London 27 November 2015 – A pre-Christmas treat for all those interested in the real legacy story of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games – on Saturday 12 December 2015 the University of East London will be hosting a special debate on the subject and to...
5 October 2015: During my visit to the Green Sports Alliance conference in Chicago this summer, I was interviewed for Green is Good Radio. It’s a 15 minute account of my journey to becoming a specialist in sustainability of major events, with a focus on sport....
London, 06 July 2015 Those magic words, uttered by the then IOC President, Dr Jacques Rogge, in Singapore on the evening of 06 July 2005, were a life-changing event for me and many of my colleagues, as well as for numerous other people, businesses and organisations...
Chicago, 02 July 2015 Momentum is a much-lauded attribute in sport. Well, one thing is for sure, the Green Sports Alliance certainly has plenty of it. Only four years old and it can already boast nearly 300 members from teams, professional leagues and venues, as well...
Surrey, 22 April 2015 – Every now and again I get a pleasant reminder that all the work people have been doing to advance sustainability through sport is gaining momentum and being noticed. Last year I was pleased to hear that the famous French tennis venue, Roland...
Surrey, 08 December 2014 – After a year of extensive consultations it was all over in a single day: Monday 8 December 2014 saw the conclusion and unanimous endorsement of IOC President Bach’s strategic review – Agenda 2020. Already the cynical among the sports...
London, 1 November 2014 – I have a joint paper with Jennifer Daothong published in the Proceedings of the ICE – Civil Engineering, Volume 167, Issue 6 (1 November 2014). The paper focuses on two key legacy strands: the sustainability aspects of the former...
Surrey, 30 October 2014 – New reference: Stubbs, D., “A Message from London to Tokyo in the Environmental Aspect of the Olympics”, Environmental Research Quarterly, 175, pp 9-13, The Hitachi Environment Foundation, Japan, 2014. The Environmental...
London, 02 July 2014 – Once there might have been a notion of an awards season but these days it seems there is some event or announcement on awards every week. Across such proliferation it is hard for the casual observer to make much sense of what really has...
Birmingham Botanical Gardens, 26 June 2014 – Today I attended the inaugural awards event of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM). The awards are not new but having a special event just for the awards was a first. It was...
