Is there an echo in here?
Here's the latest in the Green Business Confidential podcast series. It's called "Is there an echo in here!" and it's about the dangers of spending...
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...
And the winner is… the power of competition for sustainability
Jul 3, 2013
I'm writing this just before I catch the train to London, tux in tow, for the big BusinessGreen Leader awards tonight - Terra Infirma Ltd...
Fear of a Green Planet II
Jun 10, 2013
I was fascinated to read that when BMW wanted to develop its new electric car range, they set up an arms length division to prevent...
Sustainability Stories or Statistics?
May 17, 2013
How many times have you sat through a sustainability presentation that consists of graph after graph, table of data after table of data. And...
The New Mindset
May 15, 2013
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,...
A Better Poster Won’t Do You No Good
Mar 8, 2013
This week is Climate Week - another of the plethora of weeks, days and hours dedicated to the planet - and it seems to have...
Let’s drop the mumbo-jumbo and get on with it!
Mar 6, 2013
Here's something I read on Guardian Sustainable Business from Doug Tompkins, founder of North Face and Esprit: "we should not rush into trying to solve problems...