Sustainability: a battle between ambition and doubt
On Sunday, I dutifully drove down to the Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough for my first Covid-19 vaccine. Arriving in the 'Boro half an hour early,...
My Life in Sustainability (so far)
Mar 30, 2021
Yesterday, I turned 50. I know, I don't look a day over 49. Mrs K had planned to whisk me away to Paris by Eurostar...
Rabbie Burns, eco warrior
Jan 25, 2021
It’s the start of week 4 of home-schooling chez Kane, and given tonight’s Burns’ Night, I thought I’d introduce the kids (and, to be honest,...
Sustainability must scale
Sep 14, 2020
I’m writing this in a half-asleep, constantly hungry state as I completed my big personal challenge for this year yesterday: riding the C2C cycle route...
We should be taking it easy on ourselves…
Mar 30, 2020
It was my birthday yesterday and Mrs K's planned birthday treat of a night away from the kids at a hotel with red squirrels in...
School of Mum & Dad, week 1
Mar 27, 2020
Like many parents around the globe, Mrs K and I have been landed with the job of educating our brood ourselves. And what a week....
What a year!
Dec 16, 2019
Apologies for the recent lack of blogging, but the weekend before last I was a passenger in a car which hit a wall at speed...
Nature ain’t cuddly and neither should we be
Jun 3, 2019
First day back in the saddle after our traditional half-term camping trip to Wooler, Northumberland. We tried to shake up the itinerary this year –...
Sustainability in my local election campaign
May 7, 2019
Long time readers will know that I've always shared my time time running Terra Infirma Ltd with being an elected Councillor on Newcastle City Council....
Back from a Bloody Past
Jun 4, 2018
I'm just back from 5 glorious days of half term camping with the Kane clan in Wooler, in the north of Northumberland. We did the...