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• What’s the value of sustainability?

  Often, we measure sustainability in quantifiable metrics, things like financial savings or carbon footprint. This is not a bad thing, and I encourage it for my clients. It makes things a lot easier when trying to justify investment. But I do wonder, what would happen if we measured sustainability in a completely different way? Would [...]

• Tips for those new to sustainability

  Sometimes getting started is the hardest part. It’s true of a lot of things, from learning to snowboard (as I painfully learned in 1999), learning a musical instrument, or learning pretty much any new skill. Once you’ve got some momentum built up, you can use it to power through the inevitable challenges that come with [...]

• Going virtually green, just in time for winter

  With harsh weather on our doorstep, this month I’ll explore some opportunities to work from home and avoid the mess on the roads. In the last few years there has been a surge the popularity of employees working from home. With continuous advances in internet and mobile technology, alongside the shifting lifestyle requirements of the [...]

• How to succeed in sustainability without really trying

  Gotcha! I bet you thought this was going to be another top 10 tips to quick and easy sustainability, didn’t you? Well, sorry, I don’t believe in that. I think that many sustainability consultants are doing their clients a disservice by holding out the “low-hanging fruit” as the holy grail of achievement. It’s not easy [...]

• COP XX: Oops I missed it again

  This post was going to be titled, “Durban: Does anyone know or care?” But then I realized that I had in fact missed over half the event anyway. Plus, it’s not being covered in depth in any mainstream media. I only knew sort of what was happening because of my friends’ facebook posts. This is [...]