Targeted Sustainability interventions hit the spot…
Here's a wee story from the local election campaign trail. I have two routes to school with the kids – along the road or along...
Packaging and the circular economy mindset
May 13, 2019
There was an interesting piece in the press over the weekend featuring the Recycling Association doing their regular thing singling out the UK's worst packaging...
Sustainability in my local election campaign
May 7, 2019
Long time readers will know that I've always shared my time time running Terra Infirma Ltd with being an elected Councillor on Newcastle City Council....
Don’t let the green-tape tail wag the Sustainability dog…
Apr 30, 2019
I'm busy drafting a Sustainability Strategy for an autonomous division of a much larger organisation. We have had a bit of a dilemma as the...
My Behaviour Change Workshop for Edie
Apr 26, 2019
It's been a crazy week. Starting with a public holiday where my phone rang and I was asked to do a 5 hour behavioural change...
Some thoughts on David Attenborough’s Climate Change – The Facts
Apr 24, 2019
It was only at the weekend that I got to sit down and watch David Attenborough's Climate Change - The Facts on BBC, because, well.....
Extinction Rebellion: more harm than good[?]
Apr 18, 2019
So large parts of London have been brought to a halt by Extinction Rebellion (XR) protesters wanting to raise the profile of climate change. An...
“OK, kids, so you want to do something about climate change…”
Apr 12, 2019
"... how about starting with switching off the lights when you leave a room?" Silence. "You mean..." ventured the middle one. "Yes, if you're serious...
Save Sustainability from the conspiracy theorists!
Apr 8, 2019
I'm sure every Sustainability professional gets their fair share of interesting communications from the whole spectrum of eco-eccentrics ranging from mad inventors – "I've solved...
Reduce, Reuse, Re… uh.
Apr 4, 2019
Twice recently we have had domestic appliances fail. Our dishwasher appears to have been attacked by a rat which chewed through a seal leading to...