The Australian Election: A New (Climate) Hope?
I first became aware of the change in political leadership in Australia when the BBC played a clip of incoming PM Anthony Albanese (right) pledging...
Sustainability Engagement: Bottom up or top down?
In almost every sustainability strategy project I do, I find that the default client assumption is engagement is something that is done with front line...
Sustainability thoughts from the UK Local Elections
I suppose you could also call this blog "why I haven't blogged for goodness knows how many weeks." Regular readers will know that I'm a...
How frequently should you collect Sustainability data?
We live in an age of realtime data. Many of us wear a smartwatch counting our steps (forward and upward), monitoring our heart rate and...
The *only* way to get boardroom buy-in for Sustainability
In the last year I've supported the development of Sustainability Strategies for two very similar umbrella organisations. The main difference between the two is that...
The Future of Transport?
Last week I finally got hold of my new mode of transport – a Tern GSD cargobike. It’s the same length as a normal bike,...
How many pairs of pants are Sustainable?
Last summer, I criticised the Guardian for an article that urged its readers to do 10 things to do to save the planet, none of...
Ukraine and why we need to end the age of oil
About 18 years ago, Mrs K and I took the Trans-Siberian railway across Russia (technically, it was the Trans-Mongolian we rode). We had a wonderfully...
Your position on climate change is illogical…
About the time the controversy over Joe Rogan's anti-vat Spotify podcast blew up, a clip of Rogan interviewing Jordan Peterson was also circulating green circles....
What for Net Zero if Boris Johnson goes? Or if he stays…
I've always thought Boris Johnson, UK Prime Minister at the time of writing, was a shameless huckster who shouldn't be allowed anywhere near high office....