Keeping Sustainability Simple, Stupid
Yesterday I was talking to somebody who was lauding the kerbside recycling system in the London borough where they used to live compared to what...
Engaging ‘difficult’ people in Sustainability
Mar 4, 2019
I've seen a couple of posts on social media recently where green-leaning people are getting frustrated with intransigent people they know, who just won't listen....
Cognitive Dissonance and Climate Change
Dec 10, 2018
It's been a rather depressing weekend for Sustainability, what with the US Government joining those beacons of liberty Russia and Saudi Arabia to downgrade the...
How to Accelerate Sustainability
Nov 26, 2018
I got into a Twitter conversation last week about how to change towards Sustainability rapidly. That exchange was mainly about national issues, but my examples...
Don’t talk to ME about Sustainability!
Nov 9, 2018
About 7 years ago, in my City Councillor days, I welcomed the introduction of a much beefed up Cycling Strategy (which I had instigated a...
Why crying ‘DOOM!’ won’t save the planet
Nov 5, 2018
Much debate has been sparked by David Attenborough saying that we shouldn't be too alarmist about the environment if we want to get people on...
Making people think about Sustainability is true engagement
Jun 26, 2018
Yesterday, I ran a Green Jujitsu training workshop at the Northern Sustainability Innovations Conference, hosted by (our client) Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust as...
People taking to Sustainability like a duck to water…
Jun 21, 2018
On Tuesday I ran a workshop for Sustainability Champions at one of my clients – introducing them to the Sustainability Strategy targets and giving them...
Beware pushing people out of their depth on Sustainability
Jun 14, 2018
Regular readers will know that my big personal challenge this year is to do a triathlon. Cycle: easy-peasy, run: OK, swim... argh! So I've been...
Sustainability in an age of unreason
Mar 19, 2018
I was very taken with Nick Cohen's column in yesterday's Observer bemoaning the rise of conspiracy-theory-driven, narrowly nationalist, identity politics around the globe. Cohen rightly...