The #1 problem facing green entrepreneurs…
A few days ago, I had a meeting with Robert Campbell, one of the founders of ZMove, a green delivery company, ZMove uses e-cargo bikes...
Who is to blame for climate change?
During my holiday, the Guardian published an article on what individuals could do to tackle the climate crisis. Almost every point was to lobby somebody...
A couple of weeks in the Yorkshire Dales
I'm back at Terra Infirma Towers after a two week family holiday in Wensleydale, Yorkshire, staying in a stone ex-farmhouse near Hawes just 75 miles...
Sharma has to learn to say “No.”
As we head towards the delayed COP26 climate change conference in November, the press seems to be leading on many slightly tangential issues - the...
Book Review: Value(s) by Mark Carney
When appointed Governor of the Bank of England in 2013, Mark Carney was described as the Rock Star of Bankers. Well, in Value(s), Carney has...
15 years delivering Sustainability with Terra Infirma
Crikey. 15 years ago today I relinquished the safety net of a salary and generous pension scheme to fulfill an ambition I’d had since undergrad...
Is consumerism *really* killing the planet? No, it’s worse than that…
The green movement has an annoying habit of blaming environmental impacts squarely on capitalism, and consumerism in particular. The anti-capitalist slant ignores the inconvenient fact...
A quick reset with nature
This time last week I was on a train heading north into Scotland. In my rucksack was a set of lightweight camping gear, along with...
Sustainability for the Social Media Generation
I was sponsored through University by the Ministry of Defence. Initially, I had no problem with this – after all, every country has the right...
From “be OK” to “be the best!” on Sustainability
My avalanche of work rumbles on – never have I had so many big simultaneous projects on the go, so things like blogging, vlogging etc...