Taking the p*** in Boggle Hole
Our youngest and most dangerous child was taken away for a friend's birthday treat this weekend, so the Prof spotted the opportunity for us to...
Some Sustainability fads deserve to die, others not so much…
Feb 12, 2024
Every time a new fad hits the threshold of zeitgeist, you are guaranteed a slew of earnest articles trying to find a Sustainability angle. I...
Getting a warm feeling from the use of waste heat
Jan 15, 2024
About 20 years ago, I found myself standing on a gantry overlooking a couple of industrial refrigerators in a small, independent fruit processing factory. The...
What do dog poo, human urine and the digestive juices of worms have in common?
Dec 11, 2013
The answer is they have all been, or still are, used as a resource. Once upon a time, dog faeces were collected as 'pure' and...
Skin in the Game
Aug 29, 2013
I sat nervously in the anteroom, waiting for a colleague who had set up this presentation to a meeting of senior managers on one of...
Making Connections for Sustainability
Aug 27, 2013
Sustainability will never be delivered by people working in isolation. From a practical point of view, you've never transform your supply chain, never mind implement...
The Fatberg is the Tip of the Iceberg
Aug 7, 2013
Imagine spending three weeks sluicing away 15 tonnes of congealed fat, wet wipes and 'sanitary items' from a London sewer. A Herculean task if there...
Words Matter: What “The Bedroom Tax” can teach us about selling sustainability
May 22, 2013
You can win or lose an argument on the words you choose to use. Take the recent furore over changes to UK housing benefits. The...
What does “Re-shoring” do for the Circular Economy and CSR?
Mar 18, 2013
"Re-shoring" is a growing business trend - bringing offshore manufacturing and services back from low wage "developing countries" to so-called "developed countries". According to the...
Green is Cool.
Mar 15, 2013
Home cleaning products company Method has announced new packaging made from recycled plastic. So what? Well the plastic comes from the ocean, not only saving...