Built it, and the carbon will come
I’m writing this in the modern extension of a house which is 125 years old today, more or less (the pic shows the extension going...
On tribalism, culture wars and Sustainability
Jun 16, 2020
Following the defenestration of the statue of slave trader Edward Coulson in Bristol last week, a ‘topple the racists’ website appeared listing other statues around...
Winners and losers in Sustainability
Jun 9, 2020
Last week, I got a complaint from someone on the West Coast of the USA that our Green Academy Supply Chain edition was at 6am...
On yer bike…
Jun 2, 2020
Last week I wandered over to my local bike shop to buy a few new inner tubes. As I waited in the socially distanced queue,...
Being seen to do the right thing…
May 27, 2020
British politics has been aflame for the last few days following the revelation that the Prime Minister’s ‘Special Advisor’ (read Chief of Staff) Dominic Cummings,...
The “Try Before You Buy” Approach to Sustainability
May 19, 2020
I'm delighted that my adopted home town of Newcastle upon Tyne is going to be the latest City in the world to get 'pop-up' cycle...
Sustainability messaging lessons from the Conga of Doom
May 12, 2020
I actually feel a wee bit sorry for the poor soul who organised the now-infamous VE Day conga (above). Yes, they broke the rules and...
Will Sustainability be the ‘new normal’ post-pandemic?
May 5, 2020
There's an old saying 'don't let a crisis go to waste' and there are plenty of voices calling for the current disruption to be used...
Who remembers Local Agenda 21?
Apr 28, 2020
On Sunday morning, during my Government sanctioned outing to the shop, I found an A4 sheet of paper crudely pasted to a noticeboard in our...
Should we stop talking about a climate emergency/crisis?
Apr 21, 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...