Don’t make people freeze with climate fear…
I sometimes come under fire for my optimistic, gung-ho approach to tackling climate change and other Sustainability issues. Part of this is my pragmatic, trained-engineer...
Cutting through the noise on Sustainability
Sep 13, 2019
I don't mind admitting I'm suffering from a bit of overwhelm just at the moment. I'm still getting back into the way of having two...
If you don’t have a Sustainability target…
Sep 9, 2019
I need targets in my life. I may be a mediocre cyclist who has no ambitions for any kind of glory, but every year I...
The Goldilocks Zone of a Climate Emergency
Sep 6, 2019
Regular readers will know I wear (at least) two Sustainability hats– here as a consultant and politically as the Opposition Spokesman for Sustainability on Newcastle...
Things that hack me off about Sustainability #367
Sep 3, 2019
First real day back at work after a summer of short breaks, DIY, part-work/part-staycation. Speaking of which, I can't stand the way the word 'staycation'...
Let’s not be hypocritical on forests
Aug 28, 2019
The Amazon burning story has been horrific ecologically, but fascinating politically. I'm a politics geek, but I can't recall the threat of trade sanctions ever...
Sustainability is a goal, not a cult
Aug 23, 2019
Zoe Williams in today's Guardian has a pop at those criticising Prince Harry and Meghan for lecturing us on climate change and then jumping in...
Is Greta Thunberg’s odyssey really the climate message we want to send?
Aug 19, 2019
I have utmost respect for Greta Thunberg, the teenage Swedish climate activist. The way she has serenely raised the issue of climate change and braved...
Beelines: a lovely example of Green Jujitsu
Aug 12, 2019
Recently, I've been looking enviously at the Manchester Beelines project to bring together 1000 miles of cycle routes across the Greater Manchester area. While the...
No, Sustainability is not ‘a balance’
Aug 9, 2019
On Monday I griped about a Sustainability book I was sent for review. The sentence which made my heart drop was 'basically speaking, Sustainability is...