The case for a no-commute culture

Peter du ToitI'm the founder of FutureWork IQ where I spend my time assisting businesses to improve their climate literacy so as to understand the projected impacts from the expanding climate crisis and how to adapt their workplaces in the face of these impacts.

Chris Horn’s piece in the Irish Times entitled We need to adopt a no-commute culture is an excellent read and very timely.

This decade more and more companies will transition to work-from-anywhere no-commute workplaces. The reasons are of course compelling. Chris asks:

“Rather than the carbon emissions of literally hundreds of thousands of commuters; rather than the intense pressure on urban planning, housing and on personal lifestyle; and rather than investing heavily in yet further major infrastructure arteries, should we not now rapidly foster a national culture of no-commute whenever possible? The improvement in our national quality of life would be truly transformative, and benefit across all our society.”

We have the technology and know-how. Let’s use it!