Zeroing in or losing focus?
I'm reading John Elkington's new book The Zeronaughts, which I'll review in whole in due course, but there's one thing about it which is really...
Green Technology: It’s the S-Curve, Stupid
May 2, 2012
When I were a lad in the late 1970s, I dreamed of having my own computer. In my room. I would lie awake at night...
Is the renewable energy industry getting greedy?
Oct 28, 2011
Twitter and the green press is buzzing with the UK solar industry leaping up and down as they fear the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) is going...
It won't happen by magic…
Oct 7, 2011
I am very saddened by a large organisation I know well which has lost its way on sustainability. It had been rated best in class by...
Does Commerce Trump Charity?
Sep 26, 2011
I spent a very pleasant evening on Friday listening to Chris Packham at a Northumberland Wildlife Trust fundraiser (he's vice-president of the Wildlife Trusts). He...
Is this the worst green marketing slogan ever?
Sep 9, 2011
I spotted this billboard for a Hi-tec walking boot a few months ago and I used it on Wednesday's Green Marketing webinar as an example...
Living in the Real World…
Jul 15, 2011
When I first got started in this business I used to get patronised a lot. "It would be nice to [be greener]," these grey haired...
Do we need the Carbon & Energy Saving Trusts?
Jun 6, 2011
Compared to the furore over other UK Government cuts, the announcement that two key environmental quangos, the Carbon Trust and the Energy Saving Trust, are...
How Stupid Is That? Green Business Blunders
Apr 22, 2011
Here's the sixth Green Business Confidential podcast, entitled "How Stupid Is That?", which is a bit of a rant about stupid green business blunders: Or,...
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...