Are you interested in becoming a Carbon Literacy Trainer?
We all love doing things that give us a buzz, right? I’ll be honest, rather than working in sustainability because I ‘want to make a difference’ or because I’m ‘passionate about it’, I deliver sustainability training because it gives me almost instant satisfaction. Selfish? Well, there are worse ways to get your kicks! […]
Thought for Winter 2025 – If not me, who?
Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters, viewed through phones, with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you’re the one filming it. I recently delivered my first-ever community-based Carbon Literacy course, here in the West-Country village of Newnham on Severn (UK). It was a personal goal of mine to use my […]
52 Sustainability Hacks – A Free ebook
We’ve all been there. Standing in the supermarket aisle, wrestling with guilt over plastic packaging. Wondering if our individual choices really matter when the planet’s problems feel so overwhelming. Lots of us struggle to make more sustainable choices. I am often asked what changes to make, which ones to prioritise, and whether small changes really […]
Happy to announce…. Lighthouse is (finally) a B Corp.
We started our B Corp journey in 2021 as a start-up business and were certified as a B Corp Pending for what seemed like forever. We took a break, then went back to certifying as a grown-up B Corp in 2024. It took a while, but it was worth the wait. Here’s a bit more […]
Reaching 15K Followers on Linkedin
Ok, I’ll admit, I was thrilled to see my LinkedIn follower count click over 15k a few weeks ago. How should I celebrate? Should I do a (balloon-free) congratulatory post? A competition? A reflection of my 15 years on LinkedIn?! Bleurgh…. It didn’t feel right. The news from the US and closer to home is a continual […]
Reflections on 2024
Has 2024 passed by at high speed for you, too? Stopping still to reflect has always been a challenge for me, but when I do, I see that we have so much to be proud of and so much to build on. Impact has been our focus this year, and we’ve landed some brilliant new […]
Insights from our Founder: Knowing your Bees and Seas
Part of a series of blogs from Emma Burlow, Founder of Lighthouse Sustainability. Biodiversity– knowing your Bees and Seas… Businesses are becoming more competent at understanding their carbon emissions, identifying target areas and starting to act; but we see a wide knowledge gap when it comes to the impact businesses have on Biodiversity and their […]
Insights from our Founder: Too busy for Biodiversity?
Part of a series of blogs from Emma Burlow, Founder of Lighthouse Sustainability. Too busy for Biodiversity? Thanks to Zero Hour for this brilliant video (see below!) I’m a biologist at heart. Nature, plants, animals, the life support systems we all rely on, it all fascinates me. There weren’t many jobs involving nature when I […]
Ecosurety’s Carbon Literacy Success 💪
Ecosurety is the market leading producer compliance scheme investing in quality recycling. The organisation works on behalf of its members to source quality evidence and ensures they comply with the UK’s packaging, e-waste and batteries regulations. The opportunity As the only B Corp certified compliance scheme in the UK, Ecosurety is committed to deliver change […]
Insights from our Founder: Money, Money, Money
Part of a series of blogs from Emma Burlow, Founder of Lighthouse Sustainability. Money, money, money. Must be funny? In a rich man’s world? Not funny ‘ha ha’ that’s for sure. But maybe funny that despite my best efforts to post useful sustainability-framed content on LinkedIn, my ‘Taylor Swift is the least of our worries’ […]