To deliver Sustainability, we need to use Capitalism, not destroy it
So Sustainability continues to ride high in the UK news, despite the wet blanket of Brexit smothering our politics for the last three years. Parliament...
Sustainability in my local election campaign
May 7, 2019
Long time readers will know that I've always shared my time time running Terra Infirma Ltd with being an elected Councillor on Newcastle City Council....
Extinction Rebellion: more harm than good[?]
Apr 18, 2019
So large parts of London have been brought to a halt by Extinction Rebellion (XR) protesters wanting to raise the profile of climate change. An...
Sustainability Choices…
Mar 11, 2019
There seems to be two opinions on the ability of the individual to make Sustainability choices: some believe we are all helpless pawns in the...
Why we shouldn’t ban plastic waste exports
Feb 11, 2019
A group of well-meaning MPs has tabled an Early Day Motion to oppose the export of plastic waste to third world countries, saying it should...
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...
Squaring the Fracking vs Clean Growth circle
Oct 19, 2018
As many commentators have pointed out, the irony needle went off the dial this week when the UK Minister of State for Energy and Clean Growth,...
Sustainability, Consistency & Leadership
Jun 29, 2018
I've long preached that big 'L' Leadership is the difference between those at the cutting edge of Sustainability and the rest. And one of the...
Football, Tribes & Sustainability
Jun 18, 2018
So In-ger-land kick off their World Cup campaign tonight. As a Northern Irishman who has lived in England for almost 30 years, I'm not terribly...
Reasons to be Cheerful part 514
May 11, 2018
Well, the good news just keeps coming. Zero carbon aluminium smelting, coal-free-energy days, too much solar energy in the summer (so how do we store...