Don’t lock yourself (or others) onto a unsustainable path
Back in 2004 when I was first elected Councillor, I was part of the first change in political control of the Council for 31 years,...
The State of Sustainability in UK Politics
Oct 9, 2020
Every autumn, without fail, I watch the leaders' speeches at the big three political party conferences. Until this year. I don't know if it's my...
How to make a Sustainability Leader…
Oct 5, 2020
While writing this month's Low Carbon Agenda on What Makes a Sustainability Leader, a sudden thought dropped into my mind... how to make a Sustainability...
Stay alert: green comms lessons from the Government’s Covid slogans
Sep 28, 2020
The Covid-19 crisis has seen more public behaviour messaging on anything I can remember since AIDS first crashed into the public consciousness in the late...
Whose fault is climate change?
Sep 25, 2020
This week, a tweet appeared on my timeline saying "Capitalism created climate change, only socialism can fix it!" I fired back with the Guardian research...
How can your business help deliver the 15 Minute City?
Sep 21, 2020
More than half of the world's population live in cities, predicted to grow to two thirds by 2050. Therefore much of the debate on Sustainability...
Plastics recycling *isn’t* a scam…
Sep 16, 2020
Oh dear. Nothing like a journalist who doesn't understand statistics– or deliberately misunderstands them in search of a cheap headline. Arwa Mahdawi, writing in today's...
Sustainability must scale
Sep 14, 2020
I’m writing this in a half-asleep, constantly hungry state as I completed my big personal challenge for this year yesterday: riding the C2C cycle route...
Talking Sustainability? Who are you talking to?
Sep 7, 2020
Every time I read a Sustainability document, I ask myself "who is this for?" If I'm drafting a Sustainability Strategy, I always ask my client...
Is working from home good or evil?
Sep 1, 2020
Every morning I climb the short steep hill outside our house to Sid's Corner Shop for a paper and some groceries. Sid's is a survivor...