Why Rio+20 and the G20 should be one meeting
Two big global jamborees at the same time: Rio+20 trying save the planet and the G20 in Mexico trying to save the global economy. Really...
Is our obsession with the cuts blinding us to the oil shock?
Nov 30, 2011
The BBC's Evan Davis made a very interesting point when interviewing Labour's Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls this morning on Radio 4. Trying to wrongfoot Balls,...
Richard Branson (and me): fossil fuel is fuelling the recession
Oct 10, 2011
Sir Richard Branson said something very interesting this week. Speaking at the Slowlife Symposium in the Maldives (above, and no, I wasn't there, unfortunately), he...
Exclusive: Chris Huhne on the Green Energy Economy
Oct 3, 2011
Last Thursday UK Energy & Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne MP spoke at an event on the Green Energy Economy organised by Newcastle Liberal Democrats...
The Politics of Oil
Mar 7, 2011
This weekend the global oil situation finally made its way onto the front pages of the UK press with, for example, The Guardian's report on...
Climate Change & the World of Finance
Feb 25, 2011
This video from The Telegraph gives an insight into the financial sector's views on low carbon technology. Unsurprisingly they're taking a very hard nosed approach...
Are you prepared for an oil shock?
Feb 23, 2011
Yesterday I was writing a piece on major problems in the oil industry for The Sustainability Forum (it should go up today or tomorrow it's...
Green White Elephants
Jan 28, 2011
I read in our local paper yesterday that a neighbouring council had just unveiled plans for a Green Business Incubator using £2.4million of European funding...
Are you part of the problem…
Apr 13, 2010
...or part of the solution?I've been working with a number of clients recently who were focussing on how they could reduce their impact on the...
The Opportunities Pyramid
Feb 26, 2010
I've developed the above model to communicate the levels of benefit that "going green" can deliver. Underpinning the whole thing is compliance - if you...