My Life in Sustainability (so far)
Yesterday, I turned 50. I know, I don't look a day over 49. Mrs K had planned to whisk me away to Paris by Eurostar...
Hate spam? Well, don’t spam for Sustainability then.
Mar 22, 2021
I love LinkedIn and I use it a lot. Sometimes I will search for a particular person and reach out to them about, say, an...
For Sustainability, start at the end
Mar 15, 2021
One of the things that really makes me grind my teeth in planning for Sustainability is when somebody says "Why don't we try [random thing...
Free your mind (and Sustainability will follow)
Mar 8, 2021
This has been the first Monday in 2021 where *I* decide how my day is going to pan out. I practically danced my way to...
Watch out for this new form of greenwash!
Mar 5, 2021
A couple of times recently, I've seen organisations show a graph of their carbon footprint over time, showing a nice steady downward trend. A closer...
Everybody’s an expert now…
Mar 1, 2021
I'm writing this blog at 3pm on a Monday, the very time when, for the last two months, I have had to make the awkward...
First they ridicule you…
Feb 23, 2021
Five years ago, some earnest academics published a study linking the war in Syria with climate change. Much of the media and the twittersphere fell...
Why delivering Sustainability is hard
Feb 18, 2021
Following the recent turbulence in the White House, we've been rewatching The West Wing of an evening - a nice undemanding watch to wind down...
Synergies will deliver Sustainability
Feb 15, 2021
When I was a geeky teen in the early-mid 1980s, the arrival of a BBC Micro Model B into our house was a huge life...
Progress is always messy – climate action is no different
Feb 9, 2021
One Christmas Eve Eve, Mrs K and I buckled down to wrapping Christmas presents for the mini-Kanes. I can't stand wrapping, partly due to the...