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We have been providing Sustainability solutions to companies for over twelve years yet we have never been busier. Even prior to COP26, businesses have realised that failing to act on key ESG impacts will lead to significant risks that could threaten the longevity of their businesses. We have seen a massive uptake in organisations wanting to decarbonise through an integrated sustainability strategy which is a significant shift towards a more cohesive approach. The impending mandate of TCFD disclosure has also become a priority for the larger companies we work with, this has meant a positive shift towards greater transparency and a more robust consideration of technical non-financial corporate reporting.
I would say there is no hack. Any company wanting to take a short cut would be very short sighted. We work with our clients to simplify and demystify the process to becoming a sustainable business. It does involve hard work and commitment, but the results pay back within a short timeframe. We create an easy-to-follow pathway that sets out how you can reach your targets and key milestones. I would also add that Integrating sustainability throughout your value chain is much easier to do from the outset, rather the doing it a little bit at a time.
We have seen a massive uptake in organisations wanting to decarbonise through an integrated sustainability strategy
Growing up in Wales, both my parents were teachers and had an active involvement with various campaigns through their lives, including Greenpeace. Witnessing this during my childhood and adolescence instilled the idea within me that you should strive for accountability to elicit social change.
I spent a lot of time in the university library during my undergraduate degree and one day I came across a book written by a green organisation about the devastating impact the Yangtze dam had on the environment, while the next day I came across an equally well written and comprehensive book about the many thousands of people that has been lifted out of poverty by the creation of the dam. It was this that made me realise there is no one solution to climate issues; that having a balance is vital, and several aspects of a singular scenario must be considered, paralleling the ethos of ESG. It also made me realise that business had the scope and reach to create positive and transformative societal change and that is where I would have the most impact.
There is no one solution to climate issues; that having a balance is vital, and several aspects of a singular scenario must be considered, paralleling the ethos of ESG.
Working with over 150 global clients including the likes of Spotify, EE, BBC and easyJet, Simply Sustainable has supported clients in their mission to achieve ESG goals while remaining profitable and increasing commerciality. We have experienced exponential success over the last decade, bringing systemic change to the corporate world is our central priority which we refuse to be compromised on.
Expansion is a key aspect of our future business plans. Currently, we're planning for launch in Amsterdam in May 2022. We're looking forward to what will be our first expansion into Europe, having chosen Amsterdam based on how it is one of most sustainable cities in the world, especially the transport facilities.
To bring Simply Sustainable to new markets and continue to grow internationally.
Sustainability and ESG Is a vast subject. It covers many aspects such as strategy development, Stakeholder engagement, managing carbon, Reporting and disclosure to name a few! I would suggest you do your research and understand which elements you enjoy, and which are the most interesting to you. In addition, get a feel for the sectors that appeal to you. I would encourage people looking to work In Sustainability to get a mixture of consulting and In house experience - they are different but both teach you a separate skill set.
I would encourage people looking to work In Sustainability to get a mixture of consulting and In house experience - they are different but both teach you a separate skill set.
Over the past twelve months the most impressive person I've witnessed was Sandra Mason, Barbados's first President. She spoke with such passion and knowledge about climate change and the impact it will have on her country and people. She stood with gravitas and passion in a sea of men In grey suits.
My family has always been conscious of our impact. We were earlier prius drivers and as soon as an EV was available, we moved on to that. We tend to holiday in the UK, mainly ST Ives where we are fortunate enough to have a bolt hole. I'm a big advocate of not offsetting - try and make positive changes that reduce your carbon and only where there is no alternative then its ok to offset.
Its not so much of a guilty pleasure but as a busy CEO and Mum, I don't get the time to purchase the most sustainable Items. For speed, I have to do an online order which gives me a level of choice editing but I would love to be able to choose fresh produce from the market which comes without packaging. Id also love to be able to shop In a loose goods store and bring my glass jars along to fill up. Packaging Is a pet peeve of mine.
With 20 plus years in this Industry It Is truly apparent that no one person Is going to lead the world into sustainability. It Is a collaboration across global markets, jurisdictions, governments and NGOs. If we are all united in a similar approach, we might be able to make the change that needs to happen. There is so much work that needs to be done and governments across the world need to do more than pay lip service to an Issue that becomes more and more pressing each year that passes.


