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is ISO 14001 working?
I picked up a copy of the Patagonia outdoor apparel catalogue over the weekend. In addition to the photos and products, these catalogue are always a good read to see how a leading organisation is...
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throwing eco sheep
At the time I heard the Radio 4 news report on Tim O’Reilly, founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media, that we should use the Web for more important things than throwing sheep, and read the ExtranetEvolution...
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Sustainability: Breaking on through to the other side
“Break on through to the Other Side” sang Jim Morrison in the Doors way back in the 60s. Listening again recently started me thinking of how ‘sustainability’ could be ‘breaking through to the other...
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Construction CSR Makeover: can construction learn from Patagonia?
CSR and Transparency seem to be linked buzz words in the world of sustainability at the moment. Fuelled perhaps by an increase in CSR generally, a growing awareness of social media ‘whistleblowing’,...
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Heros and Texts for a future Built Environment based on #CSR
“suddenly the air smells much greener now” Listening to ‘These Streets’, lyrics by Paolo Nutini summed up the brilliant, inspiring Green Vision conference in Leeds – exploring CSR within the built...
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On Patagonia
Since the early ’80’s Patagonia has featured in my life, initially in respect of climbing hardware and outdoor clothing and latterly as a real source of CSR, Corporate Social Responsible inspiration. I...
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3 R’s for rethinking built environment sustainability
Its over ten years since rethinking construction became the driving force for improving the construction industry. Back then, in 1998, sustainability wasn’t on the agenda for many construction...
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Grey to Green sustainability – revisited
Where are you on the Grey to Green spectrum is a question I often ask at sustainability and CSR sessions with clients or in workshops. Cornucopian Thinking: The glass that will always refills itself no...
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Towards a Responsible and Sustainability Construction Economy
Increasingly we hear more and more on emerging sustainable, responsible, collaborative economies. For example: Patagonia, following on from Chouinard’s Responsible Business have launched their...
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Seattle, Vancouver and Squamish: a sustainability visit.
Having just returned from a visit / tour of sustainability projects in the Cascadia, NW pacific area of Seattle, Vancouver and Squamish, combined with a outdoor vacation, I am now sorting copious...
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Patagonia Worn Wear – UK Tour
“Let’s all become radical environmentalists” commented Patagonia chief executive Rose Marcario “As individual consumers, the single best thing we can do for the planet is to keep our stuff in use...
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Advocacy and Activism: Patagonia ‘Tools’ Book Review
Patagonia Tools for Grassroots Activists.Edited by Nora Gallagher and Lisa Myers; introduction by Yvon Chouinard. Book Review Advocacy or activism. Advocacy has become a common descriptor for many...
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Books that have shaped our thinking … Parts 1 and 2
Driving back from Andrew Platten’s funeral with Anne Parker, conversation was centred on how Andrew had inspired us, and others, in numerous ways; (for me, sustainability, academia/industry...
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Bright Green – the new Black (Friday)
That Green is the new Black is illustrated through sustainability focused alternatives to the commercialism of Black Friday. Patagonia whose sustainability vision entails using business to make change...
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Questioning Sustainability
Again the question of what we mean by sustainability has arisen from various directions, and will, no doubt, continue to do so … Prompted by reading Lloyd Alters recent post in Treehugger, here are my...
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Driving heat reflections …
Reflections on driving on what will be the coolest 11 July for years, if not decades to come. Even though it was the hottest of the year so far, it may well be the coolest 11th of July for years and...
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