Parents, leaders, and power holders: the people under your control unconsciously pick up on the emotions you conceal and the secrets you keep and the impact on them is likely to be implicitly gaslighting (“Am I crazy?”) and shaming (“Is it my fault?”).
The cooling effect of a single, young street tree is the same as 5 room-sized air conditioners operating 20 hours/day.
If every London borough had delivered the 50% increase in street trees that I did as a Hackney Cllr, we may have prevented the U.K’s first 40C+ heatwave.
"Find a relationship where you, naturally being you, makes the other person happy. And the other person, naturally being the other person, makes you happy."
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Being one of the younger kids in the class has drawbacks. You more likely to be diagnosed with a learning disorder & a lack of confidence can haunt you: Fund managers who were older in their class seem more confident & their funds outperform younger peers’ funds by 0.48% per year
On the Tambach track in Kenya these shadows cast giant forms, an illusion seen only when the sun is low on the horizon, at sunset or sunrise
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“The child who has never learned to work by himself, to set goals for his own acts, or to be the master of his own force of will is recognizable in the adult who lets others guide him and feels a constant need for the approval of others.”
Montessori
"A happy, calm, and peaceful person will make better decisions. So if you want to operate at peak performance, you have to learn how to tame your mind."
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The Wren's Breath
I had a vision of this photograph about 3 weeks ago and this morning after a lot of effort all the relevant bits came together and I finally managed to photograph a wren's breath
Canon R5 and Canon 800mm L