Football, Tribes & Sustainability
So In-ger-land kick off their World Cup campaign tonight. As a Northern Irishman who has lived in England for almost 30 years, I'm not terribly...
Eyes on the (Sustainability) Prize
Apr 26, 2018
There's a new, if rather clunky, phrase going around the political commentariat at the minute - 'tribal epistemology'. Coined by US journalist David Roberts, the...
Sustainability in an age of unreason
Mar 19, 2018
I was very taken with Nick Cohen's column in yesterday's Observer bemoaning the rise of conspiracy-theory-driven, narrowly nationalist, identity politics around the globe. Cohen rightly...
The Boxer vs Green Jujitsu
Mar 14, 2018
Last week I was reading a newspaper article on simmering tensions in Northern Ireland (from whence I hail) where somebody quoted The Boxer by Simon...
Hot takes on The Beast from the East
Mar 2, 2018
So, much of the UK is gripped by a long cold snap with blasts of some pretty horrendous weather. While the Press whips itself into...
Sustainability Signal vs Noise
Nov 15, 2017
Fascinating piece of research by Sustrans which found that 78% of city-dwellers would like to see more segregated cycle lanes even if it meant losing...
I never learn!
Sep 8, 2017
I really have tried to ditch the habit of responding to those who are way beyond redemption when it comes to Sustainability. One such chap...
Ignore Lawson et al, get on with the job in hand
Aug 14, 2017
You can't have missed the furore. Al Gore was touring the British media last week promoting his new climate change movie, An Inconvenient Sequel. After...
Killer Sustainability anecdotes (and not in a good way)
Jun 28, 2017
Last week I retweeted a gif showing a well designed cycle crossing being used by a steady stream of ordinary people on bikes – the text...
Ambling towards a low carbon economy
Feb 27, 2017
A funny thing has been happening in the UK over the last 7 years. We have had two Conservative Prime Ministers since 2010 who have...