Will Joe Biden save the planet?
Well, it's the week after the week before. I haven't quite recovered from US-election-fever, still waking at 3am wondering how the vote is going in...
Employees start to flex their muscles on Sustainability
For the last ten years or so I've been starting my workshops with the killer question "Why should your business take Sustainability seriously?" Then I...
Are we going to #BuildBackBetter? Looks promising from here…
I looked at my diary this morning and swallowed. A packed week of meetings, client workshops and deadlines, requiring some smart planning, a lot of...
Want to solve climate change? Here’s the key…
Almost every low carbon forum I get involved in gets obsessed with technology. And when the Duke of Cambridge announced his Earthshot prize to fund...
Don’t lock yourself (or others) onto a unsustainable path
Back in 2004 when I was first elected Councillor, I was part of the first change in political control of the Council for 31 years,...
The State of Sustainability in UK Politics
Every autumn, without fail, I watch the leaders' speeches at the big three political party conferences. Until this year. I don't know if it's my...
How to make a Sustainability Leader…
While writing this month's Low Carbon Agenda on What Makes a Sustainability Leader, a sudden thought dropped into my mind... how to make a Sustainability...
Stay alert: green comms lessons from the Government’s Covid slogans
The Covid-19 crisis has seen more public behaviour messaging on anything I can remember since AIDS first crashed into the public consciousness in the late...
Whose fault is climate change?
This week, a tweet appeared on my timeline saying "Capitalism created climate change, only socialism can fix it!" I fired back with the Guardian research...
How can your business help deliver the 15 Minute City?
More than half of the world's population live in cities, predicted to grow to two thirds by 2050. Therefore much of the debate on Sustainability...