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Notes from the Net Zero North East England Annual Summit

28th November 2024

For the last two days I've been at the Net Zero North East England Summit, our regional annual get together. It was great to talk...

Go touch grass. Literally

25th November 2024

Me and the Prof have got to that wonderful stage in parenthood where we can simply dump a pan of chilli on the kitchen table,...

Can a building be net positive for the environment? Regenerative design expert David Cheshire explains how

22nd November 2024

Most of our Sustainability efforts focus on making things "less bad", but can we go past zero and start making our society good for the...

Circular Economy Insights at NERF

21st November 2024

Yesterday, I attended the North East Recycling Forum (NERF) Annual Conference in the impressive setting of Durham Town Hall (see pic). I love this event...

Sustainability Legislation Bites Back

18th November 2024

Last week, I ran a Sustainability workshop for members of the North East Automobile Alliance (NEAA). As the delegates were new to me, I started...

Solitaire Townsend on the March of the Sustainability Solutionists

15th November 2024

This week we're joined on the pod by one of the rock stars of Sustainability, Solitaire Townsend, to talk about her fab book The Solutionists....

Politics, Polling and the Climate

13th November 2024

I was listening to Matt Chorley's politics show on BBC Radio 5Live yesterday and, in the context of the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan, they...

Donald Trump? The Climate? Don’t Panic. Roll Up Your Sleeves.

11th November 2024

Last Monday afternoon I was busy planning a Sustainability Workshop for this week when the text on my computer screen started swirling. Oh, no, I...

Act Local! Place-based Sustainability with Florian Wupperfeld

8th November 2024

Ever since the 1992 Earth Summit, we have been urged to "Think Global, Act Local". All too often this slogan has manifested itself in small...

Want a Sustainability Strategy? Take me to your leaders…

4th November 2024

I'm currently developing two proposals for Sustainability Strategies for different public bodies. Public bodies being public bodies, they're always quite prescriptive, not only on what...

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