When push comes to shove on climate…
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 –...
To deliver Sustainability, we need to use Capitalism, not destroy it
May 24, 2019
So Sustainability continues to ride high in the UK news, despite the wet blanket of Brexit smothering our politics for the last three years. Parliament...
The first climate change election flounders down under
May 20, 2019
Depressing news from Australia as electors decide to return the decidedly high carbon Liberal-National coalition to Government, scuppering an opportunities to put one of the...