Donald Rumsfeld was right (about one thing, anyway…)
Donald Rumsfeld, US Secretary under George W Bush has long been derided for this explanation of the flimsiness of the evidence for going to war...
Mind the Credibility Gap
Jul 23, 2014
I'm continuing to plough my way through the background information from a sustainability training course I'm reviewing for a client and it's throwing up all kinds...
Will you be a carboniferous fossil in a low carbon economy?
Jul 21, 2014
Kodak is often held up as the archetypal extinction of the digital age. The photographic film giant invented but rejected the product - the digital...
We need MORE pedantry in sustainability
Jul 11, 2014
My name is Gareth and I'm a pedant. There. Said it. It really annoys me when a word or phrase with a particular meaning gets...
IKEA, fashion and sustainability
Jun 30, 2014
Last night I caught the first episode of the BBC documentary "The Men Who Made Us Spend" (if you live in the UK and you're quick,...
The First Law of Sustainability
Jun 2, 2014
The Second Law of Thermodynamics says: The entropy of a closed system always increases. Indulge me here for a minute... Entropy is a measure of...
My Prediction for 2014: The Year of the Resource Crunch
Dec 31, 2013
Back in 2009/10 when I was writing The Green Executive, I interviewed 18 senior sustainability practitioners to generate fresh case studies. I asked all of...
What do dog poo, human urine and the digestive juices of worms have in common?
Dec 11, 2013
The answer is they have all been, or still are, used as a resource. Once upon a time, dog faeces were collected as 'pure' and...
Mark Carney’s not the only one giving ‘forward guidance’…
Aug 14, 2013
Canadian financial rockstar Mark Carney has taken up his post as Saviour Governor of the Bank of England and revealed his secret weapon (drum roll...)...
The Fatberg is the Tip of the Iceberg
Aug 7, 2013
Imagine spending three weeks sluicing away 15 tonnes of congealed fat, wet wipes and 'sanitary items' from a London sewer. A Herculean task if there...