Local Elections and Sustainability
If you're wondering why I haven't been posting so frequently here recently, it's because I've been out pounding the pavements to ensure I got re-elected...
Saving our Wild Isles Review: Perfectly Pitched
Apr 19, 2023
One of the most influential public engagement events of recent years was the TV series Blue Planet II, presented by the peerless legend David Attenborough,...
Why LTNs make (some) people mad…
Apr 3, 2023
Over the last six months, I've been carefully watching the Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) end of the culture war play out as it is a...
So, I cycled to an automotive event…
Mar 28, 2023
Last Thursday night, I was invited to the North East Automobile Association (NEAA) Annual Awards at Ramside Hall outside Durham as I was one of...
So, yesterday I did something massive. I went car-free (ish)
Mar 16, 2023
Yesterday I sold my car. Conversations have gone a bit like this: "What did you trade it in for?" "Nothing, I just sold it." "So...
Should the new icon of the climate challenge be the puffin?
Mar 13, 2023
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...