Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (turn and face the strange…)
One of the weirder aspects of climate denial/scepticism movement is the assumption that the only thing that can change is the laws of physics. Those...
The State of Sustainability in the UK Party Conference Season
Oct 4, 2019
Every year I listen to the Leaders' speeches from the UK Party Conference season to analyse their commitment to Sustainability. I've long argued that leadership...
So I went on the climate strike…
Sep 23, 2019
On Friday I joined hundreds of thousands of people around the world on the 'Climate Strike' – an originally school-kid-led protest inspired by 16 year...
The Goldilocks Zone of a Climate Emergency
Sep 6, 2019
Regular readers will know I wear (at least) two Sustainability hats– here as a consultant and politically as the Opposition Spokesman for Sustainability on Newcastle...
Things that hack me off about Sustainability #367
Sep 3, 2019
First real day back at work after a summer of short breaks, DIY, part-work/part-staycation. Speaking of which, I can't stand the way the word 'staycation'...
Let’s not be hypocritical on forests
Aug 28, 2019
The Amazon burning story has been horrific ecologically, but fascinating politically. I'm a politics geek, but I can't recall the threat of trade sanctions ever...
Sustainability is a goal, not a cult
Aug 23, 2019
Zoe Williams in today's Guardian has a pop at those criticising Prince Harry and Meghan for lecturing us on climate change and then jumping in...
Is Greta Thunberg’s odyssey really the climate message we want to send?
Aug 19, 2019
I have utmost respect for Greta Thunberg, the teenage Swedish climate activist. The way she has serenely raised the issue of climate change and braved...
Whither Sustainability under Boris?
Jul 26, 2019
And so it came to pass that Boris Johnson took up the position he craved as a young boy, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom...
Looks like carbon offshoring is starting to be taken seriously…
Jul 15, 2019
For decades I've been banging away that the whole "the UK only emits 2% of global emissions" is nonsense. Yes, 2% may actually be released...