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Rio+20: counting the cost of an infinite-growth economy in a finite world
It is always a pleasure to catch up with old friends; and my recent dinner at Global Footprint Network founder Mathis Wackernagel’s Oakland home was no exception. As always, Mathis was brimming with...
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The great resource scarcity debate, but who’s listening?
Bill Clinton at Re|Source I had the opportunity to go and listen to Bill Clinton speak about resource scarcity in Oxford last week. I was eager to hear what this great orator had to say on such an...
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Why our political leaders should be ashamed of steering clear of the green...
A CHPP built by Alstom, which is threatening to pull its UK green investment This week, Energy Minister Greg Barker insisted the Conservatives were not giving up on their green pledges, but short of...
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The G8 summit: why it is now up to business leaders to save the planet
Photo courtesy of G8 UK Presidency Advisers, like PwC always urge the private and public sectors to work together however, it can clearly be seen from the G8 conference’s Lough Erne declaration...
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Saving the planet: is there a place for ‘practical possibilists’ in business?
The problem with working in sustainability is that most background reading is disempowering, disheartening and frankly depressing. Books which are optimistic about the future are thin on the ground....
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The four horsemen of the global apocalypse: water, climate change, food and...
In my April 2012 blog, which spouted on about water risk, I made reference to the World Economic Forum’s 7th Global Risks Report. For the first time, this report had identified issues with water supply...
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Green investment: are we seeing a change in the political weather on climate...
As a nation we tend to characterise any debate in terms of competition rather than consensus. Sitting on the fence is seen generally as being weaker than having a definite and opposing point of view....
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Climate change: fact, fiction and Nigel Lawson
Over breakfast on 13th February, when my thoughts should have been anticipating the joys of the Valentine’s weekend, I found myself ranting at the radio, mouth full of organic oats, in disbelief at...
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IPCC report: it’s time to stop believing the fossil fuel bluffers and invest...
The InterGovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, out this week, underlines again the massive scientific consensus behind the evidence that the planet’s climate is changing in ways that will...
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Bushcraft business: can nature inspire the next ‘industrial’ revolution?
At a recent company awayday, staff from our newly merged sustainability consultancies (Anthesis and Best Foot Forward) trekked off to the countryside near our Oxford office and tried some bushcraft. I...
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