Trees, please!
About 22 years ago I sat in a church and listened to local activists from a national pressure group plan a campaign where they would...
Don’t let the green-tape tail wag the Sustainability dog…
Apr 30, 2019
I'm busy drafting a Sustainability Strategy for an autonomous division of a much larger organisation. We have had a bit of a dilemma as the...
You’re probably doing more on Sustainability than you think…
Mar 28, 2019
I've just had a client send me a dossier on what they've achieved so far on Sustainability, and there's a huge amount more good stuff...
More Abuse of Sustainability Champions
Jan 28, 2019
During a conversation last week the following nugget came up "they think appointing Sustainability Champions is a substitute for paying for a Sustainability Manager." This...
On Demand: 12½ Kick Ass Sustainability Ideas for 2019
Jan 23, 2019
Here's the recording of the 2019 Green Academy taster session for your delectation (it does what it says on the tin). To get full value...
My first domestic LED bulb. Yes, really…
Dec 14, 2018
Being a Sustainability junkie, you'd have thought that my house would be heaving with the latest green technology. But last night I bought some LED...
The missing pieces in many Sustainability Strategies
Jul 2, 2018
I see lots of Sustainability Strategies which consist of a baseline (e.g. a carbon footprint and waste arisings data), targets and a series of nice...
Stop frightening people about climate change
May 14, 2018
One of the basic principles of psychology is that, despite millions of years of evolution, we are still instinctive animals at heart. We fear fire,...
When is a Sustainability Strategy not a Sustainability Strategy?
Apr 18, 2018
I saw this odd story yesterday that BP had released a 'Sustainability Strategy' based on holding its carbon emissions steady while the business was predicted...
Don’t be a Sustainability Sheep
Mar 26, 2018
I took most of Friday off to go and help Mrs K move office at Durham University. So I decided to cycle down and, on...