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Inspiring the Next Generation

28th October 2014

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

21st October 2014

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…

17th October 2014

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...

Horses for (Sustainability) Courses

15th October 2014

In my executive coaching, I try to adhere to the Socratic/pull model where you guide the coachee along with a series of searching questions. The...

On Sustainability: Go Big or Go Home

13th October 2014

The first four of my rules of pragmatic environmentalism were mainly aimed at the old-school green activism mindset which in my opinion holds us back...

Will we get political leadership on sustainability in 2015?

10th October 2014

The UK political conference season has come to an end, the last before the General Election scheduled for May 2015. So, with manifestos starting to...

The Littlest (Sustainability) Hobo

8th October 2014

I've got a really random and retro ear worm. I can't get the theme from 'The Littlest Hobo' out of my mind. You know the...

If this is war, we must use all the weapons at our disposal

6th October 2014

Every Monday for the last couple of weeks, I've been mulling on one of my proposed Rules of the Pragmatic Environmentalist. This week, it is...

How Is ISO14001 Changing? Interview with Marek Bidwell

3rd October 2014

In this very special edition of Ask Gareth, I get to ask the questions! I have been asked about the forthcoming changes to ISO14001, and to...

California is banning plastic bags. Big Deal.

1st October 2014

Have you read the headlines in the press that the State of California is going to ban single use plastic bags in large supermarkets? Well, sound the...

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