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Whither Sustainability under Boris?

26th July 2019

And so it came to pass that Boris Johnson took up the position he craved as a young boy, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom...

Economic growth in a finite world – not as daft as it sounds

22nd July 2019

One line which is often trotted out by green activists, most recently by the rather wonderful Greta Thunberg, is "you can't have economic growth in...

Sustainability as a moonshot?

19th July 2019

As we wallow in moon-landing nostalgia (fake nostalgia in my case, I was minus two years old at the time, but hey...), it reminded me...

Looks like carbon offshoring is starting to be taken seriously…

15th July 2019

For decades I've been banging away that the whole "the UK only emits 2% of global emissions" is nonsense. Yes, 2% may actually be released...

There’s always one… (being negative about Sustainability)

12th July 2019

Mrs K, aka Professor Karen Johnson, has appeared as a talking head in a Guardian video about soil health (see above). She's super excited getting...

Making Sustainability The New Normal

8th July 2019

Yesterday afternoon I pulled on my lycra, got on my bike and headed off into Northumberland to watch the end of the Beaumont Trophy –...

Trees, please!

5th July 2019

About 22 years ago I sat in a church and listened to local activists from a national pressure group plan a campaign where they would...

My simple green ‘life hack’ which can be used in the corporate world

1st July 2019

At the weekend the Guardian was running a climate special. In one article, they asked climate experts what they were doing personally to cut their...

Why Theresa May made that net zero carbon commitment

28th June 2019

Many of us were very pleasantly surprised when the supposedly lame duck Prime Minister Theresa May used her last weeks in office to push through...

When push comes to shove on climate…

27th June 2019

The planned third runway at Heathrow is fast becoming the litmus test for climate policy in UK politics. PM David Cameron (2010-2016) opposed it, before...

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