Speakers Bureau

Keynote : Indoor Plants are Vital to Office Wellbeing 

Stuart Swaddling

Abstract: A trained horticulturalist by profession with over 30 years experience, Stuart is also the current Chair of Horticulture Australia and Managing Director of the TPR GROUP. He discusses the importance of the indoor environment  for office productivity and the rise of the eco office as a strategy for managing workplace wellbeing and stress. Drawing on numerous scientific studies around the world, Stuart talks about the importance of using indoor plants to clean the office air from poisonous toxins known otherwise as VOC’s – or Volatile Organic Compounds. There are over 300 VOC’s found in the office air from paint odours, carpet fumes to cleaning agent odours.

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Keynote: The Nature of Happiness

Kathie Melocco

Kathie is a multi award winning marketing and communications practitioner and is the recipient of the United Nations Award for communicating priority issues. A professional speaker, she discusses "The Nature of Happiness" in this presentation.

Abstract: In many scientific disciplines, there have been concerted attempts to understand the human relationship with nature and how humans might benefit from nature in terms of health and wellbeing. Although still in the relatively early stages, research to date indicates that contrary to popular thinking, humans may be dependent on nature for psychological, emotional, and spiritual needs that are difficult to satisfy by other means. Findings so far demonstrate that access to nature plays a vital role in human health and wellbeing. This presentation explores the many benefits of getting close to nature in the workplace and towards happiness. It shares case studies of managing workplace stress and depression from a personal aspect and discusses TPR GROUP’s transformation from an indoor plant hirecompany to a happiness and wellbeing organization, providing healthy office solutions and includes their G’Day Friday initiative with businesses.

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