We love coffee at Futerra - and for our sins, we are all tempted by the cursed takeaway brew, which causes daily arguments (often stemming from whose turn it is next to fetch - thanks Lucy W for volunteering for the rest of June. Mine is a grande t..

The wonderful, intellectually stimulating RSA have been putting together a series of animations. These video vignettes cover behaviour change, brain research, the darker side of positive thinking to name a few (well, most).They're very good little ..

The Olympics are over and the report is in- Vancouver has received a bronze metal in protecting the environment.  The scoring was done by the David Suzuki Foundation.  If you are not Canadian you may not know about Mr...

This is, quite literally the message in the latest Act On CO2 advert from DECC, "Bedtime Stories". According to Sky news it's already received more than 200 complaints and no wonder. It's as if the 'green police' are climbing into be..

Well in this case like a toddler playing the piano...But innovative and fun interventions like this one are music to my ears - so many behaviour change communications are godawful, dull and dreary. It comes from here - looks like a Swedish initiati..

There are a couple of RSA blogs that are fast becoming compulsory reading for us here at the Futerra house. First up is the Social Brain. The project itself is looking for a "credible and useful model of decision-making, in light of the break..

Over on Boing Boing I spotted this guerilla campaign from Saatchi&Saatchi LA and the Surfrider foundation. They package human beach detritus as if it were a nice tasty fishy and then put them on show at local farmers' markets in Newport beach. ..

My Christmas holidays were mainly spent jogging, running, swimming and jogging. But I must admit that, on the odd occasion, I found myself prone, on the sofa, armed with turkey, stuffing and turkey sandwich(es), watching TV. Shocking, perhaps...

There was an interesting editorial in Saturday's Guardian about the NHS' new Change4Life healthy living campaign. It's the first editorial I've seen in the dailies which tackles the psychology of behaviour change. The Grauniad criticises the market..

“Have you read the Guardian today?” said a text from a friend on Saturday as I train-hopped my way to Ed and Fi’s yurt in snowy Norfolk. The message continued…”There is a really interesting supplement on people writin..

I'm not a massive fan of the X factor: the karaoke preenings of stage-school prima donnas in front of judges who, between them, are responsible for the horrors of Westlife, Girls Aloud, Robson & Jerome and er.. Dannii Minogue is not my preferre..