Back from a Bloody Past
I'm just back from 5 glorious days of half term camping with the Kane clan in Wooler, in the north of Northumberland. We did the...
Jung, Greenwash and Sustainability
May 29, 2018
Gotta love Twitter some times, and last night I saw this wonderful quote attributed to Carl Jung:* "You are what you do, not what you...
On Demand: Business & the SDGs
May 25, 2018
We had a great webinar on Business and the SDGs on Wednesday, involving delegates from three continents! If you missed it, fear not, we can...
Book Review: Doughnut Economics by Kate Raworth
May 24, 2018
I haven't reviewed many Sustainability books on here of late, mainly because the few I have read recently have been terrible, some to the point...
Why behavioural change for Sustainability is difficult (and how to make it easier)
May 21, 2018
Last week I was locking my bike outside one of my regular refuelling points when two Mobike employees appeared and started rounding up some of...
Why Supply Chain Sustainability is so difficult (and why it doesn’t need to be…)
May 16, 2018
Here's three reasons why Supply Chain Sustainability is such a challenge: For the vast majority of organisations, the impacts and risks in the supply chain...
Stop frightening people about climate change
May 14, 2018
One of the basic principles of psychology is that, despite millions of years of evolution, we are still instinctive animals at heart. We fear fire,...
Reasons to be Cheerful part 514
May 11, 2018
Well, the good news just keeps coming. Zero carbon aluminium smelting, coal-free-energy days, too much solar energy in the summer (so how do we store...
Sustainability Lessons from 14 years in Local Government
May 7, 2018
Regular readers may have noticed that my output here and on social media has been somewhat patchy over the last few weeks, That's because I...
How to measure true commitment to Sustainability
Apr 30, 2018
Here's a great quote to guide our answer to this crucial question: Commitment is an act, not a word ~ Jean-Paul Sartre Here are some...