Once upon a time there was a problem with the climate…
There was a very interesting article in the Guardian last week by Oliver Burkeman where he lamented the lack of widespread public interest in the...
A Baker’s Dozen: 13 Sustainability Ideas for 2013
Well Happy New Year everyone! We had what every refers to as a 'quiet' Christmas and New Year, but I'm sure fellow parents will agree...
Christmas Reading List
If you are looking for some stimulating reading to get away from the overdose of Christmas specials on the telly, here are the 10 blog...
Aren’t we just brilliant? Well, it is Xmas…
You know those really annoying, self-congratulatory round robin letters you get at this time of year? Well, this is my unashamedly boastful version as it...
Is it possible to change your company culture for sustainability?
"Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you've got." So said the business guru to...
How to pay lip service to sustainability
I generally assume that readers of this blog want to take sustainability seriously. It suddenly hit me that maybe I'm being a bit presumptuous and that...
Pinning Down the Business Case for Sustainability
I spent yesterday running a sustainability strategy workshop for directors and senior managers of a FTSE100 company. They didn't disappoint - they challenged, they argued,...
David Cameron, Cognitive Dissonance and Clarity
F. Scott Fitzgerald famously said: The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the...
Green Academy 2013 Special Offer
2013 will be the third year of our Green Academy on-line training programme - our low-carbon, time-efficient, cost-effective way of boosting your personal performance as...
Are Quick Wins A Good Thing?
There's an old time management trope where a professor stands in front of his class and fills a jar full of rocks and asks is...