Adding friction to unsustainable behaviour
Regular readers will know I'm a bit sceptical about the plastic bag tax – mainly because it's aimed at a minor environmental impact rather than...
Nigel Farage has a soggy experience
Feb 12, 2014
There was a comedy gold sequence on Channel 4 News last night when Garry Gibbon asked a couple of climate-sceptic politicians, including UKIP leader Nigel...
Getting into a Sustainability Mindset
Feb 3, 2014
To act without knowing why; to do things as they have always been done, without asking why; to engage in an activity all one's life...
Queuing for a Ferry and the Psychology of Energy Use
Jul 25, 2013
I'm on our family summer holiday - this year, we're in my hometown of Belfast. My mother has just turned 70, so we had a...
Make Green The Default
Jul 23, 2013
I have an ageing HP laser printer - I bought a duplex device as I wanted to be a good little greenie and print double...
Getting the message right, first time, everytime
Mar 28, 2012
In one of my client workshops, a manufacturing operative, straight off the factory floor and still wearing his dirty overalls, put it bluntly: “We’ve got...
The Human Aspect to Clean Tech
Oct 22, 2010
As I write this, I've just finished the first full day of the European Green Capitals conference in Stockholm. The session that stood out was...
Nudge, nudge!
Jun 3, 2009
OK, so I'm a 12 months behind the curve, but I've just finished last year's political must-read "Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness"...