Design the Sustainable Future You Want to See
Earlier this year, I wrote 10 Rules for Corporate Sustainability to mark the 200th edition of The Low Carbon Agenda (yes, that’s 200…). The ebook...
Designing a better world with Vicky Lofthouse, EN:ABLE Sustainability
Dec 5, 2025
My first ever Sustainability role was as a Research Assistant on the Design for Environment project at Newcastle University's Engineering Design Centre. I left the...
Can a building be net positive for the environment? Regenerative design expert David Cheshire explains how
Nov 22, 2024
Most of our Sustainability efforts focus on making things "less bad", but can we go past zero and start making our society good for the...
Words of Wisdom: Sustainable Design & Innovation
Aug 9, 2024
This week's podcast is a summer special compilation of my favourite excerpts of our interviews to date on the theme of design and innovation. My...
Built it, and the carbon will come
Jun 30, 2020
I’m writing this in the modern extension of a house which is 125 years old today, more or less (the pic shows the extension going...
Sustainable Supply Chains start on the inside…
Jan 27, 2020
I'm busy planning the next meeting of the Corporate Sustainability Mastermind Group on Friday. The topic is one we keep coming back to – making...
Book Review: Ruined by Design by Mike Monteiro
Oct 14, 2019
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...
Deconstructing our consumerism
Nov 30, 2018
As a qualified engineer, the good old British taxpayer spent a small fortune teaching me how to make things, but not a penny teaching me...
Squaring the Fracking vs Clean Growth circle
Oct 19, 2018
As many commentators have pointed out, the irony needle went off the dial this week when the UK Minister of State for Energy and Clean Growth,...
Who are the most crucial people in the future of our planet?
Oct 17, 2018
Regular readers will know I'm a big fan of using the 80:20 Rule for Sustainability. The rule encourages us to cut through the noise and...