The climate change policy platform that’s floating just under the surface of negotiations I was privileged to attend COP15 in Copenhagen this week as a member of the Global Commons Institute delegation, headed by Aubrey Meyer. During our attendance, I spent a fair bit of time talking about C&C theory with Aubrey, and felt motivated […]
Author: David Lockie
Tree-hugging, technology-loving, CEO of Pragmatic, music lover, husband, step dad.
Google or Tea? Introducing the Carbon:Value Ratio
I’m not even sure this is worth blogging it seems so obvious. I guess the thing that crystallised this concept in my mind was that whole two-Google-searches-is-the-energy-equivalent-of-boiling-a-kettle nonsense, precipitated by a journalist from The Times doing some bad research and choosing a sensationalist headline which ensured that the story did the rounds for weeks online. […]
Are You the Bug in the Rug?
Ever feel lost, powerless or generally adrift? This is a poem that’s always struck a chord with me. Hope it does the same for you: People who fly have a different view of the world than those who spend their lives on the ground. A very wise man once wrote a poem while he was […]
Power without Responsibility
This phrase has been rattling around my brain for a long time now. One of the first times I said it out loud, James Governor asked me for a link to where I’d blogged about it. I hadn’t: Oh! the shame. Power It’s hard to look around without seeing signs of humanity’s power. Financial, military, […]
Why I'm Sad to See My Mo Go
I’ve been taking part in Movember 2009 – a worldwide initiative to raise awareness of prostate cancer through the growing of moustaches (“mo”s). My top lip hasn’t seen a razor blade in 30 days now, and I figure that’s long enough to think about and mention. What effect has it had on me, how do […]
Using Carbon for Competitive Advantage
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly As the topic of carbon emissions continues to become more and more visible on the public stage, it’s inevitable that it will feature increasingly in various marketing activities. A story on the LowCarbonEconomy.com website today about easyJet’s call for emissions standards prompted me to think a little more […]