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Should we stop talking about a climate emergency/crisis?

21st April 2020

I've been enjoying my Thursday morning Sustainability Professional Zoom chats hosted by Penny Walker and Susannah Roffe. At last week's meeting, I posited the question: given...

Why we will never win the argument on climate change

16th April 2020

Sometimes a diagram sums up a whole load of messy thoughts and when I saw the graph below on what will inevitably happen when we...

Doing the right thing (and being seen to do the right thing)

6th April 2020

I’m sure many of us are having our hearts warmed by the many positive actions we see in these dark days. The volunteers taking supplies...

We should be taking it easy on ourselves…

30th March 2020

It was my birthday yesterday and Mrs K's planned birthday treat of a night away from the kids at a hotel with red squirrels in...

School of Mum & Dad, week 1

27th March 2020

Like many parents around the globe, Mrs K and I have been landed with the job of educating our brood ourselves. And what a week....

When push comes to nudge – behaviour change lessons from social distancing

24th March 2020

Well, that escalated quickly. From a simple message of “wash your hands” and “stay inside if you have a cough/fever”, now everything is closed, our...

Terra Infirma: We’re open for business

16th March 2020

These are undoubtedly the strangest times I have lived through and the Covid-19 outbreak will undoubtedly be disruptive to Terra Infirma as well as our...

Why we fear the coronavirus more than climate change

9th March 2020

Over the last couple of weeks, my Twitter feed has had plenty of "why are we happy to disrupt daily life over the coronavirus, but...

Beware the ‘perfection or nothing’ delusion in Sustainability

6th March 2020

Here's a couple of arguments I've heard recently against moves towards a more Sustainable economy: Coal is needed for steel manufacture. Not everybody can cycle....

Why we don’t do Sustainability certifications…

2nd March 2020

Every so often, someone contacts me about a new Sustainability certification they'd like me to promote to my clientele. I always say 'No'. Two reasons:...

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