Fear of a Green Planet II
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...
Your Waste Problem is NOT In Your Skips
Nov 14, 2012
I spent another thoroughly enjoyable day yesterday delivering waste awareness sessions for the employees of one of our clients. We used my waste template to...
Enabling your customers to be more sustainable pt2
Jan 18, 2012
The BusinessGreen webcast on customer behaviour went really well on Monday. The recorded version will be online soon and I'll put the link in the...
Enabling your customers to be more sustainable pt1
Jan 16, 2012
I'm writing this on the East Coast Mainline, charging across the frozen fields of eastern England as the sun casts various tints of orange across...
Putting the customer first
Jan 11, 2012
There's disappointing news from the world of low emission vehicles (LEVs) - while sales of all cars were up 10% last year in the US,...
Michael Pawlyn on Biomimicry
Aug 26, 2011
I really like this TED talk by Michael Pawlyn - it's about the application of biomimicry principles to architecture, waste management and food systems. I love...
Toxic Legacies
Aug 5, 2011
My first paid "green" job was researching techniques for the eco-design of "large made to order products" such as oil platforms, ships and process plant...
The Power of Good Design
Mar 4, 2011
It has been said that design is the engine room of good environmental practice and I couldn't agree more. Got an inefficient building? Design a...
What's the ultimate green product?
Sep 6, 2010
I started my professional sustainability career in eco-design - making the world greener from the drawing board. This remains the greatest opportunity for a business...
Really Stupid Designs
Mar 26, 2010
You don't have to look far to see plenty of examples of designs that are really stupid from an ecological point of view. Take the...