My Rs Dilemma: When to repair and when to replace?
Confession time. The nesting season is over, so it was time to get the hedge trimmers out and bring our unruly front privet/beech hedge back...
Three Deadly Net Zero Fallacies
Apr 25, 2025
This week, I go on a bit of a rant about three fallacies that afflict Net Zero and the low carbon transition. These are: The...
How music helps me deliver Sustainability better
Mar 19, 2025
A few months ago, I made a small but significant tweak to my daily routine. Instead of having Radio 4's Today programme on the radio...
Opening your mind to Sustainability
Oct 4, 2021
I'm just updating the presentation for Wednesday's Green Academy webinar: 12 Winning Sustainability Mindsets which is my favourite of the year. I am increasingly convinced...
Free your mind (and Sustainability will follow)
Mar 8, 2021
This has been the first Monday in 2021 where *I* decide how my day is going to pan out. I practically danced my way to...
On tribalism, culture wars and Sustainability
Jun 16, 2020
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...
Why we will never win the argument on climate change
Apr 16, 2020
Sometimes a diagram sums up a whole load of messy thoughts and when I saw the graph below on what will inevitably happen when we...
Why we don’t do Sustainability certifications…
Mar 2, 2020
Every so often, someone contacts me about a new Sustainability certification they'd like me to promote to my clientele. I always say 'No'. Two reasons:...
Letting go is the hardest part of Sustainability
Dec 4, 2019
SNP Leader Nicola Sturgeon is an shrewd political operator, and in recent election TV debates she has managed to skilfully dodge one crucial question. Twice...