Sustainability Solved by Will Richardson
I am trying to change the way we work, the relationship we have our work and the world around us. We live in a complicated world with a lot of noise. But we need to be making decisions now and those decisions will have ramifications for decades.
- Indexed episodes, last 90 days
- 27
- Latest publication
- Sep 11, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 6, 2026
Latest episodes
Off grid since 1950: the cow field lesson (2/7) (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Rainwater harvesting, a reed bed and a solar thermal shower in a Welsh cow field. The engineering was never the hard part. Part two of seven on why Sustainability Solved is changing format. In this episode: how a caravan nobody wanted became a log cabin everybody agreed to, why my dad shipped it from Canada when he should have bought it here, and what to do about the site or supplier where your plan is going slowest. Read the written version: https://willsussolved.substack.com Subscribe for week
Why sustainability communication keeps failing (1/7) (opens the original)
Read excerpt
My grandmother was taken to court for burning litter on a beach in Aberdyfi. Nobody asked her why the litter was there in the first place. This is part one of a seven-part series on why Sustainability Solved is changing format. In this episode: the court case that started it, why the litter was the smaller problem, and the two questions to ask about any sustainability decision your organisation made last year. Read the written version: https://willsussolved.substack.com Subscribe for weekly sust
Data Centre Signals: Two UK Sites Now Out-Emit ExxonMobil UK (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Two planned English data centres would emit more carbon a year than ExxonMobil's entire UK operations. That single number tells you where sustainability is heading this autumn, and it sits at the top of this week's countdown. This week we run the full top 10 in sustainability news, ranked by what the world is actually talking about. Data centre emissions and the public backlash take number one. Heat adaptation moves into corporate budgets at number two, with 37% of UK businesses already spending
The Will Richardson Podcast: Lessons from 50 Years of Living (opens the original)
Read excerpt
About the Show Join Will Richardson on an authentic journey through five decades of real-world experience, where failures become stepping stones and personal stories illuminate the path to success. This isn't your typical advice podcast – it's raw, honest, and deeply personal. After 50 years of living, learning, and yes, failing, Will believes that our greatest lessons come not from our victories, but from the times we stumbled and got back up. Each episode peels back the layers of conventional
How Smart Businesses Are Reading This Week's Climate Risk Data (opens the original)
Read excerpt
This week in sustainability, the story everyone's missing is the one connecting two records set on the same day: the hottest ocean temperature ever recorded, and the fastest build-out of gas power for AI data centres we've ever seen. I break down the top 10 sustainability stories of the week, including why the Science Based Targets initiative's first Net-Zero Standard update since 2020 has split the industry, how climate risk is now showing up directly in US house prices and UK insurance claims,
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.