Obama’s Litmus Test is Keystone XL, What’s Yours?
Barack Obama knows that his commitment to tackling climate change will be critically tested by his decision whether or not to permit the Keystone XL...
Some consistency please, Mr Cameron
Dec 19, 2014
As a good liberal, I'm always keen to give people the benefit of the doubt. When newly installed Prime Minister David Cameron promised back in...
You’ve got to celebrate success in sustainability
Dec 10, 2014
On Friday night, my partner and I watched her hometown football team Blyth Spartans - a bunch of spirited part-timers - beat the full time...
Message to George: “Green = Growth”
Dec 5, 2014
I sat through Wednesday's Autumn Statement from UK Chancellor George Osborne with increasing disappointment. Normally such a set piece speech will have at the very least...
What makes a company ‘good’?
Dec 1, 2014
There was an article in the Observer yesterday on Simon Anholt and his 'Good Countries Index' that was so fascinating, I immediately checked out Anholt's TEDtalk (above)....
A neat trick to engage your boss in sustainability
Nov 17, 2014
An interesting thing happened at the G20 summit which took place in Australia over the weekend. Aussie premier Tony Abbott (right) is one of the...
Should we be exploring space when life on earth is unsustainable?
Nov 14, 2014
Like much of the population on Wednesday, I was gripped by the Rosetta mission to the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Never mind that it's parked worse than my...
The military has climate change in its sights
Nov 12, 2014
Despite all the jibes about 'military intelligence being an oxymoron', armed forces around the world spend an awful lot of time and effort analysing geopolitical trends,...
Science Has Spoken (Again) – Now What?
Nov 3, 2014
So the cycle goes around again. The International Panel on Climate Change produces its five yearly synthesis report on the state of climate change science...
The Answer My Friend, Is Blowing In the Wind…
Oct 17, 2014
Interesting news recently: Glasgow University ad committed “to fully disinvesting from fossil fuel industry companies”, subject to reassurance that the financial impact for the university would be...