The Day After World Environment Day
Yesterday was World Environment Day. Did you do anything special for it? And more importantly, if you did, will you do it again today? Did...
Sustainable Stupidity
Nov 27, 2015
I sometimes read stuff on-line that makes me go all "why oh why oh why?" This week it was yet another article from an employee...
The climate doesn’t care if you’re left or right
Nov 13, 2015
In the Telegraph this week, some sad sack 'controversialist' did a hatchet job on the talented comedian David Mitchell for being a "uniform Lefty bore"....
Are millennials really that green?
Jul 1, 2015
I was very struck by the above photo showing the aftermath of the Glastonbury festival. Every year we hear how Glastonbury is more than just...
If you can’t trust a charity…
Jun 17, 2015
A couple of months ago, I was leaving the swimming pool with the older two boys and I was stopped by a nice man selling...
Who’s to blame for climate change?
May 20, 2015
global warming is like the obesity epidemic. let's stop blaming individuals and start blaming the companies whose profits depend on it. — mark haddon (@mark_haddon)...
Apocalypse When?
Apr 24, 2015
It was EarthDay on Wednesday – I'm not going to start another of my rants about the pointlessness of awareness hours/days/weeks, but how did it...
The Circular Economy is Circular, Stupid!
Feb 23, 2015
I saw this explanation of the circular economy in the business section of our local rag last week and it made me grind my teeth. It...
Why I won’t be applying to be a Chartered Environmentalist
Jan 12, 2015
The IMechE is 'relaunching' (always a worrying phrase) their CEnv, or Chartered Environmentalist, qualification this week in response to "spectacular growth" in clean tech, renewable...
Cut the Green Crap!
Jan 7, 2015
There's far too much green crap around. I'm not talking about the clean energy subsidies that PM David Cameron was (allegedly) referring to using these words....