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Musings on Durban

12th December 2011

So something has finally been agreed. Governments have agreed to make an agreement by 2015 which will come into force by 2020. Ministers are jubilant....

Green Academy Pages Go Live!

9th December 2011

Regular readers will have seen posts on the blog here for our Green Academy series of environmental training webinars - dozens of people have taken...

Shopping for sustainability?

7th December 2011

I was perusing the always excellent ENDS Report the other day and noticed that there were three consecutive articles covering big sustainability ventures by big...

Cobblers…

5th December 2011

It was a crucial workshop for an high profile new client. I got to the venue in good time, found my seminar room, tweaked the...

A Green Business is not a Charity

2nd December 2011

Here's the latest in my Green Business Confidential podcast series. It's called "A Green Business is not a Charity" which is one of the most...

Is our obsession with the cuts blinding us to the oil shock?

30th November 2011

The BBC's Evan Davis made a very interesting point when interviewing Labour's Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls this morning on Radio 4. Trying to wrongfoot Balls,...

Just A Little Breathing, Surely

30th November 2011

One of my favourite moments of many in the comedy classic Fawlty Towers is when Basil Fawlty is cornered by the two gushing old ladies...

RBS, Fossil Fuels, Campaigns & Greenwash

28th November 2011

Interesting story in the news this morning that Royal Bank of Scotland has pulled out of sponsoring Climate Week after pressure from NGOs angry at...

Are you ready for a resource crunch?

25th November 2011

I had a very interesting day at the North East Recycling Forum annual conference yesterday. I don't attend a lot of events I'm not speaking...

Need Sustainability Inspiration? Don't Operate in a Vacuum.

23rd November 2011

When James Dyson invented the bagless vacuum cleaner, the idea didn't come out of thin air. Famously he saw a vortex system for capturing dust...

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