by laurel5289 | Nov 13, 2020 | Social Good, Sustainability
Just google “Sustainable Fair Trade Gifts” and you’ll find 95% of the options are clothes, home goods, or beauty products. Though it is important to replace our single use toiletries with long term options, clothing and home goods can ultimately be upcycled… and not...
by laurel5289 | Feb 9, 2021 | Big Questions, Social Good
Pastel on paper by Katy Ward There’s one common breakdown I see with every brand I work with. The team is lit about their product or service… but the customers get a watered-down dose of that passion at best. Why does this happen? Think about it – every...
by laurel5289 | Nov 11, 2020 | Big Questions, Mindset
Breaking the Matrix 101 Part 1 of 3 in the Allegory of the Cave series. Feature art by the McGill Library for Unsplash. Why does the holographic steak taste so good in The Matrix? There’s a scene in the film when Neo plugs back into the Matrix to have a conversation...
by laurel5289 | Nov 5, 2020 | Big Questions, Mindset
Have you seen The Truman Show? It’s a film about a guy named Truman who lives in a simulated life that is completely predetermined and broadcasted to a TV audience. Truman has no idea his life is inside a TV set… and no idea that the reality he sees is not the reality...
by laurel5289 | Sep 3, 2020 | Big Questions, Environment, Social Good, Sustainability
Did you know that Einstein came up with Relativity by thinking about it for years? He started thinking about what would happen if you ran next to a beam of light when he was 16. After playing with concepts in his mind, he introduced a new framework for all of physics...