New Course: Sustainable Development for Local Authorities
We are proud to announce that we have created a special version of our Introduction to Sustainable Development course for Local Authorities. The new one-day...
Whose Carbon Is It Anyway? Part II
When carbon footprinting, the allocation of carbon between different companies is a tricky issue as we've discussed before. Does the carbon produced by a gas-fired...
Reminder!
Those free eco-design sessions in Gateshead are today & tomorrow.
1 in 6 SMEs know their carbon footprint?
The 2007 SME Climate Change Survey found that 1 in 6 Small & Medium Size Enterprises (
I’m now “The Carbon Coach”
One of the more interesting projects I'm involved with at the minute is 'acting' as "The Carbon Coach" for two Tyneside teenagers for a DVD...
Green Washers and Green Winners Survey
The Chatsworth FOOTSIE 100 Green Washers and Green Winners survey has found that UK big business puts image and consumer pressure ahead of genuine concern...
Supermarkets Start Putting Words into Practice
Six months ago, you couldn't open a newspaper without one supermarket supremo or another launching a programme to make their chain more sustainable. Well the...
A Trillion Pages of Waste A Day
Despite having spent ten years working in the environment and sustainability field, the sheer volume of our consumption of natural resources still has the capacity...
Oil price at record high – is this the beginning of the end?
With the BBC reporting that oil prices are staying near the record high set in September, the 'peak oil' debate has started again.'Peak Oil' is...
What makes a product green?
One of my pet subjects is making products greener (don't forget about my free workshops at Dott this month), and the key question is "What...