Sustainability Choices…
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...
Adding friction to unsustainable behaviour
Dec 9, 2015
Regular readers will know I'm a bit sceptical about the plastic bag tax – mainly because it's aimed at a minor environmental impact rather than...
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