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...
The State of Sustainability in the UK Party Conference Season
Oct 4, 2019
Every year I listen to the Leaders' speeches from the UK Party Conference season to analyse their commitment to Sustainability. I've long argued that leadership...
So I went on the climate strike…
Sep 23, 2019
On Friday I joined hundreds of thousands of people around the world on the 'Climate Strike' – an originally school-kid-led protest inspired by 16 year...
Let’s open up Sustainability to others…
Sep 19, 2019
I recently posted a piece on LinkedIn about Greta Thunberg's laudable attempt to bring the climate crisis to public attention, but warning that her message...
Don’t make people freeze with climate fear…
Sep 16, 2019
I sometimes come under fire for my optimistic, gung-ho approach to tackling climate change and other Sustainability issues. Part of this is my pragmatic, trained-engineer...
Things that hack me off about Sustainability #367
Sep 3, 2019
First real day back at work after a summer of short breaks, DIY, part-work/part-staycation. Speaking of which, I can't stand the way the word 'staycation'...
Sustainability is a goal, not a cult
Aug 23, 2019
Zoe Williams in today's Guardian has a pop at those criticising Prince Harry and Meghan for lecturing us on climate change and then jumping in...
Is Greta Thunberg’s odyssey really the climate message we want to send?
Aug 19, 2019
I have utmost respect for Greta Thunberg, the teenage Swedish climate activist. The way she has serenely raised the issue of climate change and braved...
Whither Sustainability under Boris?
Jul 26, 2019
And so it came to pass that Boris Johnson took up the position he craved as a young boy, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom...
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...