So I went on the climate strike…
On Friday I joined hundreds of thousands of people around the world on the 'Climate Strike' – an originally school-kid-led protest inspired by 16 year...
Let’s open up Sustainability to others…
I recently posted a piece on LinkedIn about Greta Thunberg's laudable attempt to bring the climate crisis to public attention, but warning that her message...
Don’t make people freeze with climate fear…
I sometimes come under fire for my optimistic, gung-ho approach to tackling climate change and other Sustainability issues. Part of this is my pragmatic, trained-engineer...
Cutting through the noise on Sustainability
I don't mind admitting I'm suffering from a bit of overwhelm just at the moment. I'm still getting back into the way of having two...
If you don’t have a Sustainability target…
I need targets in my life. I may be a mediocre cyclist who has no ambitions for any kind of glory, but every year I...
The Goldilocks Zone of a Climate Emergency
Regular readers will know I wear (at least) two Sustainability hats– here as a consultant and politically as the Opposition Spokesman for Sustainability on Newcastle...
Things that hack me off about Sustainability #367
First real day back at work after a summer of short breaks, DIY, part-work/part-staycation. Speaking of which, I can't stand the way the word 'staycation'...
Let’s not be hypocritical on forests
The Amazon burning story has been horrific ecologically, but fascinating politically. I'm a politics geek, but I can't recall the threat of trade sanctions ever...
Sustainability is a goal, not a cult
Zoe Williams in today's Guardian has a pop at those criticising Prince Harry and Meghan for lecturing us on climate change and then jumping in...
Is Greta Thunberg’s odyssey really the climate message we want to send?
I have utmost respect for Greta Thunberg, the teenage Swedish climate activist. The way she has serenely raised the issue of climate change and braved...