When someone experiences trauma, they may develop PTSD which can cause relationship problems. This can cause people to withdraw from their loved ones suffering from PTSD, not fully understanding why changes in the relationships are happening. Learning why these changes occur and what you and your loved one can do may be able to help your relationship stay strong and healthy.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, is a psychological disorder that someone can develop after experiencing a traumatic event. It causes people to become guarded, occupied with their own thoughts, and withdrawn from the world around them. This can cause a strain on relationships, but it doesn't have to.
Traumatic events like abuse, war, or watching someone die can cause people to develop PTSD, but scientists believe that it is more than the event that causes this disorder. In a study, they found that when someone already has a dysregulated hippocampus, they are more likely to develop PTSD from a traumatic event.
The hippocampus is a part of the limbic system. It plays an essential role in forming new memories from past experiences. People with PTSD have a smaller hippocampus, which makes it overactive potentially explaining the flashbacks and constant anxiety.
The amygdala is another part of the limbic system which controls your fear response. It is this little alarm in your head that goes off when you sense a threat and has your body act accordingly. If a tiger were chasing you, your amygdala would freak out and put your body into overdrive so you could try and escape to safety.
The amygdala is also what puts emotions to your memories, including the feeling of fear. People with PTSD experience heightened activity in the amygdala, which makes their fear response more severe causing constant stress on the person afflicted.
The overactivity in the limbic system trickles into the medial prefrontal cortex, which is what is in charge of the decision-making process. It has also been suggested that it plays a crucial role in retrieving long-term memories. When someone has PTSD, they aren't just plagued by terrorizing memories. They are suffering from their brain making changes, which can causes problems in relationships.
Immediately after someone experiences a traumatic event, they may begin to withdraw and become distant to those who love them. They often harbor feelings of guilt, shame, and embarrassment which can cause them to isolate themselves. Many people struggling with PTSD also have problems with trust, closeness, problem-solving, and communication which can make them feel the need to ride this disorder out alone. But isolating yourself when struggling with something as serious as PTSD will most likely make the problems worse.
People who experience PTSD might go out of their way to avoid triggers. This could be going out and having fun with friends to being intimate with their partner. This can cause their partner to become confused, thinking that they are the problem. If this is you, you are not the problem.
Someone with PTSD is likely always on guard because their brain is telling them to be. Searching for triggers everywhere to make sure that they feel safe and compelling them to avoid these situations. With their amygdala being overactive, these triggers can be everywhere, causing fear at every corner.
Fear can often be represented as irritability or anger, which many people with PTSD struggle with. It can put them in a constant sour mood, making being around them less pleasant. If they are socially isolating themselves, this can also cause them to become cold and callous in order to protect themselves.
Someone with PTSD may become overbearing in the desire to protect the ones that they love. This fear that they harbor can turn outward, making them seem irrational in their decisions when in their mind they are making the right call. This can cause a partner to feel powerless to their control.
Verbal and physical violence are common in people who suffer from PTSD. And this is one thing that can truly destroy a relationship. You should in no way put yourself or anyone you love in danger in order to aid their healing process, but keeping in mind that they aren't well can help motivate you to get them the help that they need.
People with PTSD have also shown to have issues controlling their impulses. This can make a partner feel like that any wrong move they make will cause an eruption of anger either physically or emotionally. This can also be another reason they push people away, knowing they could explode at any moment.
When you love someone and want to spend your life with them, making crucial decisions together is a bonding experience and something that needs to be done to make the relationship strong and healthy. However, because of the dysregulation in the prefrontal cortex, people with PTSD often have a difficult time making decisions.
Having to make every decision on your own can become exhausting over time, and their inability to set their mind on anything can be frustrating for them as well. But you don't have to live like this forever; you can make changes in your lives that help the both of you live a happy life together.
How Can Someone With PTSD Have Healthy Relationships?
PTSD can change the way that the person afflicted treats their loved ones, which can make their loved ones treat them differently. This turns around and makes the person with PTSD feel attacked or vulnerable creating a vicious cycle, but there are things that people with PTSD can do to manage healthy relationships.
Have the problems already started? There are ways that you and your loved one can help make your relationship better together.
Considering the brain changes involved in PTSD can get pretty severe the longer it goes untreated, doctors often suggest taking medication along with therapy. Often time people with PTSD are prescribed an anti-anxiety medication or mood stabilizers to help with their condition. Studies have shown that taking CBD hemp oil may also be a valid treatment option.
