The most depressing day of the year?
Today is the day that social scientists with too much time on their hands say is the most depressing day of the year - Xmas...
Why doesn't energy efficiency happen?
Jan 12, 2011
Today's blog is inspired by two tweets last night from Mel Starrs who writes the Elemental blog on green building issues: Energy efficiency *should* be...
Show, don't tell
Jan 10, 2011
There was an interesting story in the Daily Mail (yes, really) over the summer. Its science editor, a climate change sceptic, visited Greenland, saw the scale...
Ignore the Cancun Cacophony of Doom
Dec 13, 2010
So, Cancun produced something after all. Not an awful lot, it has to be said, but there is a definite narrowing of the agenda to...
Staff Engagement – No Pain, No Gain
Nov 24, 2010
What a grind it is staying fit. This morning, after dropping the two boys off at nursery, I started my usual run up through the...
What I learnt on my travels…
Nov 12, 2010
I'm writing this post on the train down to Cambridge to finish off a manic three days which has taken in Harrogate, Southampton and next,...
The Birds and The Bees (and The Snails)
Nov 2, 2010
My second son, Jimmy, had his first birthday on Friday, so I had my mother over from Belfast for a long weekend to celebrate. We'd...
Problem People
Oct 27, 2010
You get one in every crowd - the one person who delights in getting in the way and holding things up. Here are three stereotypes...
7 Signs Your Sustainability Programme Is Working
Oct 8, 2010
Here are seven tell-tale signs that you are winning: 1. It gets discussed enthusiastically at board level; 2. You hear people talking about sustainability in...
Quick wins
Sep 27, 2010
If your organisation is new to the whole idea of going green, then the best thing to do is get started and quickly show some...