martin brown
Improvement advocate in the built environment with a passion for social media, wildness, music, mountains, walking, cycling, astronomy, geostuff, outdoor, inspirations, dark skies, connectivity, edge of chaos, improvement, natural environment, CSR, built environment, virtual worlds, resilience, community enterprise ... and more
Tag Archives: Yvon Chouinard
On Patagonia
Since the early ’80′s Patagonia has featured in my life, initially in respect of climbing hardware and outdoor clothing and latterly as a real source of CSR, Corporate Social Responsible inspiration. I recall my first purchase, and a still a … Continue reading
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Tagged CSR, Green Vision, Patagonia, sustainability, Vincent Stanley, wilderness, Yvon Chouinard
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We have no business applying the word sustainable to business activity until …
Much has been written and discussed around the use of the word ‘sustainability’ and indeed, within the built environment has become over an used term, we are seemingly littered with sustainable construction, design and fm, with sustainable products, techniques and … Continue reading
Understanding CSR in Construction
Perhaps we need to clarify what we understand by CSR in Construction? Whether we mean Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Sustainable Responsibility or even Carbon Social Responsibility is somewhat irrelevant and I am comfortable with all definitions. What is important of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1% for the Planet, CSR, CSRWire, Yvon Chouinard
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reconnect with nature: return to the outdoors
Connecting with nature is one of the underlying themes to this blog, (see the welcome panel on the left), but unfortunately that gets lost sometimes with the more day to day built environment stuff. I feel this is important – … Continue reading
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Tagged benchmarkwalks, Return to the Outdoors, Yvon Chouinard
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… on what makes a building green
Build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis. Patagonia’s Mission Statement I have mentioned Patagonia the outdoor clothing organisation a few times before on this blog, and recently searching … Continue reading
Posted in blogs, comment, CSR, ecological, green buildings, innovation, links, sustainability
Tagged Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard
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profit from sustainability?
Is there profit to be made from sustainability is a question I am often asked at sustainability events, presentations and workshops. It has cropped up again today on publicity for the excellent Think 08 event next month. In some ways … Continue reading
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Tagged profit, Think 08, Yvon Chouinard
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Heros and Texts for a future Built Environment based on #CSR
“suddenly the air smells much greener now” Listening to ‘These Streets’, lyrics by Paolo Nutini summed up the brilliant, inspiring Green Vision conference in Leeds – exploring CSR within the built environment. A mix of talks, presentations, round table discussions … Continue reading →