Sustainable energy systems – what are they and how do we achieve them?
“Direct radiations you must have in order to keep your bodies alive, and to grow your food, and provide fresh water; and they could continue to sustain you for millions of years. But intelligence held...
View ArticleSomething stinks here – why is there a die in diesel?
How far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without? Dwight D. Eisenhower Diesel air pollution is a global issue that has received particular focus here in the...
View ArticleSustainability context – exploring and managing in a complex world
“Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.“ Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Navigating sustainability context Developing resilient, successful organisations relies...
View ArticleBuild a sustainable business – on strategic resilience
Building a sustainable business requires understanding sustainability context and the risks and dependencies that matter for your business. Last month we explored this in detail in Navigating...
View ArticlePopulation & consumption – where’s the problem?
“Today the network of relationships linking the human race to itself and to the rest of the biosphere is so complex that all aspects affect all others to an extraordinary degree. ” Murray Gell-Mann...
View ArticleHow might the financial system build a sustainable future?
“Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on.” Richard P. Feynman On the 14th September 2017 at the Royal Society of Arts, London, we were...
View ArticleDecoupling Population and Consumption
“Our only limitations are those we set up in our own minds.“ Napoleon Hill We have written about the relationship between human population growth and sustainability issues a number of times....
View ArticleAutumn Budget 2017 – funding a sustainable future?
How does budget address sustainability? Here in the UK the Autumn budget is a big thing, even if only for policy wonks and reporters. Everyone else generally tries to ignore it or remain in a state of...
View ArticleSustainability Trends in 2018 and the questions you should ask
“I never am really satisfied that I understand anything; because, understand it well as I may, my comprehension can only be an infinitesimal fraction of all I want to understand.” Ada Lovelace What...
View ArticleSustainable Finance – workshop report
“The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.” Winston Churchill The role of sustainable finance In September 2017, as part of the 10 Years after the Crash events, we ran a Towards 9...
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