Keeping Sustainability Simple, Stupid
Yesterday I was talking to somebody who was lauding the kerbside recycling system in the London borough where they used to live compared to what...
Waste is a verb, not a noun…
Mar 20, 2019
I'm having a bit of a guilt trip. Our (otherwise brilliant) builders have ordered the wrong windows for our extension – some of them have...
Awareness of climate change doesn’t change anything
Mar 18, 2019
We asked our kids whether they were interested in last week's children's climate strike and got a series of noncommittal grunts in reply. While we...
Philip Hammond, eco-warrior
Mar 15, 2019
Being a political nerd, I put UK Chancellor Philip Hammond's Spring Statement (a mini-budget in effect) on the telly while I was working on Wednesday...
Sustainability Choices…
Mar 11, 2019
There seems to be two opinions on the ability of the individual to make Sustainability choices: some believe we are all helpless pawns in the...
Sustainability: If we act decisively, good things happen
Mar 6, 2019
This is one of those stats that green activists tend to ignore, but last year the UK's carbon emissions fell to levels last seen when...
Engaging ‘difficult’ people in Sustainability
Mar 4, 2019
I've seen a couple of posts on social media recently where green-leaning people are getting frustrated with intransigent people they know, who just won't listen....
The Future of Sustainability is Solutions, not Problems
Mar 1, 2019
On Wednesday I received a message on Twitter from Forum for the Future asking for comments on their new report "The Future of Sustainability". Here's...
Waste is a massive economic loss
Feb 27, 2019
I was very taken with this Edie news story about plastic pollution which quotes the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's estimate that $80-120 billion's worth of plastic...
Sustainability Priorities: Big Issues vs Quick Wins
Feb 25, 2019
I had an interesting conversation with a client today about the relative importance of big issues and quick wins. Almost every management or reporting system...