Should the new icon of the climate challenge be the puffin?
Way, way back when I first set up Terra Infirma, I ordered a set of corporate Christmas Cards featuring a polar bear stalking across the...
Disability *and* Sustainability, not or
Mar 6, 2023
I'm doing a piece of work for a disability charity and it's really making me think. During a general discussion, my contact pointed out that...
Anti-15 minute city protests are just the latest bump in the road to Sustainability
Feb 27, 2023
Twenty years ago I found myself attending a community engagement event on Teesside about renewable energy. A woman told us that she had been to...
Competition can put Spice into Sustainability
Feb 20, 2023
When I was younger and musing on what future family life might hold, I would never have guessed I'd have three sporty kids. The eldest...
Reframing the LTN/15 minute city debate
Feb 13, 2023
Regular readers will know I'm a Councillor here in Newcastle and last night I gave an informal talk to political colleagues about Low Traffic Neighbourhoods...
Sustainability is not just ‘doing nature a favour’
Feb 8, 2023
At yesterday's Corporate Sustainability Mastermind Group (CoSM) a new member* said something that I thought was quite brilliant: "We've got to get people away from...
On Demand: 12½ Kick Ass Sustainability Ideas for 2023
Jan 30, 2023
Here's the record of this year's Green Academy taster. To get the full experience, download the workbook here. Use the tab above to see the...
Britishvolt: A Green Business is NOT a Charity
Jan 23, 2023
And so the Britishvolt EV battery startup has died a big messy public death, as I predicted. Not because of any particular skill on my...
Net Zero Review Reaction: Excuses, Excuses
Jan 16, 2023
The Government has published its 'Net Zero Review'. This had its genesis in the short, turbulent reign of Liz Truss as a way of kicking...
Sustainability in 2023: My ‘Predictions’
Jan 9, 2023
For a few years, every January an environmental website used to ask me for my predictions for 2023. I never liked doing it as I...