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Big Ballot Bins Making way for people to vote with their rubbish on Barbie v Oppenheimer, Liam Gallagher v Noel Gallagher, cats v dogs. All you have to do is pick your side! The intention behind it of course is to reduce littering, which is fantastic. But what I also love about this is the engagement of the nation in debate. A small nudge to get us all thinking and talking. As leaders, how often are we quick to give an answer rather than ask a question and close down the opportunity for discussion and debate? “Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.” - the famous playwright Euripides once said. Teachers ask up to two questions every minute, up to four hundred in a day, around seventy thousand a year or two to three million in the course of a career. Questioning accounts for up to a third of all teaching time, second only to the time devoted to explanation. (tes magazine, 4th July 2003, Steven Hastings) Inspiring educational systems allow the teacher to foster a student’s curiosity and creativity, and encourage discussion and debate. Students will leave the classroom used to being asked questions, and used to asking questions. However, does this translate into the workplace? Socrates, a contemporary of Euripides, is famously known for the Socratic Method. A way of questioning that probes a person to reflect on their motivations, assumptions, values, moral intuitions, and beliefs upon which they live their lives. It is not a method where one person has all the knowledge and questions someone to get the answer from them as a sort of test, but where all enter into dialogue, allowing discussion to flow back and forth, and questions to arise from all participants. Socrates kicked against the traditional methods of his day, where one person had the knowledge and was the ‘sage on the stage’ - a method that actually doesn’t sound too dissimilar to what we often see today. The role of a leader is not to always have all the answers, but to have the ability to find the answers through engagement with others; to facilitate discussion that incorporates people’s skills, experiences, ideas and insights. It is about drawing people out, encouraging critical thinking, and coming together in the pursuit of knowledge. Shared thought and collaborate thinking builds a better foundation for high trust. How can we as leaders ensure that we are setting the right conditions for curiosity, creativity and critical thinking? Questions help to articulate ideas that could otherwise go unspoken. Let’s ask more questions! The challenge is rarely ever to have the right answer alone, but rather to find the right question first. #PickYourSide #questions #leadership

Today is America Recycles Day, when we unite under the banner of Keep America Beautiful to raise awareness about recycling across the nation. Remember, every day is a good day to recycle right. Also, be sure to verify with your local recycling service to ensure you're not misplacing items in your recycling bin. Commonly accepted items include paper, cardboard, glass bottles, and metal cans. However, never toss in plastic bags, electronics, or batteries. Each year, more Americans are joining the recycling movement. If you haven't taken the pledge yet, now's the perfect time to commit to recycling and purchasing products made from recycled materials. Make your pledge here: https://lnkd.in/dTt2efX #SeamanPaper #AmericaRecyclesDay #Recycling #Recycle #ReduceReuseRecycle #Sustainability #EcoFriendly #ZeroWaste #CircularEconomy

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Small becomes big! In 2019, apple trees were planted at the L&R Schönau a.d. Triesting location in Austria 🌳🍎. These are already dropping apples and are a joy not only for the environment, but also for our colleagues on the site 🍎🍏. This means that one of our many environmental goals has also been implemented, here specifically as part of the ISO 14001. #LRMed #LRSustainability #Sustainability #Environmental Goal #goodandhealthy

🌍 Exploring Climate Justice with Apple! 🌍 Check out our latest blog post on the "Taking Action on Racial Equity and Justice" guide by Apple, which encourages students to engage in environmental justice through Challenge-Based Learning (CBL). The post delves into the crucial concept of climate justice, its dimensions, and its intersection with agrarian studies, offering a holistic approach to combating environmental and social injustices. Read the full article to learn more about how these initiatives can make a real difference in our communities! 🌱🌎

💡 𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 6 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 10 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘰-𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 “𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘴𝘦𝘵” 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴? Although progress has been made in extractive industries, for example, to acknowledge the rights of Native populations, there remains a significant disparity between industry standards and the actual implementation of these practices. The 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦, 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 (𝘍𝘗𝘐𝘊) 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮, not the exception. 👉 More in the weekly update: https://rb.gy/eivhrd (*) Credit to Amazon Watch Due Diligence Toolkit for Institutional Investors and the Global Atlas of Environmental Justice. #circulareconomy #indigenouspeople #investing

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Wicked Problems are so called, not because of a diabolical quality per se, but because they are seemingly intractable, and partial solutions tend to have very real negative repercussions. They are truly systemic and can only be solved by multi-pronged solutions which get at the root cause in addition to taking care of impacts on several levels. This pernicious issue is part of one such. Why is this so hard though? How come the sheer importance of the Amazon staying well forested for our shared human well being, doesn't trump industry and sectoral concerns hands down? https://lnkd.in/grzXCbJ5

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