Can a building be net positive for the environment? Regenerative design expert David Cheshire explains how
Most of our Sustainability efforts focus on making things "less bad", but can we go past zero and start making our society good for the...
Circular Economy Insights at NERF
Yesterday, I attended the North East Recycling Forum (NERF) Annual Conference in the impressive setting of Durham Town Hall (see pic). I love this event...
Sustainability Legislation Bites Back
Last week, I ran a Sustainability workshop for members of the North East Automobile Alliance (NEAA). As the delegates were new to me, I started...
Solitaire Townsend on the March of the Sustainability Solutionists
This week we're joined on the pod by one of the rock stars of Sustainability, Solitaire Townsend, to talk about her fab book The Solutionists....
Politics, Polling and the Climate
I was listening to Matt Chorley's politics show on BBC Radio 5Live yesterday and, in the context of the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan, they...
Donald Trump? The Climate? Don’t Panic. Roll Up Your Sleeves.
Last Monday afternoon I was busy planning a Sustainability Workshop for this week when the text on my computer screen started swirling. Oh, no, I...
Act Local! Place-based Sustainability with Florian Wupperfeld
Ever since the 1992 Earth Summit, we have been urged to "Think Global, Act Local". All too often this slogan has manifested itself in small...
Want a Sustainability Strategy? Take me to your leaders…
I'm currently developing two proposals for Sustainability Strategies for different public bodies. Public bodies being public bodies, they're always quite prescriptive, not only on what...
Are your Sustainability messages falling on deaf ears?
In this week's episode of the pod, I explain why standard Sustainability messaging often falls flat (it's all down to how our brains work) and...
Will Budget 2024 boost a low carbon economy? Maybe…
Today, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves stood up in the House of Commons and delivered her first ever budget. Much has been made...