Cognitive Dissonance and Climate Change
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...
If people aren’t listening about Climate Change, it’s our fault, not theirs
Nov 16, 2018
A number of right-leaning commentators have poked fun at the IPCC's recent assessment that we have 12 years "to save the planet" (as it has...
How to stretch people on Sustainability
Nov 14, 2018
As I write this, a team of crack builders are busy constructing the new Terra Infirma Towers (OK, it's an extension on our house with...