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When green ideology hits reality… again.

13th September 2021

There are reports this morning of scuffles between Insulate Britain climate protesters, who had blocked a roundabout on the M25, and drivers trying to get...

Save us from Sustainability fads…

6th September 2021

I remember reading an article entitled "We Won't Achieve Sustainability without Mindfulness." Over the next few weeks, many more appeared as green think pieces. Now,...

The #1 problem facing green entrepreneurs…

30th August 2021

A few days ago, I had a meeting with Robert Campbell, one of the founders of ZMove, a green delivery company, ZMove uses e-cargo bikes...

Who is to blame for climate change?

23rd August 2021

During my holiday, the Guardian published an article on what individuals could do to tackle the climate crisis. Almost every point was to lobby somebody...

A couple of weeks in the Yorkshire Dales

16th August 2021

I'm back at Terra Infirma Towers after a two week family holiday in Wensleydale, Yorkshire, staying in a stone ex-farmhouse near Hawes just 75 miles...

Sharma has to learn to say “No.”

10th August 2021

As we head towards the delayed COP26 climate change conference in November, the press seems to be leading on many slightly tangential issues - the...

Book Review: Value(s) by Mark Carney

4th August 2021

When appointed Governor of the Bank of England in 2013, Mark Carney was described as the Rock Star of Bankers. Well, in Value(s), Carney has...

15 years delivering Sustainability with Terra Infirma

2nd August 2021

Crikey. 15 years ago today I relinquished the safety net of a salary and generous pension scheme to fulfill an ambition I’d had since undergrad...

Is consumerism really killing the planet? No, it’s worse than that…

26th July 2021

The green movement has an annoying habit of blaming environmental impacts squarely on capitalism, and consumerism in particular. The anti-capitalist slant ignores the inconvenient fact...

A quick reset with nature

19th July 2021

This time last week I was on a train heading north into Scotland. In my rucksack was a set of lightweight camping gear, along with...

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