The Birds and The Bees (and The Snails)
My second son, Jimmy, had his first birthday on Friday, so I had my mother over from Belfast for a long weekend to celebrate. We'd...
Dilbert on Corporate Social Responsibility
Harsh but, for so many companies, fair!
Problem People
You get one in every crowd - the one person who delights in getting in the way and holding things up. Here are three stereotypes...
Corporate Civic Responsibility
So I'm back in the saddle after spending much of last week at the Green Capitals Conference in Stockholm. It was a fantastic event -...
The Human Aspect to Clean Tech
As I write this, I've just finished the first full day of the European Green Capitals conference in Stockholm. The session that stood out was...
Flying without wings
So, I'm in Stockholm and I'm remembering why I liked the city so much on my previous visit in 2005. Back then I was attending...
Sustainable Cities & Green Business
I'm walking on sunshine today as Newcastle upon Tyne has be rated "most sustainable city in the UK" by Forum for the Future. Not just...
You need friends
If you believe the version of business as portrayed by The Apprentice, then it's an every-man-for-himself, dog-eat-dog, devil-take-the-hindmost kind of world. Which is largely nonsense,...
Toxic Sludge vs The Oil Spill
I find it quite incredible that the Hungarian 'toxic sludge' disaster has only had a tiny fraction of the press coverage as, say, the BP...
Symbolism Matters
I'm very heartened by the news that President Obama is going to re-install solar panels on the White House, a whole quarter of a century...