Day: 11 May 2019

IKEA Greenwich Receives Highest BREEAM UK New Construction Sustainability Rating

Stuart Mitchell

IKEA UK announces that IKEA Greenwich has achieved an ‘Outstanding’ BREEAM UK New Construction certification, a sustainability rating and accolade held by just 320 buildings around the world. The leading sustainable store is the first in the UK and only the second retail unit in the world to receive the sustainability rating with over 90%. IKEA Greenwich was designed and built to reach the highest BREEAM rating possible and by reaching ‘Outstanding’, it has achieved the highest rating of any IKEA store in the world. IKEA Greenwich incorporates a range…

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Sea Shepherd launches operation “Sound of Sea”

Stuart Mitchell

“Sound of Sea” is the story of a strange sound coming from the ocean. A never-before-heard, almost living sound. The first person to hear it during one of his dives was French free diver Guillaume Néry, the secret player behind this whole operation who posted a video of the sound on his various accounts yesterday morning, Wednesday, April 3. Thousands sea lovers and influencers shared this strange sound, extending its impact on social networks, immediately raising many questions. What is this sound? Where does it come from? What does it…

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Pampers donates 100,000 nappies to Royal Couple’s chosen charity, Little Village

Stuart Mitchell

Pampers will be donating over 100,000 nappies to London based charity Little Village. The nappy donation from Pampers will give much-needed help to parents and babies that are living in poverty. For over 50 years, Pampers has cared for the happy, healthy development of all babies, and believes that all babies deserve the best start in life. Fans of the #GlobalSussexBabyShower are calling for donations to be made to charities supported by the Royal Couple and on Wednesday 24th April, an employee from the Pampers Plant in Manchester hand delivered…

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Chrissy Teigen leads social cause initiative #MyWishForMoms to raise awareness about maternal mental health

Stuart Mitchell

Model, author, activist and pop culture icon Chrissy Teigen announced today that she is partnering with Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network (AHN) and its women’s health program ‘AHN Women ’ to launch a social cause initiative – #MyWishForMoms – which aims to create open dialogue among women about postpartum depression and anxiety. Last year, more than 500,000 – or one in seven – new moms developed postpartum depression, yet only 15 percent of them received treatment, according to the American Psychological Association. Postpartum depression is characterized by extreme feelings of sadness,…

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People Go Out to Dinner to Help Save a Journalist

Stuart Mitchell

In August of 2012 Austin Tice was kidnapped at a check point in Syria. He is currently being unjustly detained by the Syrian Government. In Spring of 2018 the FBI offered a $1 million reward for information leading to Austin’s safe return. That got the attention at the National Press Club. The Club met with the Tice Family and the FBI and created a program designed to raise more reward money and call attention to Austin’s case. The Club recruited its own members and partners include the Washington Post, McClatchy,…

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