Green: The New Normal
If I told you about a country where, last quarter, more than a third of all electricity was generated from low carbon sources, which one...
Book Review: The Burning Question, Mike Berners-Lee & Duncan Clark
Jun 21, 2013
The central thesis of The Burning Question is that all our wonderful solutions to the climate crisis - renewables, nuclear, population control, energy efficiency -...
Book Review – The Green Book: New Directions For Liberals in Government
May 20, 2013
I've been a member of the UK's third political party, the Liberal Democrats, for the best part of a decade - and an elected Councillor...
Can you design a green economy?
May 3, 2013
You only have to see the repercussions of the 'Arab Spring' to see that revolutions are inherently unstable. Yet we constantly call for a 'revolution'...
Green Is Working
Oct 24, 2012
It's a real pity that last week's Green Is Working in London demonstration didn't get the attention it deserved. The pro-growth message, the presence of...
Shining a light on decision making
Oct 21, 2012
One of the benefits of having one of our household on maternity leave is that we have a steady stream of tradesmen turning up to...
The Silent Green Majority
Sep 21, 2012
Photo: Critical Mass protest in Budapest 2007, source: becherpig Just dig these new public perception stats on renewable energy released by UK's Department of Energy &...
Musings on a Green Economy pt4: What Needs Fixing And How Do We Fix It?
Aug 30, 2012
This is the fourth and last part of my holiday musings on a Green Economy - looking at what's stopping us achieve a sustainable economy...
Musings on a Green Economy pt3: What’s Working
Aug 28, 2012
Here's part 3 of my holiday musings on a green economy. Last time, we looked at two models of sustainability - eco-efficiency (doing more with...
Musings on a Green Economy pt1: After the Crash
Aug 21, 2012
I'm officially on holiday for the next two weeks, but due to the size of the bump on my pregnant partner, we're holidaying at home...