Could George Monbiot have inadvertently saved offsetting?
Twenty years ago, I was on the board of Carbon Neutral North East (CNNE), a local charity that took carbon offsets from individuals and organisations...
Can Regenerative Agriculture Save the Planet? with Doug Wanstall of Beyond Zero
Sep 20, 2024
With agriculture being responsible for 11% of the UK's carbon emissions, declining biodiversity and polluted water courses, is there a Sustainable alternative to modern industrial...
Words of Wisdom: Offsetting and its alternatives
Aug 23, 2024
This week's podcast is a summer special compilation of my favourite excerpts of our interviews to date on the rather thorny theme of offsets (aka...
Shining a light on offsetting with Nic Alexander
Jul 12, 2024
Are offsets "a dangerous distraction from carbon reductions"? Are they morally abhorrent, akin to murderers buying 'indulgences' from the church in medieval Europe? Or are...
Dr Olli Jones of Cundall on Net Zero Architecture/Construction, Alternatives to Offsetting and Climate Resilience
Feb 23, 2024
The first thing you see on construction design giant Cundall's website is "Achieving net zero carbon on all our projects by 2030". In this week's...
The Pros and Cons of Offsetting
May 29, 2023
I've never signed up to the George Monbiot view that offsetting carbon emissions (ie paying a third party to remove an equivalent amount of carbon...
To offset or not to offset…
Feb 24, 2020
Offsetting is back in the news, and with the same old debate: is it a good idea to get someone else to reduce/absorb carbon emissions...
Trees, please!
Jul 5, 2019
About 22 years ago I sat in a church and listened to local activists from a national pressure group plan a campaign where they would...
Getting more from third party sustainability services
Oct 14, 2015
Friday before last saw the twelfth meeting of the Corporate Sustainability Mastermind Group, held in the medieval Undercroft at the wonderful Live Theatre in Newcastle....
If this is war, we must use all the weapons at our disposal
Oct 6, 2014
Every Monday for the last couple of weeks, I've been mulling on one of my proposed Rules of the Pragmatic Environmentalist. This week, it is...
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