When you should sweat the little stuff on Sustainability
Regular readers will know I'm a great proponent of the 80:20 Rule in Sustainability – I wrote a book about it (see below). The...
Cutting Corners: Making Sustainability the easy option
Mar 13, 2017
On Saturday I was at a workshop looking at improving the experience of pedestrians and cyclists in inner-city neighbourhoods in our city. One of the...
The one thing you must do in your Sustainability communications
Feb 13, 2017
My big theme this year is 'Sustainability conversations', and one thing that sets 'conversation' apart from 'communication' is you've got to listen as well as...
How to start a Sustainability conversation
Jan 13, 2017
As I've said before, our big theme in 2017 is Sustainability Conversations as this is where we believe breakthroughs lie. But the critical question is...
2016 at Terra Infirma Towers
Dec 29, 2016
If 2016 was a tumultuous one in world affairs – Brexit, Trump, Syria, all your childhood icons dying – it was a relatively calm one here...
Keep on nudging people into sustainable behaviour
Dec 19, 2016
I found out last week that one of my clients dissuades people from using air travel by requiring the prior approval of the Chief Operating Officer. This...
Free Your Mind, and Sustainability Success Will Follow*
Dec 14, 2016
We had a great Corporate Sustainability Mastermind Group Meeting last Friday - I'll post more this Friday (I'm still writing the session up). But one...
Sustainability by Default
Nov 21, 2016
Quite a bit of my work recently has been around taking a Sustainability Strategy and embedding it into the organisation. While gaining buy-in from...
Why your climate message isn’t getting through
Nov 16, 2016
This morning I was running my normal route up the river valley where I live. Towards the far end of my circuit, I came up behind three...
Sustainability by habit
Oct 17, 2016
How many decisions do you make everyday? Real decisions, I mean, where you actively choose between two options rather than follow your usual practice. When...