Colette Forma

The roadmap to zero emission aviation is long, uncertain and enormous. But getting there alone is not an option. During The Next Web conference 2024 #nlmtd and #TNW invited 20 aviation leaders from every part of the industry to discuss our challenges during a sustainable aviation round table. Some of my personal take-outs were: - cooperation within and outside the ecosystem is key: other industries will use the same resources as us such as hydrogen, renewable energy to produce hydrogen or charge batteries. - innovation is mandatory - commercial organisations can drive innovation but standardisation by regulatory bodies is equally important - consumers are not volontarily paying to offset their flights - companies are offsetting the flights of their employees - IATA's road to net zero aims to offset or eliminate CO2, but sustainability is more than that: better working conditions, filtering ultrafine particles, clean water, clean energy for airports, reduction of noise and more Despite the enormous challenges, the mood in the group was good, hopefull and cooperative. Great to see that all are actively contributing to a more sustainable aviation.

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𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 How good is this! Aéroport International de Genève-Cointrin had these musicians perform for the enjoyment of all travellers during highly stressful times. The Paris Olympics and the global IT outage means that, right now, airports are pretty chaotic. This is what I ❤️ about European countries. Live music is everywhere. A long tradition of street music, which connects people, brings us joy, makes us smile to strangers, eases stress, and allows us to sing and dance spontaneously 💃 Can you feel the beat in your body? 🎶 It reminds me of our amazing Mount Alexander Shire Council, who supported my sound bath application in 2023, so that our community could enjoy free and relaxing music. The event was very successful and the turn-up was great. Many other local musicians and sound artists were also supported by our Council 🙏 These events are more valued and appreciated than we realise. I hope that we'll see more of publicly funded music in our streets in 2024-5. Being a sound artist doesn't make you exactly a millionaire, but it brings incredible benefits to our collective health and wellbeing. Artists need to be appropriately recognised for this. Please support us in whatever way you can. The impact will be big 🙏 . #stress #burnout #stressmanagement #mindfulness #soundhealing #soundtherapy #meditation #acousticvibration #relaxation #mentalhealth #healthcare #healthandwellbeing #transform #gratitude #values #brainhealth #anxietymanagement #energy #resilience #wellness #wellbeing #selfcare #coaching #workplacehealth #workplacewellbeing #listening #soundwaves #brainwaves #theta #healingfrequencies #singingbowls #soundbath

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Last week, I moved to a tiny apartment in Amsterdam. Although it's small and forces minimalism, the view over the IJ river is breathtaking, especially at night when the whole city lights up and reflects in the water. This reminds me of the importance of having a clear overview, particularly in business. When it comes to following a training program, an overview can be essential. I found this applies especially to nondual coaching. While cherry-picking a single module, such as the business aspect from a nondual perspective, might seem beneficial, it might not be what you truly need. Let’s be honest: the business aspect could have been addressed years ago with any course from the multitude available. However, when business skills are combined with all other aspects of nondual coaching, everything falls into place. What seemed missing before becomes clear. That’s why, at NDLCA, we usually advise people to commit to something entirely or not at all. For example, when following the entire course, certain parts might already be familiar to you. You might have a nondual system in place or have developed an extensive set of inquiries. In such cases, some modules of the course serve as a refresher and extension. They will enrich your existing approach while sparking new perspectives. On top of that, it empowers the aspects you think you need by providing a complete overview. We believe that following an entire training program, notably our training in nondual coaching, leads to greater clarity and a leap in professionalism. Even if you think you've already mastered some parts, the comprehensive understanding of all aspects of nondual coaching, not just the areas you initially thought needed attention, makes a significant difference.

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Two years ago, I fulfilled a lifetime's ambition and started my journey as a beekeeper (bear with me). My reasons for doing so were partly personal and partly driven by the need to look after these amazing small creatures as, like so many things these days, our way of modern living is putting them under threat of extinction.   This is what I have learned so far:   The queen dictates the mood and the long-term success of the hive. A happy queen quickly equates to a happy and productive hive. A queen 'out of sorts with the word' quickly leads to a swarm, or the hive turn against her and will unceremoniously eject her from the hive.   Every bee in the hive (40,000 plus in a healthy active hive in peak season) knows their job and carries this out diligently every day. There are obviously workers, they travel up to seven miles (in a pretty straight line) foraging daily in their search for pollen - it's such a joy to see these labourers return to the hive with their body and feet often covered in whatever pollen they have found that day.   These bees do an amazing 'dance' at the entrance to the hive which tells the other bees where they have been and where the best pollen is.   Then there are cleaners. These bees scurry around the hive cleaning up as they go and ejecting anything alien from their home. Bees are fastidious about cleanliness as anything not quickly cleaned up can quickly turn to disease that can negatively impact the entire hive. Alongside these workers there are effectively 'undertakers' who will efficiently eject any dead bees from the hive.   Finally (I'm cutting corners for the sake of brevity), when the hive is up and doing well, the bees will raise drone cells. These larger cells produce males for the sole purpose of procreation. Any drone mating with a virgin queen on her first flight dies straight after the act of mating...his work done. A proper matriarchal society where males know their place ;-)   Why am I sharing this? Well, I find it fascinating, and I hope you find it to be of interest. But whilst I am tending to the hive, I can't help but see analogies to business. The leader sets the tone and the mood, get this right and a positive culture follows. Everyone else on the team needs to know not only where they fit in, but just how important their contribution is to the overall success of the business. Good communication is critical to this success, a bee covered in pollen who doesn't effectively communicate its location to other bees is pretty useless to the community overall.   Yesterday, when I opened my hive for inspection, they couldn't have been less interested in me. They were busy taking care of business.   How is your 'hive' looking today? #business #workers #equality #engineering #design #technology #bees #hivementality

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