The top two ways to destroy success are greed and impatience

WHAT IF we all treat other people as we wish to be treated? MORE happiness. LESS selfishness, crime, fraud, hatred, terrorism, wars.

Like our finances, humankind is living with a growing ecological deficit but the solution is different. The deficit will worsen with dangerous consequences unless we address population growth sooner rather than later. Efficiency improvements, increased use of renewable resources and less waste in themselves are no longer sufficient to put us back into credit

Everybody talks about population growth and its disastrous effect on climate change, food security and resource depletion, but nobody does anything about it

It's better to ask the right questions than accept the status quo

The 2013/14 storms & floods show the UK needs to invest in a climate resilient, low carbon, food secure, full employment, positive future

Influence is getting others to do what you want them to do because they want to do it - a take on Eisenhower's famous leadership statement