The gluten delusion, dodgy quotes and climate science
I love my local hipster-ish coffee shop, but it annoys me that all the cakes are proudly marked 'gluten-free'. A couple of times, I've joshed...
Sustainability Bites: Labour Conference, UK Green Summer, Demise of GSB
Sep 29, 2017
Here's my hot takes on the week's big Sustainability news - join us each Friday (unless I'm away) at 10am on Facebook. Comments in the comments,...
Putting the Personal Into Sustainability
Sep 27, 2017
So, the Guardian Sustainable Business site is no more. I don't think I'm really going to miss it because I don't think I ever read...
Sustainability Bites Ep1: Harvey & Climate Change
Sep 4, 2017
Here's the pilot episode of a new series of short, sharp, lo-fi Sustainability snippets I've decided to launch. I've called it Sustainability Bites as a....
Killer Sustainability anecdotes (and not in a good way)
Jun 28, 2017
Last week I retweeted a gif showing a well designed cycle crossing being used by a steady stream of ordinary people on bikes – the text...
“You can’t have Sustainability without X.” You probably can…
Apr 13, 2017
"You can't have Sustainability without a whole new economic model." "You can't have Sustainability without mindfulness." "You can't have Sustainability without self care." "You can't...
When you should sweat the little stuff on Sustainability
Mar 22, 2017
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...
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...
Review: Leonardo DiCaprio’s Before the Flood
Nov 8, 2016
This brand new climate change documentary by Leonardo DiCaprio has been released just before the US goes to the polls to pick a new president...
Virtue Signalling: an insidious form of greenwash
Aug 25, 2016
I've always hated those pious "Save the planet: don't print this e-mail" statements in people's e-mail signature blocks. Why? Because it is blatant 'virtue signalling'...