If we don’t learn from (Sustainability) history…
...we're bound to keep making the same mistakes over and over again. About 15-20 years ago, a local regeneration body tasked the team I ran...
Who is going to champion the UK’s green industry now?
Sep 16, 2015
As the details of new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet trickled out this week, I became increasingly depressed. Carolyn Flint, the existing Energy & Climate...
Whither the UK’s Green Economy now?
May 11, 2015
So it's the week after the week before. The Conservative Party defied all electoral lore and increased its control over Westminster, the first Tory majority since...
Reshuffling the green pack isn’t enough, Mr Cameron
Jul 16, 2014
Yesterday's reshuffle lead to big changes in the ranks of Conservative faces in the UK Government with the commentariat pouring over the nuances of every...
The Green Economy IS Happening
Feb 24, 2014
Last Thursday, on the last full day of my Cumbrian holiday, I took the elder two boys back to Hodbarrow nature reserve and, after...
All Hail the Green Collar Worker!
Sep 20, 2013
Yesterday I presented the concept of Green Jujitsu to the North East Recycling Forum. The event was part-sponsored by waste giants SITA, and I found...