‘Mindfulness’ vs ‘the New Normal’
There's a bit of tendency amongst us sustainability practitioners and in the greater green movement that we need everybody to 'get' sustainability - some go...
Green Jujitsu is the Launchpad of Employee Engagement
May 9, 2014
My green jujitsu approach to employee engagement says forget all the clichés of 'green' - the jute bags, the fair trade chocolate and the heart-rending...
Play the game
May 2, 2014
Too many sustainability people I meet are single-handedly trying to change a huge monolithic organisation into some kind of hippy village with people sitting around in...
Embedding Sustainability OR Culture Change?
Apr 2, 2014
I'm busy writing up the results of a client workshop and something that has struck me is how the following two phrases are used interchangeably:...
Rules are made to be…
Mar 3, 2014
I try and avoid the nitty-gritty of environmental legislation if I can help it, but occasionally I dip my toe in the water to keep...
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...
Reasons to be cheerful (parts 1-327)
Jan 27, 2014
We can be a gloomy lot, us environmentalists - always on the verge of despair. But, hold on a minute... Renewable energy produced a record...
Busting “it can’t be done”
Dec 18, 2013
Years ago I did a waste minimisation visit at a big furniture factory. One of my recommendations was to get a lean manufacturing expert in...
Green Jujitsu Black Belt Technique #1: Segmentation
Sep 11, 2013
It's almost a year since my Green Jujitsu book was published by DoSustainability. As regular readers will know, Green Jujitsu is the concept of aligning...