5 tips to beat eco-anxiety
More and more I've been hearing Sustainability people talk about their eco-anxiety. It's very easy to look at the constant stream of bad environmental news...
Are Science-based Targets now coming into their own underpinning Net Zero?
Nov 28, 2023
When Science-based Targets (SBTs) first emerged in 2015, I must admit I was slightly cynical. I mean, why stipulate that your organisation needs to, say,...
Sustainability is about psychology, not technology
Oct 23, 2023
I'm an engineer, both by training and outlook. When I first dipped my toe in the field of Sustainability about 25 years ago, I was...
The denial of climate science is, sadly, human nature
Jun 12, 2023
I'm currently reading the wonderfully quirky and free-ranging Map Addict by Mike Parker which I happened upon in a charity bookshop a couple of weeks...
Why LTNs make (some) people mad…
Apr 3, 2023
Over the last six months, I've been carefully watching the Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) end of the culture war play out as it is a...
Should the new icon of the climate challenge be the puffin?
Mar 13, 2023
Way, way back when I first set up Terra Infirma, I ordered a set of corporate Christmas Cards featuring a polar bear stalking across the...
Competition can put Spice into Sustainability
Feb 20, 2023
When I was younger and musing on what future family life might hold, I would never have guessed I'd have three sporty kids. The eldest...
Reframing the LTN/15 minute city debate
Feb 13, 2023
Regular readers will know I'm a Councillor here in Newcastle and last night I gave an informal talk to political colleagues about Low Traffic Neighbourhoods...
We need Sustainability at Scale (but watch out for the little stuff)
Oct 24, 2022
Given the average rating of my online Green Jujitsu Employee Engagement course is roughly 4.4 out of 5 after more than 7000 students, I don't...
The Sustainability World Must Change – Constantly!
Jan 17, 2022
I was musing the other day that the only two professional rows I've had online were with Sustainability practitioners who got offended by my methods....