The Pros and Cons of Offsetting
I've never signed up to the George Monbiot view that offsetting carbon emissions (ie paying a third party to remove an equivalent amount of carbon...
Sometimes you’ve got to rip it up and start again…
I bought the iMac I'm typing this on a couple of years ago. As a long time Mac user who runs his IT until it...
My Car Club – a great example of a product-service system
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I’d taken the (supposedly impossible) step of going car-free. Well, not entirely car free, as I’ve joined a...
Local Elections and Sustainability
If you're wondering why I haven't been posting so frequently here recently, it's because I've been out pounding the pavements to ensure I got re-elected...
Saving our Wild Isles Review: Perfectly Pitched
One of the most influential public engagement events of recent years was the TV series Blue Planet II, presented by the peerless legend David Attenborough,...
Why LTNs make (some) people mad…
Over the last six months, I've been carefully watching the Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) end of the culture war play out as it is a...
So, I cycled to an automotive event…
Last Thursday night, I was invited to the North East Automobile Association (NEAA) Annual Awards at Ramside Hall outside Durham as I was one of...
So, yesterday I did something massive. I went car-free (ish)
Yesterday I sold my car. Conversations have gone a bit like this: "What did you trade it in for?" "Nothing, I just sold it." "So...
Should the new icon of the climate challenge be the puffin?
Way, way back when I first set up Terra Infirma, I ordered a set of corporate Christmas Cards featuring a polar bear stalking across the...
Disability *and* Sustainability, not or
I'm doing a piece of work for a disability charity and it's really making me think. During a general discussion, my contact pointed out that...