Book Review: Ruined by Design by Mike Monteiro
In 1996, I visited the Auschwitz/Birkenau death camps in Poland. I was in two minds about going, with a nagging feeling that I was indulging...
No, Sustainability is not ‘a balance’
Aug 9, 2019
On Monday I griped about a Sustainability book I was sent for review. The sentence which made my heart drop was 'basically speaking, Sustainability is...
How to write a Sustainability book
Aug 5, 2019
I've written five books on business and Sustainability, all of which I'm pretty proud of, and I know first hand how much effort goes in...
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...
Book Review: Frugal Innovation – Doing More With Less
Dec 28, 2017
Mrs K picked up this 2015 book by Cambridge Judge Business School academics Navi Radjou and Jaideep Prabhu for me on the way home from a...
Most influential Sustainability books for me
Dec 4, 2017
I saw a post on LinkedIn yesterday asking people for their top 5 Sustainability books. I quoted the following five as the most influential in...
Book Review: Global Sustainability by Mark Lefko
Feb 20, 2017
When I first read the bumf around Mark Lefko's new book Global Sustainability, I was a bit worried that it clashed with my own tome,...
Optimism, Pessimism and Sustainability
Jul 1, 2016
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” – Winston Churchill I was at a meeting of...
Book Review: Doing Good Better
Feb 19, 2016
When I was an undergraduate, I unexpectedly came into a small amount of cash as I'd been underpaid for a summer job. Rather than fritter (all) the...
Thinking Fast and Slow about Sustainability
Sep 11, 2015
Years ago, I got into a lengthy, but pretty pointless e-mail argument about climate science. On paper, I had no chance. My opponent was a...