Leo Hickman (him off of the Guardian) had an article published on Tuesday about Collaborative Consumption called "The End of Consumerism" which examined the possibility that sharing and swapping things (and time) can help wean us off the affliction of "consumerism". Consumerism is, many argue, responsible for the…

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I have written about David MacKay's work before [update: David is now Chief Scientific Adviser to Department for Environment and Climate Change (DECC) - so there!], when I highlighted his experiment involving a power meter and mobile phone chargers. This showed how very small the power…

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The Carbon Trust (who work with closely with our Low Carbon Alliance), have produced a neat slide show to highlight how businesses are absolutely vital to emissions reduction in the UK.

 

Click the image below to see the slide show on the Carbon Trust website.

It's only 5 slides, yet it demonstrates nicely the scale of the challenge and the need to ensure both businesses and the…

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When it comes to choosing energy reduction measures in our homes and businesses, we often start with things that take the least amount of effort. In "the trade" this is called the "low hanging fruit" as it's the things we can pick off easily, without too much bother. An example of low hanging fruit is pressing the "off" button on the TV or PC Monitor rather than leaving it on standby. It's easy… Continue

"A business is a living organism; it has to continue to shed its skin.

Methods have to change.

Focus has to change.

Values have to change.…

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As has been reported by many news outlets, the world emitted more carbon in 2010 than ever before.

 

 

A whopping, if not mind-bendingly huge 30.6 billion tonnes of…

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