If you have a busy scheduled filled to the brim with work, hobbies, and errands, carving out some time for your friends can be difficult. But your pals are important and good friends are good for your health. It’s important to find ways to make time for friends, even if it seems like your planner can't handle another engagement.
Rebecca Best from U of G's Athletics Department has created a short "Summer Fresh" video presentation that showcases beautiful garden photos she has taken.
View this short video on a break. By incorporating relaxation into your day, you can drastically reduce stress levels in the body, and improve both your physical and mental health.
In July, Wellness@Work is inviting faculty and staff on an exclusive tour to the Honey Bee Research Centre to learn more about the work they do and how they are supporting honey bee health.
Bees play an important role as pollinators, working on both wild plants and food crops. Below are 7 tips on how you can keep bees in your garden:
1. Plan for Continuous Bloom
2. Mass Plants
3. Avoid Pesticides
4. Choose Single Blooms
5. Use Colourful Plants with Scent
6. Dead-Head and Prune
7. Water and Fertilize Adequately
There are 2 recycling rules:
Review a detailed sorting list to help you recycle responsibly on campus: https://www.uoguelph.ca/sustainability/recycling.
When compostable material is placed in the garbage, it's sent to landfill. In the landfill, this material is compressed over time as more garbage is added. During this process, food waste in unable to decompose due to lack of access to oxygen. Instead, it produces methane, and in turn contributes to global warming.
When we compost, organic materials are diverted from landfill. This process also allows valuable nutrients to return to the soil. This organic material is no longer considered "waste", it's now a useful resource.
"Being in recovery can sometimes feel like you have been placed into a remote location, amid unfamiliar surroundings, with the added complexity and challenge of finding your way back to civilization. Recovery can be lonely, scary and often confusing, with an array of mental and physical obstacles.
The path ahead of you doesn’t run in a straight line. It’s important to recognize and take inventory of the skills and tools you have acquired, and to know how and when to use these strategies to help you navigate your recovery journey."
In Canada's new food guide, we are all encouraged to make water our drink of choice. What we drink can be just as important as what we eat.
In Canada's food guide website, learn about:
What has been happening since the 2017 Wellness@Work Survey? The Wellness@Work Advisory Committee has been working on a draft strategic plan.
Broad input from University of Guelph employees is important to ensure the Advisory Committee has identified meaningful priorities and to confirm that there are not any significant gaps or omissions in the draft plan.
Please share your feedback by June 18, 2019 to Melissa Horan, Wellness@Work Coordinator at mhoran@uoguelph.ca or extension 53314.
The Wellness@Work Programming Committee has compiled the June calendar of wellness-related events and blog posts. Upcoming events include:
Participate in the Spring Snaps Challenge for your chance to win a prize!
Snap a photo of beautiful flowers, gardens or trees at U of G and enter your photo to wellnessatwork@uoguelph.ca to be entered in the contest. The contest is open until June 21st, 2019.
Join one of the featured walks (Garden Gander or Arboretum walks) for inspiration. Now that spring has sprung, there are so many beautiful spaces on campus that we can appreciate, thanks to the U of G Grounds team!
Please see the attached promotional poster.