The European Union has long been at the forefront of environmentally-focused legislation, having introduced the Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment Directive (WEEE) in 2003, the Eco Design Directive in 2009 (it’s being updated now) and the Restriction of Hazardous Substance (ROHS) in 2003. And now, they have a suite of…

For 20 years I’ve worked to help advance sustainability through design and innovation. I’ve had the pleasure of working with governments, not-for-profits and companies — small, large and massive across all industries. I’ve keynoted at the world’s biggest conferences and run workshops for CEOs, managers, educators, peak industry groups, activists…

Excerpt from Part 3 of my New Guidebook: Swivel to Sustainability: A Guidebook to Full Systems Business Transformation Now available to purchase here as a digital ebook and as a printed book! A few weeks back, I launched a new guidebook on activating transformative change in business called Swivel to…

Excerpt from Part 2 of my New Guidebook: Swivel to Sustainability: A Guidebook to Full Systems Business Transformation Now available to purchase here as a digital ebook (while the physical book will be available in a few weeks). On the 1st of September, I launched my new guidebook on activating…

Swivel to Sustainability: a Guidebook to Full Systems Business Transformation is now available to purchase as a digital ebook (with the physical book being available in a few weeks). Today I’m launching my new guidebook as part of a new initiative Swivel Skills! It’s taken me a year and…

Here’s something that we don’t talk about enough: all humans are biological beings. This fact is one that can never change, no matter how advanced we get in technological development or intergalactic travel. We can never escape our need for nature. Ever. We inhale nature’s productions into our bodies every…

There is a recurring theme in the world of sustainability — every few years, stakeholders start calling for it to be left behind and for a new approach to be adopted. Yes, that’s right. In a world rife with crises in every living system, there is a rising argument that…

Wishcycling is when people place non-recyclable items in the recycling and hope those items will end up being recycled. The unfortunate reality, though, is that these actions contaminate the recycling stream and reinforce the very problem of waste. Wishcycling comes from a place of good intentions, but as we all know, good intentions do not always lead to good outcomes. I think it’s safe to say everyone has done this at some stage.

It should not come as a surprise to anyone that our current linear economy relies on continuous sales, which requires things to wear out faster, look a bit uglier and quickly become less desirable than the latest version, all in order to keep feeding the linear ‘waste-based’ economy. That’s why…