Category Archives: Business

We Tweet at Their Pleasure

Posted on 27 August 2018 by Duncan Noble

Being suspended from Twitter might be a mixed blessing: it lays bare your dependency on a social media platform that enforces its rules with Kafkaesque abandon and forces you to rethink your relationship with a digital platform that exercises absolute … Continue reading →

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Climate Policy Engagement: Does Your Carbon Handprint Reduce or Increase Your Carbon Footprint?

Posted on 18 October 2017 by Duncan Noble

We spend a lot of effort understanding and trying to reduce our carbon footprint. That’s great. But it’s also important to understand and optimize our carbon handprint, sometimes defined as the impact (positive or negative) we have on other’s carbon … Continue reading →

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Beyond Compromise to Stretch Collaboration

Posted on 26 September 2017 by Duncan Noble

In The Best Way to Combat Climate Change is Compromise, Chris Turner makes some great points that most thoughtful climate activists would agree with. Yes, it will take decades to make the transition to clean renewable energy. And no one … Continue reading →

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Want Change? Include People, Process and Tools

Posted on 16 December 2015 by Duncan Noble

In my 30+ years of working in and with many organizations, I have seen many attempts to change the way people do things. Some are successful, some fail. Systems thinking can give us insights on how to make change initiatives … Continue reading →

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New Report Downplays Climate Impact of Energy East: Assumes Oil by Rail Alternative

Posted on 27 January 2015 by Duncan Noble

A new assessment of the climate impact of the proposed Energy East pipeline is significantly lower than the previous assessment, mainly because it assumes the oil would be extracted and shipped by rail if the pipeline is not built. The … Continue reading →

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Letter to Ontario Energy Board Opposing Energy East Pipeline

Posted on 27 October 2014 by Duncan Noble

18 October 2014 Ontario Energy Board P.O. Box 2319 Toronto, ON, M4P 1E4 Re: Proposed Energy East Pipeline I am writing to express my deep concern about the proposed Energy East Pipeline and to recommend that you do not approve … Continue reading →

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Is Sustainability Naked?

Posted on 12 April 2013 by Duncan Noble

Image Source: Gutenberg.org In the story “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, almost everyone is willing to go along with the emperor’s delusion. Only a child is willing to say the emperor is walking around naked. “Out of the mouths of babes…” … Continue reading →

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Posted on 27 March 2013 by Duncan Noble

Sometimes it’s not WHAT is said, it’s WHO is saying it. When large (OK, very large, perhaps ginormous) banks are saying this, perhaps Paul Gilding is right that Victory is in sight for the climate movement.

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10 Tips – How to Improve Your CDP Scores and Generate Business Value

Posted on 25 March 2012 by Duncan Noble

  The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is an independent not-for-profit organization working to drive greenhouse gas emissions reduction and sustainable water use by business and cities. Responding to the CDP requires significant effort. Here are ten tips to help you … Continue reading →

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