Act Local! Place-based Sustainability with Florian Wupperfeld
Ever since the 1992 Earth Summit, we have been urged to "Think Global, Act Local". All too often this slogan has manifested itself in small...
Urban Sustainability in Walthamstow
Jun 29, 2016
I'm down in North East London for a couple of days learning about the 'mini-Holland' project in Walthamstow – a substantial investment in making suburban...
Book Review: Happy City by Charles Montgomery
Aug 3, 2015
One of my closest school friends, Conor, now lives with his wife and two kids in a dormitory commuter town in Maryland, USA. My partner...
Sustainability in Portland, Oregon (Part III)
Jul 30, 2015
So I had my meeting with sustainability officials at the City Council of Portland, which is unlike any local Government I've come across before. It...
Sustainability in Portland, OR (Part II)
Jul 28, 2015
I've now been in Portland Oregon a week - long enough for my body clock to adjust (almost) to the local time zone. And in...
Greetings from sunny, sustainable Portland, Oregon
Jul 23, 2015
So, I'm in sunny Portland with the family, recently declared the most sustainable city in the US by the Mother Nature Network and the second...
Greetings from Bristol, European Green Capital
Jun 3, 2015
I'm down in Bristol for a couple of days to deliver a senior management/director sustainability workshop for one of our long-standing clients. I worked in...