I am quite proud to say I grew up in Nova Scotia as often it seems like it lives in another world where you can do things that just make sense:
Borrowing from a similar project started at the University of Toronto several years ago, the N.S. government wants its 10,000 employees to leave their desks at lunch — to eat, exercise, run errands, even power nap — in hopes of making people more productive in the afternoons. To drive the point home, the N.S. Public Service Commission sent out postcards proclaiming, “Take back the lunch break” with orders to “relax, refocus, refresh, re-energize.”

Comments
Flea - September 30, 2006 2:59 pm
I am a deskatarian with the eating but mainly so I can take longer for my early afternoon constitutional. One advantage of the campus-style, ravine-side location of my current employer are the bracing walks.
cm - September 30, 2006 5:11 pm
I'm with Flea. I eat at my desk, taking the time actually alotted to eat to walk. My keyboard's a mess, but at least I get some fresh air.