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Aaaaaagh! The Zombie Energy Myths Rise Again

7th July 2020

Like a big chunk of the population, my time, energy and sanity are currently being stretched to breaking point by the increasing expectations of clients...

Built it, and the carbon will come

30th June 2020

I’m writing this in the modern extension of a house which is 125 years old today, more or less (the pic shows the extension going...

On tribalism, culture wars and Sustainability

16th June 2020

Following the defenestration of the statue of slave trader Edward Coulson in Bristol last week, a ‘topple the racists’ website appeared listing other statues around...

Winners and losers in Sustainability

9th June 2020

Last week, I got a complaint from someone on the West Coast of the USA that our Green Academy Supply Chain edition was at 6am...

On yer bike…

2nd June 2020

Last week I wandered over to my local bike shop to buy a few new inner tubes. As I waited in the socially distanced queue,...

Being seen to do the right thing…

27th May 2020

British politics has been aflame for the last few days following the revelation that the Prime Minister’s ‘Special Advisor’ (read Chief of Staff) Dominic Cummings,...

The “Try Before You Buy” Approach to Sustainability

19th May 2020

I'm delighted that my adopted home town of Newcastle upon Tyne is going to be the latest City in the world to get 'pop-up' cycle...

Sustainability messaging lessons from the Conga of Doom

12th May 2020

I actually feel a wee bit sorry for the poor soul who organised the now-infamous VE Day conga (above). Yes, they broke the rules and...

Will Sustainability be the ‘new normal’ post-pandemic?

5th May 2020

There's an old saying 'don't let a crisis go to waste' and there are plenty of voices calling for the current disruption to be used...

Who remembers Local Agenda 21?

28th April 2020

On Sunday morning, during my Government sanctioned outing to the shop, I found an A4 sheet of paper crudely pasted to a noticeboard in our...

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