Blog
It’s Hard to be Good These Days – Why We Need to Stop Demanding Perfection
Thanks to the work of campaigners and activists we have reached a point where the majority of people are aware we are facing an environmental crisis (finally!). From climate change to species extinction, more of us are starting to understand things are looking quite...
Eco-Guilt: The Never-Ending Quest To Become A ‘True Environmentalist’
Jimmy’s Story So I want to start off by telling you a story. It’s about a boy called ‘Jimmy’, a pretty standard millennial, loving his millennial life. He’s just graduated from university and he’s got his life all planned out, I guess he’s probably going to go work in...
The Environment Is Now Trending – So Beware
Thanks in part to some amazing individuals and groups, news headlines around environmental issues are finally becoming a more common occurrence (despite people who have worked in this field pointing out for decades how we are damaging the planet and the dark place...
Lead your tribe
It can be tricky to bring up the subject of climate change. When everyone at a party is chatting about the latest TV drama or the colour of their new curtains, it can be difficult to steer the conversation towards the elephant in the room. I know some of you...
Sorry George. In these dark times for wildlife, we still need inspiration as well as tragedy
Last week, Guardian columnist, author and nowadays (it seems) chief spokesperson for a large number of people with environmental leanings George Monbiot wrote an article which garnered quite a lot of attention. In it, he outlined how arguably one of the world’s...
Podcast
Episode 41 – The World’s Largest Soil & CO2 Cleanup – Using Nature To Extract Forever Chemicals and Create Circular Business Models – Elena Doms, Earth Plus
Elena Doms, is the visionary co-founder of Earth Plus, a startup with an audacious goal: to create the largest soil and CO2 cleanup in history, working hand-in-hand with nature. Elena’s journey is a fascinating one which we dive into in detail in this...
Episode 40 – Radically Ecological Sneakers – Mikael Hietala, Earthbound Sneakers
In this episode, I chat to Mikael Hietala the sustainability officer at Croatian startup Earthbound Sneakers. Earthbound (Croatia’s first B-Corp) is tackling the many issues caused by fast fashion by creating truly stylish and comfortable shoes. In this...
Episode 39 – Using Drones To Restore Mangroves – Cameron Dowd, Inverto
In this weeks episode I speak to Cameron Dowd, co-founder and CTO of Inverto, a startup who are connecting businesses with local communities to plan, plant and monitor coastal ecosystems at scale. We talk about all sorts in this episode from...
Episode 38 – Virtual Reality & Games To Visualise a Greener Future – Lindy Damen, EVRgreen Studio
In this week’s episode, I speak to Lindy Damen founder and CEO of EVRgreen Studio. A gaming company designing bespoke games for sustainability. We cover all sorts of topics including: How an early connection with nature and MS Paint started the journey The...
Episode 37 – 1.5 Million Rangers by 2030 – Unlocking the Potential of Nature’s Stewards to Provide Nature Based Solutions for Businesses – Jamie McCallum, Force for Nature
In this episode, I sit down with Jamie McCallum, the founder of Force For Nature. With experience in F1 marketing and a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, Jamie combines this experience to bring a new perspective to driving private funding into nature projects. Jamie is...
Episode 36 – Sensors in the Sea – Designing Tech Solutions For Sustainable Oceans – Dan Watson, SafetyNet Technologies
In this episode, I speak to Dan Watson, a multiple award-winning Product Design Engineer and the Global Winner of the 2012 James Dyson Award for design engineering. Dan’s outstanding work earned him seed funding from Sir Richard Branson, leading him to establish...