Brum, Brum, Brum
So, my first day back after a far-too relaxing fortnight's summer holiday. For the first week, we hired a narrowboat and explored a loop of...
Climate Change: What difference can I make on my own?
Regular readers will know that I often get into online arguments with those who believe that climate change is all the fault of 'neoliberalism' (whatever...
“Can we afford net zero?” is the last stand of the climate deniers
It has been really interesting, if somewhat depressing, watching the so-called debate over climate change evolve over the last 15-20 years. Given the basics of...
Week Two of ‘Who wants to be Prime Minister?’ – the net zero angle
So, we're now down to five candidates to be the UK's next Prime Minister and they've had two TV debates to show the wider population...
Whither the UK’s Net Zero Commitment?
As I've said before, one of outgoing UK PM Boris Johnson's few redeeming characteristics (in my opinion!) was his conversion away from 'lukewarmism' and commitment...
One person’s greenwashing is another’s jolly good thing (and vice versa)
I'm an early waker, but not so much of an early riser these days, so when I do wake, I tend put on the BBC...
You can’t always get what you want, but if you try, sometimes…
At the weekend, I met up with a group of school friends to go and watch the Rolling Stones at Hyde Park (they were brilliant)....
Book Review: Net Zero: How we stop causing climate change by Dieter Helm
I haven't read a Sustainability book for some time, so when my partner handed me a copy of Dieter Helm's Net Zero at an Alpkit...
Why Stretch Targets Work – in Life or Sustainability
This morning, I am extremely tired. At 4:15am on Saturday, I was lined up in Rockliffe, Scotland with 299 others to take part in the...
Sustainability musings from the West Coast of Scotland
I'm busy wading through a wall of e-mails following a wonderfully relaxing half-term holiday on the Craignish peninsula. Our rented old farmhouse overlooked an overlapping...