“OK, kids, so you want to do something about climate change…”
"... how about starting with switching off the lights when you leave a room?" Silence. "You mean..." ventured the middle one. "Yes, if you're serious...
Save Sustainability from the conspiracy theorists!
I'm sure every Sustainability professional gets their fair share of interesting communications from the whole spectrum of eco-eccentrics ranging from mad inventors – "I've solved...
Reduce, Reuse, Re… uh.
Twice recently we have had domestic appliances fail. Our dishwasher appears to have been attacked by a rat which chewed through a seal leading to...
Reversing the bias against reuse
Last Friday it was my birthday and middle child got me a rather wonderful vintage cycling top from our rather wonderful new(wish) local vintage shop,...
You’re probably doing more on Sustainability than you think…
I've just had a client send me a dossier on what they've achieved so far on Sustainability, and there's a huge amount more good stuff...
Keeping Sustainability Simple, Stupid
Yesterday I was talking to somebody who was lauding the kerbside recycling system in the London borough where they used to live compared to what...
Waste is a verb, not a noun…
I'm having a bit of a guilt trip. Our (otherwise brilliant) builders have ordered the wrong windows for our extension – some of them have...
Awareness of climate change doesn’t change anything
We asked our kids whether they were interested in last week's children's climate strike and got a series of noncommittal grunts in reply. While we...
Philip Hammond, eco-warrior
Being a political nerd, I put UK Chancellor Philip Hammond's Spring Statement (a mini-budget in effect) on the telly while I was working on Wednesday...
Sustainability Choices…
There seems to be two opinions on the ability of the individual to make Sustainability choices: some believe we are all helpless pawns in the...