture a moment, to the point that they are missing what is happening right in front of them,” says Henkel.

http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/no-pictures-please-taking-photos-may-impede-memory-of-museum-tour.html#.Ur2vKRrgJXs.email

Happy New Year

2014

UK in top five for environmental certification

The UK is in the top five countries globally for achieving environmental certificates under the standard ISO14001.

Figures published recently show that more than 267,000 organisations in 158 countries are now certified against the standard's requirements.

http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?src=nl&id=23726

20% of Earth's natural resource use goes to waste

One-fifth of the world's natural resources that are extracted for use end up as waste according to new research which examines the hidden environmental costs of raw materials use.
http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=23607&title=20%25+of+Earth's+natural+resource+use+goes+to+waste