Sustainability in my local election campaign
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...
Reversing the bias against reuse
Apr 1, 2019
Last Friday it was my birthday and middle child got me a rather wonderful vintage cycling top from our rather wonderful new(wish) local vintage shop,...
You’re probably doing more on Sustainability than you think…
Mar 28, 2019
I've just had a client send me a dossier on what they've achieved so far on Sustainability, and there's a huge amount more good stuff...