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Obama steps up, will the other world leaders?

9th November 2015

Last week, Barack Obama sent out a clear message to the US and the world when he nixed the Keystone XL pipeline which would have...

How will the SDGs affect your business?

4th November 2015

In this edition of Ask Gareth, I discuss how the brand new UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) may impact on an individual business. You can...

3D Storytelling for Sustainability

2nd November 2015

Two days of motorway driving just to spend a day queuing for rides at a theme park – my weekend couldn't have been designed more...

New technology vs old rules…

26th October 2015

Last Friday, my partner, Karen, and I sat down to rewatch Back to the Future II, only to find a. we had never actually seen...

The mentality of sustainability targets

23rd October 2015

The installation of a pull-up bar on my school run route last year started a "challenge Daddy" thing with my kids where they joyfully count...

The People’s Front of Sustainability? Splitters!

21st October 2015

[Warning: this clip is much swearier than I remembered it - take care at work or in front of sensitive ears!] This week, veteran Green...

Hurrah for the sustainability doers!

19th October 2015

This morning, I came across this quote from John William Gardner: An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher. It resonated with...

Capitalism, Obsolescence and the Planet…

16th October 2015

Alas dear iPhone, I knew him so well... I've finally bitten the bullet and bought a new iPhone which I'm picking up tomorrow. This came...

Getting more from third party sustainability services

14th October 2015

Friday before last saw the twelfth meeting of the Corporate Sustainability Mastermind Group, held in the medieval Undercroft at the wonderful Live Theatre in Newcastle....

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