If we don’t learn from (Sustainability) history…
...we're bound to keep making the same mistakes over and over again. About 15-20 years ago, a local regeneration body tasked the team I ran...
Stop dissing recycling!
Oct 26, 2021
Yesterday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson bullishly overrode the opinions of the expert sitting next to him and told a group of schoolkids that recycling "doesn't...
Save us from Sustainability fads…
Sep 6, 2021
I remember reading an article entitled "We Won't Achieve Sustainability without Mindfulness." Over the next few weeks, many more appeared as green think pieces. Now,...
Who is to blame for climate change?
Aug 23, 2021
During my holiday, the Guardian published an article on what individuals could do to tackle the climate crisis. Almost every point was to lobby somebody...
I don’t care what George Monbiot thinks…
Dec 7, 2020
One thing, amongst many others, that bugs me about the green movement, is its determination to stay firmly inside its comfort zone of a liberal-left...
Whose fault is climate change?
Sep 25, 2020
This week, a tweet appeared on my timeline saying "Capitalism created climate change, only socialism can fix it!" I fired back with the Guardian research...
Plastics recycling *isn’t* a scam…
Sep 16, 2020
Oh dear. Nothing like a journalist who doesn't understand statistics– or deliberately misunderstands them in search of a cheap headline. Arwa Mahdawi, writing in today's...
Aaaaaagh! The Zombie Energy Myths Rise Again
Jul 7, 2020
Like a big chunk of the population, my time, energy and sanity are currently being stretched to breaking point by the increasing expectations of clients...
We must cut carbon, not contemplate our navels…
Jan 20, 2020
On Friday I spent the morning sitting on the Newcastle Council Climate Committee hearing evidence from experts on the scale of the climate issue and...
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'...