Nobody ever said Sustainability was going to be easy…
Last week, I heard someone cite the old "the carbon footprint was invented by BP to put the blame on the consumer" meme. This drives...
The real risk to Sustainability from AI…
Jan 23, 2024
My youngest is 11 and he's obsessed with music, recently stunning his aunt by asking "Is that Nina Simone?" in response to a song on...
Sustainability is about psychology, not technology
Oct 23, 2023
I'm an engineer, both by training and outlook. When I first dipped my toe in the field of Sustainability about 25 years ago, I was...
Talking at someone about Sustainability is NOT engagement
Jul 18, 2023
This morning I had an interesting chat with an old business contact about Sustainability engagement. We got into the psychology of change and in particular...
Why LTNs make (some) people mad…
Apr 3, 2023
Over the last six months, I've been carefully watching the Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) end of the culture war play out as it is a...
Anti-15 minute city protests are just the latest bump in the road to Sustainability
Feb 27, 2023
Twenty years ago I found myself attending a community engagement event on Teesside about renewable energy. A woman told us that she had been to...
Net Zero Review Reaction: Excuses, Excuses
Jan 16, 2023
The Government has published its 'Net Zero Review'. This had its genesis in the short, turbulent reign of Liz Truss as a way of kicking...
A wee case study in change management for Sustainability
Nov 28, 2022
Regular readers will know I'm a City Councillor here in Newcastle. A month ago I girded my loins and kept my tin hat to hand...
Whatever happened to Citizens Assemblies?
Nov 21, 2022
About 4-5 years ago, the solution to climate change was apparently the Citizens Assembly (CA), a small but representative sample of the general public to...
Climate change: we have the technology
Nov 7, 2022
Listening to the radio this morning, during an item about the COP27 climate change conference, I heard a UK politician refer to the scope for...