A Silky Demonstration of Sustainability
We had a lovely family day out at Alnwick Gardens yesterday. Part of the kids' (and certain adults'...) entertainment was an animal show featuring scorpions,...
The Silent Green Majority
Sep 21, 2012
Photo: Critical Mass protest in Budapest 2007, source: becherpig Just dig these new public perception stats on renewable energy released by UK's Department of Energy &...
Waxing Lyrical about Barbour Jackets
Sep 17, 2012
It's fair to say I am not renowned for my fashion sense. I can do 'smart smart', but like many men I'm rubbish at the...
Musings on a Green Economy pt4: What Needs Fixing And How Do We Fix It?
Aug 30, 2012
This is the fourth and last part of my holiday musings on a Green Economy - looking at what's stopping us achieve a sustainable economy...
Musings on a Green Economy pt3: What’s Working
Aug 28, 2012
Here's part 3 of my holiday musings on a green economy. Last time, we looked at two models of sustainability - eco-efficiency (doing more with...
Musings on a Green Economy pt2: Visions of Utopia
Aug 23, 2012
So, as discussed in pt1, we need to green our economy not only to make us environmentally sustainability (the medium-long term priority) but also to...
Are smart phones now driving dematerialisation?
Feb 3, 2012
I have always been sceptical of the argument that multi-function devices like smart phones are eco-friendly by avoiding the need for a stack of equivalent...
Adam Smith’s Invisible Brain
Feb 1, 2012
I was watching BBC's Daily Politics on Monday to catch the latest on the RBS bonus affair that I had just blogged on, and, lo,...
Enabling your customers to be more sustainable pt2
Jan 18, 2012
The BusinessGreen webcast on customer behaviour went really well on Monday. The recorded version will be online soon and I'll put the link in the...
Enabling your customers to be more sustainable pt1
Jan 16, 2012
I'm writing this on the East Coast Mainline, charging across the frozen fields of eastern England as the sun casts various tints of orange across...