Penny Walker

Penny Walker

Penny is an independent sustainability consultant.

Latest articles by Penny Walker

The right buttons - influencing behaviour

The right buttons - influencing behaviour

Penny Walker describes how best to encourage staff to adopt more environmentally-friendly behaviour
13 Oct 2011
The big question

Sustainability: The big question

Penny Walker offers a framework for answering a fundamental question: what does sustainability mean for your organisation?
2 Feb 2011
Do you have what it takes to be a sustainability champion?

Do you have what it takes to be a sustainability champion?

What does it take to be a great sustainability champion? Penny Walker looks at some different approaches to assessing and improving our professional...
1 Nov 2010
Breaking the ice

Breaking the ice: engaging people

Penny Walker shares some tried and tested ways of generating a buzz at a meeting.
6 Sep 2010
Wise up! Engaging the public in science and technology

Wise up! Engaging the public in science and technology

What links nanotechnology, climate change and hybrid embryos? Penny Walker finds out about Sciencewise's public dialogues.
1 Jun 2010
“…Help your skin, your figure, your bank balance and the planet!”

“…Help your skin, your figure, your bank balance and the planet!”

Beginning with an action which resonates with someone's existing values can catalyse a chain reaction. Penny Walker explores the VBCOP theory of...
6 Apr 2010

Avoiding the groan fest

Penny Walker gives some advice on turning around negative meetings.
1 Feb 2010

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    After two years in office, Tim Yeo and Peter Young consider the progress of the coalition's pledge to be the greenest government ever
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    Southampton City Council has installed more than 700 solar panels to its buildings as it seeks to reduce energy costs and cut carbon
  • Quick wins: Managing power supply Quick wins: Managing power supply
    Voltage management can help to lower energy consumption and cut carbon if applied correctly. Sarah-Jayne Russell investigates
  • A new dawn for planning? A new dawn for planning?
    Stephen Tromans QC finds the final national planning policy framework (NPPF) is better than the draft, but says questions remain
  • GHG accounting of green power - a case for change? GHG accounting of green power
    IEMA’s Nick Blyth explores guidance and opposing views on accounting for greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions from renewable electricity
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