How business should respond to the COP24 outcome
It's very easy to watch the UNFCC's annual COP get together with a sense of dread. The wheels of international negotiation turn excruciatingly slowly and...
My first domestic LED bulb. Yes, really…
Dec 14, 2018
Being a Sustainability junkie, you'd have thought that my house would be heaving with the latest green technology. But last night I bought some LED...
Cognitive Dissonance and Climate Change
Dec 10, 2018
It's been a rather depressing weekend for Sustainability, what with the US Government joining those beacons of liberty Russia and Saudi Arabia to downgrade the...
Santa & Sustainability
Dec 7, 2018
Pity the poor hack who has to write a Christmas-themed environmental piece at this time of year. This one, "Can you have a plastic...
Whither Post-Retail Sustainability?
Dec 3, 2018
Once more the financial news is filled with stories of major retailers struggling in the internet era. Maplin, Toys R Us and Poundworld have gone, Marks...
Deconstructing our consumerism
Nov 30, 2018
As a qualified engineer, the good old British taxpayer spent a small fortune teaching me how to make things, but not a penny teaching me...
How to Accelerate Sustainability
Nov 26, 2018
I got into a Twitter conversation last week about how to change towards Sustainability rapidly. That exchange was mainly about national issues, but my examples...
Green Academy 2019: Half Price Deal
Nov 23, 2018
OK, so we've succumbed to the Black Friday madness – again. We're offering the full set of 11 Green Academy sessions (including the taster) for...
In Sustainability, data isn’t everything…
Nov 21, 2018
Data, data, bloody data. I've spent the first part of this morning proof-reading something I've written on life cycle assessment (LCA) and the word I...
Staying fresh in the slog to Sustainability
Nov 19, 2018
Yesterday, me and most of the family went on one of our favourite walks: to Blawearie, an abandoned farmstead on Bewick Moor in Northumberland. It's...