Heathrow – The Litmus Test for UK’s Climate Strategy
If, as expected, this lunchtime sees political approval for the expansion of Heathrow Airport, there will be some serious political fall out – including the resignation...
Slim Sustainability Pickings from UK Political Leaders
Oct 5, 2016
Every year I sift through the leaders' speeches at the UK political party conferences so you don't have to. My theory is that, no matter...
Pick your climate gurus with care
Sep 12, 2016
My regular paper is The Guardian, somewhat under sufferance ever since my previous favourite The Independent started to shrink in size and quality about a decade...
‘Green Deal’ damned – but what can we learn?
Jul 20, 2016
The UK Government's erstwhile domestic energy efficiency programme 'The Green Deal' has been damned by the Public Accounts Committee for having "abysmal" take-up. "It was...
Mayday? The Green Guide to the new UK Cabinet
Jul 15, 2016
So, another momentous week in UK politics. We get our second ever female Prime Minister in Theresa May and a very new looking cabinet. Here's...
Sustainability Leadership = Vision x Competence
Jul 11, 2016
As I type, the UK is in a leadership vacuum at one of the most critical junctures in post-war British politics. Following the surprise Brexit vote...
Urban Sustainability in Walthamstow
Jun 29, 2016
I'm down in North East London for a couple of days learning about the 'mini-Holland' project in Walthamstow – a substantial investment in making suburban...
Don’t get too worried about Brexit just yet…
Jun 27, 2016
Yesterday at a kids party, a neighbour of mine asked me "You must be even more furious about the EU referendum result than I am?"...
Why you’ve got to embrace tribalism in Sustainability
Jun 23, 2016
I've just been to the polling station to vote in the EU Referendum. And I voted... drum-roll... IN! But you probably guessed that, not just because...
Britain Greener in Europe
May 23, 2016
About 15 years ago, I was at an international eco-design conference. As I wandered around the poster displays during a coffee break, I came across...