My simple green ‘life hack’ which can be used in the corporate world
At the weekend the Guardian was running a climate special. In one article, they asked climate experts what they were doing personally to cut their...
Why Theresa May made that net zero carbon commitment
Jun 28, 2019
Many of us were very pleasantly surprised when the supposedly lame duck Prime Minister Theresa May used her last weeks in office to push through...
When push comes to shove on climate…
Jun 27, 2019
The planned third runway at Heathrow is fast becoming the litmus test for climate policy in UK politics. PM David Cameron (2010-2016) opposed it, before...
What Boardman’s Belisha Battle tells us about Sustainability
Jun 24, 2019
Olympic gold medallist and yellow-jersey wearer Chris Boardman has been butting up against a brick wall of bureaucracy in his role as walking and cycling commissioner...
Can your employees talk Sustainability?
Jun 19, 2019
Last week I had surgery at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary to fix a hernia (I may have mentioned it once or twice...). As I was...
Is there now a British political consensus on climate change?
Jun 17, 2019
There was a very telling moment in last night's Channel 4 TV hustings for the Conservative Party leadership, and thus Prime Minister at least for...
The costs of ‘do nothing’ on climate
Jun 10, 2019
There's been a minor ding-dong in the UK with a leaked report from Chancellor Philip Hammond warning the 'cost' of meeting a proposed 'net zero'...
Turtle-ly awesome Green Jujitsu
Jun 7, 2019
Today's 'green day' at our local primary school, so the younger two have gone dressed in green for an eco-themed day. Jimmy, middle child, has...
How successful will the refillable shopping model be?
Jun 5, 2019
I've been following the story of the Waitrose 'plastic free' experiment in Oxford where consumers bring their own cartons for refills of loose goods such...
Nature ain’t cuddly and neither should we be
Jun 3, 2019
First day back in the saddle after our traditional half-term camping trip to Wooler, Northumberland. We tried to shake up the itinerary this year –...