Nobody ever said Sustainability was going to be easy…
Last week, I heard someone cite the old "the carbon footprint was invented by BP to put the blame on the consumer" meme. This drives...
Getting Green Stuff Done
Oct 7, 2015
In the latest edition of Ask Gareth, I advise Stephen (a pseudonym) on how he can break free of the 'green tape' – ISO14001 documentation...
Horses for (Sustainability) Courses
Oct 15, 2014
In my executive coaching, I try to adhere to the Socratic/pull model where you guide the coachee along with a series of searching questions. The...
The Answer is ‘Run A Workshop’ – What Was The Question?
Jan 17, 2014
When coaching a number of sustainability practitioners before Christmas, I noticed that, whatever the question they asked me, my immediate impulse was to answer "run...
How to facilitate meaningful sustainability conversations
Oct 4, 2013
We've all been there - sat in the audience while a sharp suited executive stands in front of glossy corporate Powerpoint slides and tells us...
The Power of the Sustainability Workshop
Jul 19, 2013
On Wednesday's Winning Business for Small Environmental Consultancies webinar, I was asked whether all my consulting engagements involved workshops. And the answer is, yes, the...
8 Ways to Bring Creativity to Sustainability
Apr 22, 2013
Oh, look, it's Earth Day! And it was Earth Week just last week when I was bemoaning this rash of me-too, unoriginal thinking. Don't worry,...
Pinning Down the Business Case for Sustainability
Dec 14, 2012
I spent yesterday running a sustainability strategy workshop for directors and senior managers of a FTSE100 company. They didn't disappoint - they challenged, they argued,...
Green Academy 2013 Special Offer
Dec 11, 2012
2013 will be the third year of our Green Academy on-line training programme - our low-carbon, time-efficient, cost-effective way of boosting your personal performance as...
Green Academy Pages Go Live!
Dec 9, 2011
Regular readers will have seen posts on the blog here for our Green Academy series of environmental training webinars - dozens of people have taken...