The environment is the number one change driver; either for your personal change “program” or for organizational moves. The environment brings the necessary conditions for change. There is a paradox behind this relation because the change and especially growth of the same businesses also cause changes to the environment. Companies need more “land” when they extent their operation, to name just one relation.

The limitation of space is such an example that is quite obvious in the changing world. Not only the price of land constantly increases, but the simple availability of space is one of the biggest issues of our times. As a consequence, businesses and governmental operations are seeking way to change their operations. One solution is by using the “underground” space.
Such a change where the scarcity of land is more and more becoming an issue is one of the simple changes that is affecting our lives. But less obvious are countless of other alterations that go so slowly that we hardly get acknowledge of the change and… this is the point, we are not really able to anticipate the change.

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It’s been a long time coming but finally governments are now talking about the need to embrace a carbon neutral policy. Over the last couple of years the term carbon neutral has become more and more popular and in fact it was the phrase of the year in 2006 as voted by The New Oxford American Dictionary.

In line with the phrase’s increasing popularity there has been an explosion in companies offering carbon neutral schemes to big business and the individual consumer. If you use airplanes regularly then you’re personally responsible for pumping many thousands of tons of carbon dioxide into the earth’s atmosphere.

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