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These free resources are listed under the headings below - scroll down to find the color-coded topics that interest you:

economy, environment and profit

erosion, sediment and construction

toolbox for successful environmental training.

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The Game of Hazard: is your company gambling with its future? An article in the IECA magazine "Environmental Connection" of October 2011.

In Our Hands: An economy for the future. How business can take a lead in weaning ourselves off mainstream economics. Cover story by Vicki Jayne for the October 2009 issue of Management Magazine.

Productivity Boosters: information to inform and inspire your organization on its journey to lasting profitability.

Clare's Carbon Quiz: what do you think about climate change and what does that mean for your business?


Global warming: how your firm can make cold cash out of the hot air on climate change.


Dirt hurts: how sediment runoff from your construction site threatens jobs and lowers our quality of life.


How to grow a mangrove forest: a recipe for losing beaches and infilling estuaries.


The conference papers below are all about environmental training programs. They accompany my ebook Seven steps to successful environmental training.
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Case study - Training: building relationships for improved environmental outcomes. This 1999 conference paper captures my early thoughts on the benefits of training, based on involvement with three programs for people engaged in septic tank cleaning, erosion and sediment control, and handling household hazardous waste. Grateful thanks to Water New Zealand for their permission to reproduce the paper here.


Case study - Muddy Waters part 2. In this 2007 conference paper Nic Conland reviews progress on educational and other tools to address sediment discharges from large construction sites. Grateful thanks to Nic (now at SKM in Wellington) and Water New Zealand for their permission to reproduce the paper here.

Case study - Muddy Waters part 1. This 2007 conference paper Nic Conland reviews progress on educational and other tools to address sediment discharges from large construction sites. Grateful thanks to Nic (now at SKM in Wellington) and Water New Zealand for their permission to reproduce the paper here.


Case study - Success by collaboration: the Auckland Regional Council's erosion and sediment control program. I presented this paper to the 33rd IAHR Biennial Congress 9-14 August 2009 in Vancouver. Grateful thanks to the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research for permission to reproduce the paper.