Reducing the carbon cost of advertising production
The old jokes about helicopter shots and deserted beaches may point to the excesses of a previous era in advertising, but today those...
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Time to TerraCycle your blister packs at Superdrug
From pain killers to multivitamins, all our bathroom cabinets will be stuffed full of the blister packs that most tablets now come in....
Do our personal sustainability strategies need to go back to the future?
I'm old enough to remember when pretty much all the milk we drank was delivered direct to your door. By the milk man, not as part of your...
Why Bitcoin is so bad for the planet
I'm sure, like me, most people don't really understand the mechanics of Bitcoin. But something has surfaced recently that few have...
When we need biodiversity insurance it's time to start worrying
Until recently I knew very little about the company Swiss Re, aside from the fact they were the original owners of the Gherkin. And less...
The tipping point of stuff: what we make now outweighs all living things
Not all our achievements are something to be proud of. Nor is climate change the only anthropogenic environmental crisis we face....
Why 'the same but green' is not enough to solve the environmental crisis
Transitioning to new technology is never without downsides and teething troubles. And that's true even when the technology is as positive...
How long is your long term vision?
Future planning is important. What are we going to eat this week? How will we emerge well from the Covid pandemic? What are we doing to...
Why there's more than 3 Rs in sustainability
The 3 Rs have been around for a long time now: reduce, reuse, recycle. Jack Johnson even wrote a song about them. But there is a strong...
How the financial markets could switch from environmental destroyers to saviours of the world
Following on from their must-read Living Planet report, Our Planet: Too Big To Fail is a new documentary from WWF that's definitely worth...
Environmental awareness starts young
This is Juniper Hill school, at some point in the early to mid-70s (you can spot me if you know where to look). And it makes a strong...
It's the environment stupid (in 3 parts)
Covid. Recession. Brexit. Three immediate challenges we should be concerned about, of that there is no debate. But each is dwarfed (and...
We can't let Covid distract us from the climate crisis
The latest edition of the GlobeScan/SustainAbility Sustainability Leaders survey has just been released. Running since 1997, the study...
Delivering a Zero Carbon Britain
At the end of 2019, the Centre For Alternative Technology launched Zero Carbon Britain: Rising to the Climate Emergency, a bold but...
Sometimes the simple solutions are the best
When it comes to problem solving, it's easy to get overly concerned with novel solutions. We become fixated on shiny new things, assuming...
Liquid air batteries? If you're not getting excited you should be!
If we're to have any chance of building back better, green tech will need to be at the forefront of any recovery. This is especially true...
The benefits of reduced consumption as Britain kicks its coal habit for more than two months
Last week the Drax power station was brought online for regular maintenance. In doing so it contributed some coal-fired energy to the...
Business leads the way on climate (again)
For some years now Unilever has been at the forefront of the brand purpose revolution, arguing a strong financial case for taking a more...
Securing a green recovery from Covid-19
The Institute for Public Policy Research hosted a cross-party webinar last week which is well worth a watch. Looking at how we can secure...
Follow UN sustainable development goals business leaders say
For the second time in as many weeks, business leaders have written to Boris Johnson asking him to put the environment and social justice...
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