On tribalism, culture wars and Sustainability
Following the defenestration of the statue of slave trader Edward Coulson in Bristol last week, a ‘topple the racists’ website appeared listing other statues around...
Winners and losers in Sustainability
Jun 9, 2020
Last week, I got a complaint from someone on the West Coast of the USA that our Green Academy Supply Chain edition was at 6am...
Will Sustainability be the ‘new normal’ post-pandemic?
May 5, 2020
There's an old saying 'don't let a crisis go to waste' and there are plenty of voices calling for the current disruption to be used...
Meeting the Sustainability Challenge
Nov 11, 2019
On Friday I went to an IEMA roundtable on the climate emergency – the IEMA event I have attended since I was nominated as a...
Will this really be the greenest election ever?
Nov 4, 2019
Lots of green-leaning people have got excited by an Ipsos-Mori poll saying that over half of the UK's population will consider climate change when making...
Why Extinction Rebellion needs to learn some Green Jujitsu
Oct 18, 2019
The Extinction Rebellion (XR) climate crisis movement hit brutal reality yesterday when an attempt to halt the London Underground led to an ugly brawl as...
Why the ‘I’ word is key to Sustainability
Sep 30, 2019
No, not that one. It's never about 'I' when it comes to Sustainability, it's all about them... and the best way to get them engaged...
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...
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...
Beelines: a lovely example of Green Jujitsu
Aug 12, 2019
Recently, I've been looking enviously at the Manchester Beelines project to bring together 1000 miles of cycle routes across the Greater Manchester area. While the...