Neutralising anti-green attacks
Between the horrific series of recent terrorist attacks and the shocking disaster that was the Grenfell Tower fire, the UK...
What does the election result mean for Sustainability?
Jun 12, 2017
Well, that was weird, wasn't it? The winners lost and the losers won. The whopping Tory majority everybody expected (me included) didn't happen, and PM...
A Call to Arms on a Sad Day
Jun 5, 2017
It's only a couple of weeks since I wrote on the Manchester bombing and here we are again with blood on the streets of the...
At last, some political leadership on climate change
May 8, 2017
If you're of a liberal bent, then Emmanuel Macron's election as President of France is a welcome relief from the global political contraction into populist...
Oh to be back in the Bad Ol’ Days
Apr 24, 2017
Nostalgia is natural. I love the nostalgia section in our local newspaper, even though I'm not a native of the city. And it is always...
Will Sustainability feature in the UK General Election?
Apr 18, 2017
So, first half day back at work (I'm semi-childminding) and UK PM Theresa May goes and calls a General Election. In some ways not a...
Let’s build the Sustainable future we want to see!
Mar 30, 2017
It was my birthday yesterday, so I went off on a very gentle bike ride with Mrs K involving lots of coffee and cake, burgers...
Preaching to the unconverted
Feb 8, 2017
I gave a talk last night to the Chartered Institute of Building Service Engineers about behaviour change in building users. One of the themes was...
Will Sustainability get Trumped?
Feb 6, 2017
A very topical question for this month's Ask Gareth – what will happen to Sustainability in the age of Donald Trump? I offer three important...
A Green Industrial Strategy for the UK? Ish.
Jan 23, 2017
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has a reputation as something of an inscrutable sphinx and we only get glimpses of what makes her tick. When she stepped...