by Paul O'Callaghan | Nov 18, 2025 | News
The demise of ESG has created a sustainability vacuum and green hushing, but is also ushering in an era of aspirational policy, regulations and standards. The surprising piece perhaps, is industry is actually helping drive this. I started reading Michael...
by Paul O'Callaghan | Nov 6, 2025 | News
This weekend I attended the Months Mind Ceremony for author and broadcaster, Manchan Magan, along with 2,500 other people at the Hill of Uisneach, the mythological and sacred centre of Ireland. It was a remarkable ceremony, held on November 1st, to mark the festival...
by Paul O'Callaghan | Oct 20, 2025 | News
The parallels between Creativity and Entrepreneurship were explored with The Edge, from my favourite band U2, this week on the David McWilliams podcast. “It’s to imagine something that doesn’t exist and to try and make it real, because you have that vision...
by Paul O'Callaghan | Oct 6, 2025 | News
An inspiring unforgettable moment from New York Climate week, was being in a room at Planetary Guardians with Jane Goodall , Sylvia Earle , Paul Polman, Mary Robinson and Wade Davis. And Sir Richard Branson and the Virgin Unite team. In particular, Aoife Kelleher and...
by Paul O'Callaghan | Oct 3, 2025 | News
The sad news of the untimely passing of Kongjian Yu is still only sinking in. I got the message from Li An Phoa while at New York Climate Week. Kongjian did so much to help us make our cities and our planet, a greener place. He captured our imaginations with his...
by Lily Chen | Sep 19, 2025 | News
In sustainability circles, the conversation often revolves around reduction — reducing consumption, reducing waste, reducing impact. Yet the most transformative shifts in history have never come from simply doing less. They come from expanding what is possible. In his...
by Paul O'Callaghan | Sep 7, 2025 | News
Today I visited the Water Pressure: Designing for the Future exhibit at MAK Museum in Vienna by Jane Withers Studio. This was part 3 of the trilogy pilgrimage that began with Thirst: In Search of Freshwater at Wellcome Collection in London, followed by charity: water...
by Paul O'Callaghan | Sep 3, 2025 | News
The Basilica Cistern in Istanbul, is beautiful; more like a cathedral to water, than an underground water storage system. Yet these cisterns served an important functional role. In the event that there was a cut off in supply, they could sustain the cities population...
