Plastics recycling *isn’t* a scam…
Oh dear. Nothing like a journalist who doesn't understand statistics– or deliberately misunderstands them in search of a cheap headline. Arwa Mahdawi, writing in today's...
Sustainability must scale
I’m writing this in a half-asleep, constantly hungry state as I completed my big personal challenge for this year yesterday: riding the C2C cycle route...
Talking Sustainability? Who are you talking to?
Every time I read a Sustainability document, I ask myself "who is this for?" If I'm drafting a Sustainability Strategy, I always ask my client...
Is working from home good or evil?
Every morning I climb the short steep hill outside our house to Sid's Corner Shop for a paper and some groceries. Sid's is a survivor...
Book Review: Rummage by Emily Cockayne
I'm writing this blog in what appears to be the only house in our Victorian neighbourhood which managed to hold on to its wrought iron...
Post-holiday Random Sustainability Musings
Just back at my desk after 10 days 'down South' camping/airbnb-ing and visiting friends/relatives. Here are a few of the thoughts that occurred to me...
Ch-ch-ch-changes!
Man, change is hard. It's difficult enough when working with organisations, where there's a hierarchy and job descriptions and personal objectives and the risk of...
14 years of Sustainability at Terra Infirma
This weekend sees the 14 anniversary of the founding of my company, Terra Infirma. It's a bit of an arbitrary date as I'd planned to...
Thoughts on the Green Party leadership contest
There was a very interesting segment on this week's Guardian Politics podcast where the two challengers for the leadership of the Green Party went head...
Eliminating barriers to Sustainability with extreme prejudice
On Sunday I took middle child for a 20 mile cycle ride - choosing a route which looped through parks, around the North of the...