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Catching the Sustainability Virus

8th February 2016

During a recent piece of employee engagement work, one of the people I was speaking to likened sustainability to a virus – once it infects...

Peak Peak Oil?

5th February 2016

"Whatever happened to Peak Oil?" is a question being asked by many commentators as we sit on a global oil glut. We first have to...

The silent green revolution

3rd February 2016

I saw the above graph on Carbon Tracker, and it tells a great story. Despite all the fossil fuel subsidies, erratic Government policies and powerful anti-renewables...

Leveraging Human Interest for Sustainability

1st February 2016

I saw a quote from the old Kirk Douglas movie Ace in the Hole in the Sunday papers and it really resonated with me, so...

Where does greenwash end?

29th January 2016

Interesting CSRChat on Twitter last night, featuring David Gelles who writes on Business & Sustainability for the New York Times. He mentioned that he thought...

The end of the oil age?

27th January 2016

The current economic hysteria sweeping the globe has been triggered by the sudden slump in oil prices in the last 18 months. But hold on a...

How to engage people in sustainability? Simple. Ask them.

25th January 2016

During the 16 Kick-Ass Sustainability Ideas for 2016 webinar last week, I (inevitably) covered Green Jujitsu – the idea that we should 'frame' sustainability to...

On Demand: 16 Kick Ass Sustainability Ideas for 2016

21st January 2016

Yesterday I hosted our annual Green Academy Taster Session, this one entitled "16 Kick Ass Sustainability Ideas for 2016" – a fast moving run through some...

There’s always an excuse to do nothing…

20th January 2016

A couple of weeks ago, the wonderful Green Thinkers group I'm a member of considered Energy Without The Hot Air by David MacKay – a...

Yes, we CAN shop our way to sustainability…

18th January 2016

If there's one thing I hate more than zombie climate myths (eg "the world hasn't warmed since 1998"), it's daft green pronouncements taken as gospel...

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