Environment

In this post I thought I would consider sustainable development and the operation of a model to describe how its components fit together. As many of you will probably be aware the ‘stock’ definition of sustainable development is as follows ‘Sustainable development is development that meets the need of the […]

The Five Capitals – a model for sustainable development

30 Jul, 2018 in Environment / NEBOSH tagged capital / development / financial / Forum for the Future / Gro Harlem Brundtland / human / Jonathan Porritt / manufactured / natural / Our Common Future / social / sustainable by Michael O'Sullivan

Key elements of effective environmental leadership In this post I thought we could have a look at what makes an effective environmental leader. Whether you are a leader or you aspire to be one or want to assess your current environmental leader hopefully this post will be useful to you! […]

Accountability and Commitment

2 Jul, 2018 in Environment / NEBOSH tagged accountability / commitment / Environmental / leadership / management by Michael O'Sullivan

Preparing well for the NEBOSH Diploma in Environmental Management exam is essential if you want to do well, so in this post we are going to look at things that you can do to increase the chances of success in the exam and improve your confidence. The exam that you […]

Preparing for the NEBOSH Environmental Diploma Exam

1 Jun, 2018 in Environment / NEBOSH tagged Diploma / environment / Environmental / Environmental Management / Exam / SMART by Michael O'Sullivan

I was sitting in a neighbour’s kitchen recently with a group of folks who were talking about beating the bounds. This is an old tradition that goes back to medieval times where people walk around a parish boundary. The organiser was narrating the route and talking about possible hazards along […]

Bad Daisy!

16 Apr, 2018 in Environment / Health & Safety tagged cattle / death / fatality / HSE / RIDDOR by Michael O'Sullivan

Ideas to eliminate plastic waste Plastic waste has been getting very bad press recently. The debate in the UK at least seemed to have been awoken by the screening of the final episode of Blue Planet 2 in which David Attenborough’s eloquent words in addition to some amazing footage highlighted […]

Plastic Fantastic?

12 Mar, 2018 in Environment / NEBOSH tagged biodegrade / Blue Planet / David Attenborough / oceans / plastic / ROHS / waste by Michael O'Sullivan

NEBOSH Diploma in Environmental Management Element 7 In this blog post I take a look at the key sources of information that can be accessed to understand the environment in an area. As you might be aware, it is generally a legal requirement for environmental information collected by public bodies […]

Finding information about the environment where you live or work

18 Apr, 2016 in Environment / NEBOSH tagged Arrowhead Stadium / environment / Environment Agency / Environmental / Environmental Management / Forestry Commission / gov.uk / MAGIC / Marine Management Organisation / Natural England / NEBOSH / NEBOSH Diploma in Environmental Management / public registers / RRC / RRC International / Wimbledon by admin

NEBOSH Diploma in Environmental Management Element 11 The recent floods in late December 2015 and early January 2016 have been some of the worst on record. Many thousands of people have been affected and the cost of damage caused by the floods is projected to be over £1.5 billion. I […]

Are more flood defences the answer?

21 Mar, 2016 in Environment / NEBOSH tagged environment / Environmental / Environmental Management / flood barriers / flood defences / flood management / flood risk / flooding / floods / London / NEBOSH / NEBOSH Diploma / NEBOSH Diploma in Environmental Management / RRC / RRC International / Thames Barrier by admin

Your NEBOSH Practical Exam So you have started thinking about your NEBOSH practical assessment, we thought we’d put a few things down here to answer some of our Frequently Asked Questions.

How to sit your NEBOSH Practical Assessment

7 Oct, 2014 in Construction / Environment / Health & Safety / NEBOSH / NEBOSH Certificate / NEBOSH Exams tagged Exam / exam preparation / NEBOSH exam / nebosh practical / practical assessment / practical exam / practical help by admin

The skin we live in Many years ago, in a laboratory far, far away, I used to work as a research scientist. One of the chemicals used in the laboratory was Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO). You could do a neat trick with DMSO, as I discovered. At the suggestion of one […]

The skin we live in

14 Jul, 2014 in Environment / NEBOSH / NEBOSH Certificate tagged Phelpstead by admin