At Last, India Is on Track to Beat China at Something: Air Pollution – Quartz, February 15, 2017
Globally, the number of deaths attributable to air pollution rose from 3.5 million in 1990 to 4.2 million in 2015, according to the State of Global Air Report 2017, a joint study by two prominent U.S. research institutes. More than half of these deaths occurred in India and China, as deadly air claimed 1.1 million lives in each country. And India is about to surpass China…
Malleret identifies four wellness issues to watch in the year ahead: from new research showing crucial linkages between nutrition and cognition to a much more intense focus on air quality and the war against sugar.
The GWI has just launched a new initiative whose goal is to promote and drive more ‘Lean In Circles‘ throughout the wellness industry, helping ensure that future female leaders have a strong framework of support and motivation. It is chaired by Sara Jones (Managing Director, Spa & Wellness Mexico), with Vice-Chair, Joanne Berry (Founder, Spa Remedies) – and you can read more about its mission here: /women-in-leadership-initiative
Why You Need Less Noise for Your Work and Your Health – Life Hacker, Feb. 5, 2017
We welcome sound into our lives, but sometimes it’s to our detriment. Silence, perhaps, is our most under-appreciated productivity tool.
The annual World Economic Forum is underway (Jan. 17-20) in Davos, where more than 3,000 participants will experience 400 sessions from world leaders on the technological, political and economic transformations that will most impact our future. And the state of the world’s health isfront-and-center: from sessions like “Mental Health Matters” (Jan. 20) to “Are We Losing the Fight for Human Health?” (Jan. 18).
The first grocery store with no cashiers, Amazon.go in Seattle, just opened – a sign of how the coming wave of automation, robots and drones will swallow millions of global jobs. While they’re sure to further exacerbate inequalities, Malleret also ponders how they will worsen the global “Loneliness Epidemic.” When people (ultra-social animals) are increasingly served by an army of robots and drones, what will happen to our “humanness” and wellness?
