Should we be exploring space when life on earth is unsustainable?
Like much of the population on Wednesday, I was gripped by the Rosetta mission to the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Never mind that it's parked worse than my...
The military has climate change in its sights
Despite all the jibes about 'military intelligence being an oxymoron', armed forces around the world spend an awful lot of time and effort analysing geopolitical trends,...
Putting my money where my mouth is…
I've just made a modest investment in Triodos Renewables via the TrillionFund. This follows a smaller peer-to-peer loan to another renewables project I made earlier...
“Why?” is the most powerful weapon in sustainability
One of the things I love about my job is I get to speak to people from a wide range of sectors - from charity...
How do you define sustainability?
In this edition of Ask Gareth, I discuss how to define sustainability in a way which makes sense to your fellow employees. What do YOU...
Science Has Spoken (Again) – Now What?
So the cycle goes around again. The International Panel on Climate Change produces its five yearly synthesis report on the state of climate change science...
I need your Pearls of Wisdom
It's that head-scratching time of year again - when I ask you for a pithy one-liner for my 'Green Business Pearls of Wisdom' series of...
Inspiring the Next Generation
My Mum died last Monday. That's why this blog has been largely quiet for the last week - I've been in that weird bereavement hollow...
Sunk Costs Sink Sustainability Ambitions
Time and time again, clients tell me "if only we'd factored this in before we invested in that new boiler [or whatever] - bad timing!"...
The Answer My Friend, Is Blowing In the Wind…
Interesting news recently: Glasgow University ad committed “to fully disinvesting from fossil fuel industry companies”, subject to reassurance that the financial impact for the university would be...