Green Business Confidential: Lighten Up
Here's the latest in my Green Business Confidential podcast series. It's called "Lighten Up". Make sure you listen to the end... Or, you can download...
What would you ban, if you could?
May 8, 2013
"Hurrah!", shouted the green world, as the neonicotinoid pesticides blamed by everybody (except their producers and their political allies) for the worrying decline in bee...
Is business evil?
May 6, 2013
Very amusing column from Lucy Mangan in the Guardian at the weekend where a trip to her local independent bookshop threatened to tempt her from...
Can you design a green economy?
May 3, 2013
You only have to see the repercussions of the 'Arab Spring' to see that revolutions are inherently unstable. Yet we constantly call for a 'revolution'...
Have eco-labels had their day?
May 1, 2013
You get eco-labels on everything these days. You can't grab a coffee without it being rainforest-certified, fair-trade, organic or all three. This very ubiquity bothers...
The Real Tragedy of Bangladesh
Apr 29, 2013
As I write, the official death toll from the collapsed Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh has hit 380, hundreds remain unaccounted for, and the eponymous...
Triple Dips, GDP and Sustainability
Apr 26, 2013
All eyes were on UK Chancellor George Osborne yesterday as the first quarter's GDP growth results were released. If they were negative, then we would...
Our Place in the World
Apr 24, 2013
My eldest son, Harry, is mad about nature. If you ask him "What would you like to do this weekend?", he'll respond with the name...
8 Ways to Bring Creativity to Sustainability
Apr 22, 2013
Oh, look, it's Earth Day! And it was Earth Week just last week when I was bemoaning this rash of me-too, unoriginal thinking. Don't worry,...
Who’s for yet another environmental awareness week?
Apr 19, 2013
Apparently it's Responsible Business Week. And Earth Week. And Work Zone Awareness Week, National Beanpole Week, Bowel Cancer Awareness Week, Parkinson's Awareness Week, Depression Awareness...