What the Paralympics can teach us about Sustainability
"Don't focus on the disability. Focus on the ability." Oscar Pistorius Paralympic Gold Medalist Olympian Photo: Erik van Leeuwen (bron: Wikipedia), Creative Commons Licence
Weasel Words
Aug 13, 2012
I heard my least favourite weasel words last week: "There is a green thread running through all the decisions we make." This was justification for...
Book Review: The Zeronauts by John Elkington
Aug 10, 2012
John Elkington one of the sustainability field's leading pioneers and in his latest book he looks at those at the cutting edge of sustainability thinking...
Sustainability, Olympic Cycling and the Mission to Mars
Aug 8, 2012
Two things have been massively distracting me from work this week - Team GB's continuing amazing success at the Olympic Games and the Curiosity rover's descent...
Why I’m Not Calling for a Plastic Bag Tax
Aug 6, 2012
There's another big call out for a plastic bag tax in England and Wales. I'm not against such a tax per se, but it is...
From Total Football to Total Sustainability
Jun 18, 2012
Oh, how the mighty fall! The Dutch national football team limped out of Euro 2012 last night without a point to their name. I was disappointed...
Why Sustainability Programmes Fail
Jun 15, 2012
I diagnose the most common causes of failure of sustainability programmes as: No leadership: leadership is critical to any successful corporate transformation programme and, given...
Nuggets from the Sustainability Mastermind Group
May 25, 2012
On Wednesday this week I launched my sustainability mastermind group with an inaugural meeting at the Baltic Art Gallery. We booked a third floor meeting...
What timeframe should a sustainability strategy cover?
May 14, 2012
Last night we got back from a long weekend in Belfast to a glorious sight. OK, it may not look like much to you, but...
Greenest Government Ever and The Vision Thing
Apr 30, 2012
In my post last Friday on David Cameron's little green speech, I mentioned in passing that I thought his vision to lead "the greenest Government ever"...