Making Sustainability The New Normal
Yesterday afternoon I pulled on my lycra, got on my bike and headed off into Northumberland to watch the end of the Beaumont Trophy –...
Sustainability Choices…
Mar 11, 2019
There seems to be two opinions on the ability of the individual to make Sustainability choices: some believe we are all helpless pawns in the...
Sustainability – for the many?
Jun 11, 2018
Sometime last Tuesday, a hashtag #PlasticFreeDay appeared on my Twitter feed. I was vaguely aware that it was World Environment Day, but, like so...
Why behavioural change for Sustainability is difficult (and how to make it easier)
May 21, 2018
Last week I was locking my bike outside one of my regular refuelling points when two Mobike employees appeared and started rounding up some of...
Skewing choices to Sustainability
Mar 21, 2018
As a foodie, I was very taken with the One Planet Plate project getting major restaurant chains to put one dish with strong sustainability credentials...
Sustainability… as a toaster?
Mar 5, 2018
No. I haven't gone crazy with snowbound cabin fever, I just happened to (re)read something about Steve Jobs which reminded me that Jobs' original concept...
Habit-changing is hard
Feb 5, 2018
Regular readers can't have helped notice my big personal goal for the year is to do a triathlon. As I mentioned last month my swimming...
Food for thought or gut instinct?
Aug 16, 2017
I really enjoyed the piece in last week's Guardian pricking the balloon of the 'clean eating' movement whose proponents claim that modern life is killing...
Cutting Corners: Making Sustainability the easy option
Mar 13, 2017
On Saturday I was at a workshop looking at improving the experience of pedestrians and cyclists in inner-city neighbourhoods in our city. One of the...
WaterAid makes me think twice!
Dec 5, 2016
A couple of years ago, the kids asked could we "send some money to poor people in Africa" and it has now become a regular...
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