Planet of the Regenerators

May 5, 2020

I watched the movie Planet of the Humans at the request of a concerned friend. Here’s the response I gave him – let’s talk about how we’re becoming the Planet of the Regenerators

The advantages of trading in service and value – not products

May 5, 2020

Look beyond “products sold” and there’s a world of opportunity opening up to deliver Product as a Service.

Beyond soap and steam – industry efficiency by nature

May 4, 2020

Mechanical and chemical engineering have dominated industrial design for centuries. Today, physics and biology offer cleaner, more profitable business soluitons.

Smarter design is thinking in circles

April 29, 2020

Beyond the 1-way extract/emit/exploit industrial design of the 20th century, Circular Economy and Cradle to Cradle Product Innovation offer savings and profit.

Bottom up community action on renewable energy

April 8, 2020

I’ve been watching the good folk of Yackandandah developing energy independence for years. It started when I first saw cute “golden yaks” on fences in this quiet country village when visiting family there.

Drawdown revisited – applying the 2020 review to your future

April 5, 2020

In 2013, Paul Hawken set the Project Drawdown team a giant question: Is it feasible – starting today – to get to a point where we draw greenhouse gases OUT of the atmosphere?

Small robot, big environmental savings

March 26, 2020

This recent article from one of my favourite sources is a great Regenerative Business case study – in a part of the supply chain most people never see.

WTF – why the obsession with “the government” fixing climate change?

January 31, 2020

Why – despite an entrepreneur-delivered digital revolution – are we still mostly talking about national government policy and international agreements?

Plastic upcycled into road surfaces

November 13, 2019

Upcycling plastic into road surfaces recycles 100% of the surfacing and uses plastic waste to make it stronger. Emissions are reduced too.

Energy storage reinvented

November 13, 2019

There’s way more to energy storage than chemically-based batteries. Here are a few storage options that have been mentioned recently.

Intelligent Transport, systems optimisation and regeneration

November 12, 2019

A common thinking pattern is “more is better” – the best way to solve a problem is to add something more to it. So the answer to traffic congestion?  Traditionally, it’s been “Build another highway…” However, the evolution of smarter technology is changing all that.

Win the climate change battle by winning the economic war

October 9, 2019

Smart, AI-enabled technology has now been combined with paradigm-shifting business design and entrepreneurial thinking deliver a more renewable grid, faster.