Is there a Hype Cycle for Clean Tech?
I was at an European Parliament event on low carbon vehicles last Friday at the new Gateshead College campus adjacent to the Nissan factory. It...
The Lesson from the Green Deal…
Jun 28, 2013
Yesterday, the UK Government released initial figures on the uptake of its flagship Green Deal programme. This was developed to help homeowners retrofit energy efficiency...
Obama steps up on climate change (at last)
Jun 25, 2013
It was the big speech everyone concerned with climate change was waiting for. Barack Obama, leader of the world's biggest economy and second biggest carbon...
Sustainability frustrations? Don’t get mad, get ‘umble
Jun 24, 2013
Regular readers will know that I get bemused by the amount of anger on t'internet, especially when it comes to sustainability issues. The killer question...
Book Review: The Burning Question, Mike Berners-Lee & Duncan Clark
Jun 21, 2013
The central thesis of The Burning Question is that all our wonderful solutions to the climate crisis - renewables, nuclear, population control, energy efficiency -...
Why is the sky blue and other difficult questions
Jun 17, 2013
At three and a half, my middle boy, Jimmy, has hit the golden age of the killer question - why? Daddy, why do we have...
Who has the power to green the supply chain?
Jun 17, 2013
One of the issues we explored in our recent Corporate Sustainability Mastermind Group meeting on supply chains was who in the organisation has the power...
There’s nothing green about a crap product
Jun 14, 2013
I really liked these bamboo socks when I saw them in TK Maxx, but they barely lasted a couple of weeks before they wore through....
What do (some) Greens and Climate Change Deniers have in common?
Jun 12, 2013
Oh, the UK's new energy bill. Otherwise much lauded by green industry commentators, the bill put off setting a 2030 decarbonisation target until 2016 -...
Fear of a Green Planet II
Jun 10, 2013
I was fascinated to read that when BMW wanted to develop its new electric car range, they set up an arms length division to prevent...