Let’s not be hypocritical on forests
The Amazon burning story has been horrific ecologically, but fascinating politically. I'm a politics geek, but I can't recall the threat of trade sanctions ever...
Sustainability is a goal, not a cult
Aug 23, 2019
Zoe Williams in today's Guardian has a pop at those criticising Prince Harry and Meghan for lecturing us on climate change and then jumping in...
Is Greta Thunberg’s odyssey really the climate message we want to send?
Aug 19, 2019
I have utmost respect for Greta Thunberg, the teenage Swedish climate activist. The way she has serenely raised the issue of climate change and braved...
Beelines: a lovely example of Green Jujitsu
Aug 12, 2019
Recently, I've been looking enviously at the Manchester Beelines project to bring together 1000 miles of cycle routes across the Greater Manchester area. While the...
No, Sustainability is not ‘a balance’
Aug 9, 2019
On Monday I griped about a Sustainability book I was sent for review. The sentence which made my heart drop was 'basically speaking, Sustainability is...
How to write a Sustainability book
Aug 5, 2019
I've written five books on business and Sustainability, all of which I'm pretty proud of, and I know first hand how much effort goes in...
Whither Sustainability under Boris?
Jul 26, 2019
And so it came to pass that Boris Johnson took up the position he craved as a young boy, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom...
Economic growth in a finite world – not as daft as it sounds
Jul 22, 2019
One line which is often trotted out by green activists, most recently by the rather wonderful Greta Thunberg, is "you can't have economic growth in...
Sustainability as a moonshot?
Jul 19, 2019
As we wallow in moon-landing nostalgia (fake nostalgia in my case, I was minus two years old at the time, but hey...), it reminded me...
Looks like carbon offshoring is starting to be taken seriously…
Jul 15, 2019
For decades I've been banging away that the whole "the UK only emits 2% of global emissions" is nonsense. Yes, 2% may actually be released...