Why Extinction Rebellion needs to learn some Green Jujitsu
The Extinction Rebellion (XR) climate crisis movement hit brutal reality yesterday when an attempt to halt the London Underground led to an ugly brawl as...
Book Review: Ruined by Design by Mike Monteiro
Oct 14, 2019
In 1996, I visited the Auschwitz/Birkenau death camps in Poland. I was in two minds about going, with a nagging feeling that I was indulging...
Why only green capitalism can save the planet
Oct 11, 2019
One of the great pervading myths of the climate debate is that climate change is being driven solely by global capitalism/consumerism/neoliberalism and that only some...
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (turn and face the strange…)
Oct 7, 2019
One of the weirder aspects of climate denial/scepticism movement is the assumption that the only thing that can change is the laws of physics. Those...
The State of Sustainability in the UK Party Conference Season
Oct 4, 2019
Every year I listen to the Leaders' speeches from the UK Party Conference season to analyse their commitment to Sustainability. I've long argued that leadership...
Why the ‘I’ word is key to Sustainability
Sep 30, 2019
No, not that one. It's never about 'I' when it comes to Sustainability, it's all about them... and the best way to get them engaged...
So I went on the climate strike…
Sep 23, 2019
On Friday I joined hundreds of thousands of people around the world on the 'Climate Strike' – an originally school-kid-led protest inspired by 16 year...
Let’s open up Sustainability to others…
Sep 19, 2019
I recently posted a piece on LinkedIn about Greta Thunberg's laudable attempt to bring the climate crisis to public attention, but warning that her message...
Don’t make people freeze with climate fear…
Sep 16, 2019
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...