Book Review: Rummage by Emily Cockayne
I'm writing this blog in what appears to be the only house in our Victorian neighbourhood which managed to hold on to its wrought iron...
Post-holiday Random Sustainability Musings
Aug 17, 2020
Just back at my desk after 10 days 'down South' camping/airbnb-ing and visiting friends/relatives. Here are a few of the thoughts that occurred to me...
Ch-ch-ch-changes!
Aug 4, 2020
Man, change is hard. It's difficult enough when working with organisations, where there's a hierarchy and job descriptions and personal objectives and the risk of...
14 years of Sustainability at Terra Infirma
Jul 30, 2020
This weekend sees the 14 anniversary of the founding of my company, Terra Infirma. It's a bit of an arbitrary date as I'd planned to...
Thoughts on the Green Party leadership contest
Jul 23, 2020
There was a very interesting segment on this week's Guardian Politics podcast where the two challengers for the leadership of the Green Party went head...
Eliminating barriers to Sustainability with extreme prejudice
Jul 21, 2020
On Sunday I took middle child for a 20 mile cycle ride - choosing a route which looped through parks, around the North of the...
Sustainability Reawakens
Jul 14, 2020
I'm very aware my blogging has reduced to a trickle in recent weeks – my excuse is that everything has ramped up again except the...
Aaaaaagh! The Zombie Energy Myths Rise Again
Jul 7, 2020
Like a big chunk of the population, my time, energy and sanity are currently being stretched to breaking point by the increasing expectations of clients...
Built it, and the carbon will come
Jun 30, 2020
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...