Any colour you like as long as it’s green…
On a visit to friends of our who have two small boys, a squabble broke out over colouring pencils. “Josh, you’ve got loads of pencils,...
Zeroing in or losing focus?
I'm reading John Elkington's new book The Zeronaughts, which I'll review in whole in due course, but there's one thing about it which is really...
Circular Economy or Web of Life?
As a nature lover, I thoroughly enjoyed Chris Packham's BBC series The Secrets of the Living Planet. Having been on our screens in my youth,...
Taking The Extremes Out of Sustainability
Last week, political broadcaster Andrew Neil (right) hosted a debate on climate science. He invited libertarian polemicist James Delingpole and Friends of the Earth campaigner...
Reframing the environment vs economy argument
In my keynote speech at the Energy & Environment North East 2012 conference, I argued that the question was not low carbon or growth, but...
Is the team key to creating a culture of sustainability?
What can a single designer do to change the life cycle environmental performance of a complex product, say, a car? If they're really clever (or...
Diamond’s in the Rough: Bankers’ Values and CSR
So just when we thought the banking industry couldn't get embroiled in another ethical scandal, Barclays gets a £300 million fine for artificially manipulating the...
Sustainability Champions, Subsidy Junkies and Green Canoeing
I gave two keynote speeches this week: one at The Value of Sustainability organised by Newcastle University Business School and TADEA, the other at the...
Try out Green Academy
You may have seen or heard about our Green Academy on-line training sessions and wondered if it would work for you. Well here's an opportunity...
Blame it on Rio+20: Consensus or Competition?
So the Rio+20 conference chugged to its almost inevitable anticlimax. The NGOs and green-friendly press are looking for villains - missing big name leaders, lack...