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Artist Finds Beauty In The Garbage Choked Ocean.
The sometimes eerie images featured in Mandy Barker’s photo series, called Soup, draw attention to the issue of ocean pollution.
This isn’t the first time that Fast Company has addressed this topic.
The Problem:
Whoops! There Is Way More Plastic In The Ocean Than We Thought
This Is What It’s Like To Sail In The Pacific Trash Vortex
Innovate Ways That People Are Trying to Fix the Problem:
Paradise Recycled: Architects Dream of Turning Great Pacific Garbage Patch Into Habitable Island
So Long, Pacific Trash Vortex, Hello Diesel Fuel
Electrolux Unveils Vacuums Decorated With Ocean Debris
Method Cleans Up Ocean Plastic for Soap Bottles
5 Simple Ways To Drastically Reduce Our Plastic Consumption
[Images by Mandy Barker][Post by M.Cecelia Bittner]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/600f4619d3317ee550dc1b060a140d41/tumblr_mh38wkwuxI1qzt7h7o1_r1_1280.jpg)
Artist Finds Beauty In The Garbage Choked Ocean.
The sometimes eerie images featured in Mandy Barker’s photo series, called Soup, draw attention to the issue of ocean pollution.
This isn’t the first time that Fast Company has addressed this topic.
The Problem:
- Whoops! There Is Way More Plastic In The Ocean Than We Thought
- This Is What It’s Like To Sail In The Pacific Trash Vortex
Innovate Ways That People Are Trying to Fix the Problem:
- Paradise Recycled: Architects Dream of Turning Great Pacific Garbage Patch Into Habitable Island
- So Long, Pacific Trash Vortex, Hello Diesel Fuel
- Electrolux Unveils Vacuums Decorated With Ocean Debris
- Method Cleans Up Ocean Plastic for Soap Bottles
- 5 Simple Ways To Drastically Reduce Our Plastic Consumption
[Images by Mandy Barker][Post by M.Cecelia Bittner]
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The 5 rules of happy employees.
Happy employees don’t stay in one role for too long. Movement and the perception of improvement create satisfaction. Status quo, on the other hand, creates burnout.
There is a strong correlation between happiness and meaning; having a meaningful impact on the world around you is actually a better predictor of happiness than many other things you think will make you happy.
A workplace is far likelier to be a happy place when policies are in place to ensure that people regularly get acknowledgement and praise for a job well done.
Recognize that employees are people first, workers second, and create policies that focus on their well-being as individuals.
Emphasize work/life integration, not necessarily “balance.”
Is your company a happy company? If so, why?
Fast Company and Workplace Happiness:
How To Make Your Employees Happier
The Corporate Pursuit of Happiness
The Formula for Creating Happiness at Work
The Sharp Drop-Off In Worker Happiness—And What Your Company Can Do About It
[Image by the Minimalists.com][Post by M.Cecelia Bittner]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/4ff441643ecfd9af4c02c06ca9175183/tumblr_mh3nn2OM9d1qzt7h7o1_400.jpg)
The 5 rules of happy employees.
- Happy employees don’t stay in one role for too long. Movement and the perception of improvement create satisfaction. Status quo, on the other hand, creates burnout.
- There is a strong correlation between happiness and meaning; having a meaningful impact on the world around you is actually a better predictor of happiness than many other things you think will make you happy.
- A workplace is far likelier to be a happy place when policies are in place to ensure that people regularly get acknowledgement and praise for a job well done.
- Recognize that employees are people first, workers second, and create policies that focus on their well-being as individuals.
- Emphasize work/life integration, not necessarily “balance.”
Is your company a happy company? If so, why?
Fast Company and Workplace Happiness:
- How To Make Your Employees Happier
- The Corporate Pursuit of Happiness
- The Formula for Creating Happiness at Work
- The Sharp Drop-Off In Worker Happiness—And What Your Company Can Do About It
[Image by the Minimalists.com][Post by M.Cecelia Bittner]
