The State of Sustainability in UK Politics
As a political geek, I've been following the UK's party conference season as avidly as usual. My theory is that the content of the Leaders' speeches...
The gluten delusion, dodgy quotes and climate science
I love my local hipster-ish coffee shop, but it annoys me that all the cakes are proudly marked 'gluten-free'. A couple of times, I've joshed...
Sustainability Bites 6/10/17
Here's this week's edition of Sustainability Bites, covering the Sustainability elements of the Conservative Party Conference (more than you'd think), the latest green energy record...
When it comes to Sustainability, personal experience trumps facts
Interesting story this week of columnist Peter Oborne, bone-dry right-of-centre journalist, has had a Damascene conversion to the cause of tackling climate change. “The press has...
Oiling the engine of Sustainability
With all the concern about ocean plastic of late, I've been revitalising my personal pledge to pick up at least one piece of plastic litter...
Sustainability Bites: Labour Conference, UK Green Summer, Demise of GSB
Here's my hot takes on the week's big Sustainability news - join us each Friday (unless I'm away) at 10am on Facebook. Comments in the comments,...
Putting the Personal Into Sustainability
So, the Guardian Sustainable Business site is no more. I don't think I'm really going to miss it because I don't think I ever read...
Wake Up Sheeple!
I nearly choked on my Weetabix this morning when I saw the Guardian was running a splash on The Ethical Case Against Wool. "This I've got to...
Sustainability Bites: #ClimateOptimist, Cause for Optimism and Theresa May
Here's this week's edition of Sustainability Bites. I covered the Climate Optimist campaign (again), the Nature Geosciences paper on progress towards Paris Agreement commitments and...
Why #ClimateOptimist makes me want to cry
Yesterday afternoon, my Twitter feed suddenly filled with garish 80's-home-computer style graphics urging me to "Opt-in to be a #ClimateOptimist!". "'Ello?" I asked myself and...