Socks to get the kids talking
The times are a’changing, just listen to the kids!
I was huddled round a fire at a party recently and heard a mother discussing how close her daughter is getting to catching her out as the ‘toothfairy’. But toothfaireis aside, the part of the story I like best was the bit that highlighted just how our awareness of healthy foods and the importance of healthy eating is well on it’s way to being an accepted part of general consciousness.
Having had her tooth fall out, the daughter had left a note with it under her pillow asking if the tooth fairy could grant her one special wish. She really wanted to be able to enjoy eating fruit and vegitables , because she thought they were discusting, but knew it was important that she ate them to be healthy!
Brilliant eh? I thought so. So thanks to people like Jamie Oliver and other pioneers of healthy eating my old favourite of “3 chip butties with cheese, please” for lunch is quickly becoming a sign of times gone by.
And I guess we want to help do the same with raising awareness of happiness, of the fabircs we wear and the companies we buy from the way awareness has been raised about heathy eating and food. So in 10 years we’ll all be able to look back and underdstand why regular shopping trips to the likes of Primark didn’t ever really do much for our wellbeing. Where to start though…
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January 2nd, 2009 at 6:16 pm
no comment so far! still looking forward to the socks, check this out
http://www.fiat.co.uk/ecodrive/
i think thats a great idea
January 5th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Hey, great link Chris! It’s really got my cogs turning on something I’ve been thinking about before, to do with monitoring happiness, and your link inspired me to get the ball rolling by contacting a friend who loves making fancy monitoring systems. Will let you know how it goes, but it’s a big project so give me a bit of time : )
January 27th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Hey Rich, like the site. On the subject of emotions, have you seen this site before http://wefeelfine.org/?
Also check out http://twist.flaptor.com/trends?gram=I%20am%20happy&table=1&tz=0 not exactly scientific I guess, but interesting to see how often different phrases crop up.
February 13th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Ah, great links Sam : ) Much appreciated. It seems there’s some really interesting stuff out there on this, and plans are afoot* this end that I hope will come to fruition in the near future
*Pun most definitely intended