Why only green capitalism can save the planet
One of the great pervading myths of the climate debate is that climate change is being driven solely by global capitalism/consumerism/neoliberalism and that only some...
Is there now a British political consensus on climate change?
Jun 17, 2019
There was a very telling moment in last night's Channel 4 TV hustings for the Conservative Party leadership, and thus Prime Minister at least for...
Some thoughts on David Attenborough’s Climate Change – The Facts
Apr 24, 2019
It was only at the weekend that I got to sit down and watch David Attenborough's Climate Change - The Facts on BBC, because, well.....
If people aren’t listening about Climate Change, it’s our fault, not theirs
Nov 16, 2018
A number of right-leaning commentators have poked fun at the IPCC's recent assessment that we have 12 years "to save the planet" (as it has...
Football, Tribes & Sustainability
Jun 18, 2018
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...