Don’t be a Sustainability Sheep
I took most of Friday off to go and help Mrs K move office at Durham University. So I decided to cycle down and, on...
The Boxer vs Green Jujitsu
Mar 14, 2018
Last week I was reading a newspaper article on simmering tensions in Northern Ireland (from whence I hail) where somebody quoted The Boxer by Simon...
Why people will behave Sustainably…
Mar 12, 2018
There are two reasons why people will behave in a Sustainable way: Because they want to, or; Because they have to. There is no guarantee...
The 3 biggest pitfalls in developing a Sustainability Strategy
Mar 7, 2018
In the latest edition of Ask Gareth, I'm asked what are the pitfalls to avoid when developing a Sustainability Strategy. I put forward the three...
Habit-changing is hard
Feb 5, 2018
Regular readers can't have helped notice my big personal goal for the year is to do a triathlon. As I mentioned last month my swimming...
Successful Sustainability Stories
Dec 18, 2017
Our usual Corporate Sustainability Mastermind Group meeting last week went into 'general problem solving mode'. A couple of members couldn't make it due to last...
OK, so I was wrong on the plastic bag tax
Nov 29, 2017
Regular readers will know that I have been somewhat dismissive of the plastic bag tax (to put it mildly...) Well, hands up, I was wrong....
Save the world, today!
Nov 27, 2017
This morning I was out plodding around my usual Monday run route when I spotted a couple of plastic packing straps on the pavement just...
The Only Natural Remedy For Me…
Nov 6, 2017
Real panic chez Kane this morning as we turned up in school to find all the other reception class kids clad head to foot in...
Rolling out a Sustainability Strategy
Nov 3, 2017
I was down in London yesterday, facilitating a workshop for a client who is about to roll their Sustainability Strategy out across the entire organisation...