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What do we need to solve climate change? A hashtag!

26th November 2014

Yesterday the UK's Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) launched a tweetathon around the hashtag #BackClimateAction. The idea was that each hour between 9am...

Winter is coming*… or is it?

24th November 2014

My eldest son, Harry, is doing a project at school entitled 'The Angry Earth.' Last night over dinner he suddenly shouted "I hate global...

We are all ethical – until we go to work…

21st November 2014

Interesting piece of research doing the rounds in the media where they found that bankers were more honest when they weren't thinking about being bankers. This...

Interview with Paul Taylor, Sustainability Manager, Camira Fabrics

19th November 2014

Here's an extract of an interview I did with Paul Taylor, Sustainability Manager of Camira Fabrics over the summer. Camira Fabrics is the biggest producer...

A neat trick to engage your boss in sustainability

17th November 2014

An interesting thing happened at the G20 summit which took place in Australia over the weekend. Aussie premier Tony Abbott (right) is one of the...

Should we be exploring space when life on earth is unsustainable?

14th November 2014

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

12th November 2014

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…

10th November 2014

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

7th November 2014

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?

5th November 2014

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...

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