A few days immersed in nature, but you can’t escape climate change
It was my middle child Jimmy's turn to go through the GCSE grind this year and to mark him getting through to the other side,...
Reflections on a term of teaching Sustainability at Newcastle Business School
At the start of the summer I was approached by a contact at Newcastle Business School to run Sustainability seminars to cover for a recently...
The summer’s gone…
Today's my first proper day back at my desk in Terra Infirma Towers for almost 3 weeks, although as any business owner will tell you,...
Summer, summertime at Terra Infirma Towers
I've just spent three days bikepacking around Northumberland, my route taking in a number of prehistoric sites such as the Five Stones of Duddo (see...
Greetings from the Costa del Solway
Half term holidays and our family has decamped to the Scottish shore of the Solway Firth. We’ve been here before (one village along) and it...
Eco-whiskey in Wooler
It was my birthday on Good Friday and on Easter Sunday we took in a walk taking in the site of Ad Gefrin in North...
Taking the p*** in Boggle Hole
Our youngest and most dangerous child was taken away for a friend's birthday treat this weekend, so the Prof spotted the opportunity for us to...
A Sustainability Blast from the Past
Something slightly different this week - some years ago Anthony Day interviewed me for the Sustainable Futures Report podcast which sadly came to an end...
So, yesterday I did something massive. I went car-free (ish)
Yesterday I sold my car. Conversations have gone a bit like this: "What did you trade it in for?" "Nothing, I just sold it." "So...
Brum, Brum, Brum
So, my first day back after a far-too relaxing fortnight's summer holiday. For the first week, we hired a narrowboat and explored a loop of...