Cannabidiol has shown in studies that it may be able to help with PTSD on several different levels. It has access to different parts of your brain because of its interaction with the endocannabinoid system. By elevating chemicals, opening pathways, and stimulating or strengthening receptors, CBD oil may be able to help make this journey through PTSD easier for both you and your partner.
So we know that one part of the brain that is affected by PTSD and may even cause vulnerability to the disorder is the hippocampus. Cannabidiol may be able to help repair the hippocampal damage through neurogenesis, which may be able to prevent the development of PTSD or work as a treatment.
An overactive amygdala is a reason that people with PTSD are always plagued with fear and CBD oil may be able to help. While researching how CBD helps with anxiety, scientists discovered that it helps to reduce the overactivity of the amygdala. This may be able to help the person suffering from PTSD experience fear less often and less severe.
In a study where they gave rodent models CBD, they found that it was able to help reduce their perceived fear through its interaction with the medial prefrontal cortex. In this study, they also note how CBD works in an upside-down U shape when it comes to dosing. When the rodent models were given double the amount of CBD, it actually worsened their contextual fear.
Many people who have PTSD may also develop depression. This could be because of life changes or social isolation, but studies suggest that depression may come from the way that stress and anxiety harm the brain through inflammation.
Studies have shown that CBD oil can help with inflammation, which may include inflammation of the brain contributing to stall the degrading process. Researchers also believe that it can act as a fast-acting antidepressant, showing in rodent models to work in as little as thirty minutes.
If you or your loved one have PTSD and it is making your relationship challenging to maintain, talk to a doctor. After reading this article, you have a good idea of what is going on in their brain, and this isn't something that "getting over it" can fix. A therapist can help you and your loved one work through these problems together, helping you to become stronger on the other side. And don't forget to mention adding CBD oil into the mix, it may be the stepping stone you both need to a healthier tomorrow.
Do you have any tips you would like someone to know when it comes to loving someone with PTSD? We would love to hear about it in the comment section!


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Albuquerque mom warns of scammer using phony police credentials, threats to children
by: Chris McKee
Posted: Dec 11, 2019 / 10:26 PM MST / Updated: Dec 12, 2019 / 09:33 AM MST
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque mother is warning other parents after receiving a terrifying and convincing phone call from a man saying he was a police officer and claiming the mother's child was injured.
Even though she says she was eventually able to figure out the caller was a fake, the mother who got the call says she almost believed she needed to meet up with an officer in order to get her kid back.
"It was psychologically… just terrifying," said Kassandra Barela, who received the call early Wednesday morning.
An Albuquerque mom of three young kids, Barela says it's common for her to get legitimate business-related calls from international phone numbers. When an international call from New Zealand showed up on for cell phone Wednesday, she says she didn't think twice before answering it.
The call ended up being far from normal.
"I did think it was real, a person of authority identifying themselves, that my child has been injured," Barela said.
Barela says the man who called her identified themselves as an Albuquerque police officer that was with her injured daughter.
"He said, 'Ma'am, I have your child, and they've been injured at school, they bumped their head, my name is Officer Mendez from the Albuquerque Police Department,'" Barela said.
Barela says the person calling even had what sounded like a kid speak into the phone.
"I heard a child's voice over the phone saying, 'mama,' 'mama, mama, I'm scared,'" said Barela.
Knowing her daughter was at a nearby middle school in the Northeast Heights, Kassandra got in her car and rushed to the school. However, during that drive, the caller said a few things that helped reveal the hoax.
"He said, 'I need you to pull over for the safety of you and your child,'" Barela said. "'And I need you to meet me at a Smith's or Walmart to get him,' and then I said, 'him?'"
With the caller saying he had Kassandra's son minutes into the call and not her daughter, Barela drove to Albuquerque Fire Station 16 on Juan Tabo for help. Firefighters met her outside as Barela secretly put the call on speaker.
"And I turned it on speaker, and (the fire station employee), his eyes lit up, he knew exactly what was going on," said Barela.
The scammer ended the call when he found out others were listening. Barela says she's sharing the story now, believing that whoever tried to scam her may have been local or targeting other people in Albuquerque.
"I want to alert other parents, I mean, this is scary, what if that parent actually believed that, believe them?" Barela said.
Barela says the firefighters also helped contact the school as this was happening to make sure the kids were OK. Barela says her kids were unaware that anything had happened and were fine.
Albuquerque Fire Rescue says Barela did the right thing in coming to their station. They encourage anyone in a similar situation to do the same thing.

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