Shedfilling: hoarding and the circular economy
We're getting an extension built here at Terra Infirma Towers and I've been beavering away clearing the back yard, basement and my current office to...
The first step to culture change for Sustainability…
Feb 2, 2018
Yesterday was one for my other job - City Councillor and Opposition Spokesman on Sustainability. There were two big set-piece events: the launch of the...
A little local recycling, all for a good cause!
Dec 11, 2017
Yesterday, my family held its third annual charity yard sale, in aid of WaterAid. The genesis of this tradition came from the boys announcing four...
The Circular Economy in ONE word…
Oct 23, 2017
...DEMAND. I grow ever more frustrated with Sustainability pronouncements on Twitter which have more in common with a sappy old 'inspirational' Athena poster than hard...
The Joy of Composting
Oct 16, 2017
On Saturday I started a garden job I love – plundering my multifarious (5!) compost facilities for brown gold. Normally I would do this in the...
Sustainability is becoming ‘The New Normal’
Sep 1, 2017
Last week I chuckled at a typical silly season column in the i newspaper about Ford offering a scrappage scheme for older models of their cars....
Game of Thrones and the Sustainability Vision Thing
Jul 19, 2017
Great excitement chez Kane on Monday as, as soon as the junior members of the household were safely asleep, we could head back to Westeros and...
Plastic isn’t evil
Jul 17, 2017
Every morning I walk up the hill to the newsagent for the morning papers and milk for breakfast. I try to pick up at least one...
Heinz need to ketchup on customer engagement
Jun 26, 2017
Last week I was chatting with a local authority recycling officer, checking exactly what I could put in my recycling bin (and if I'm not 100%...
Pringles and Lucozade still don’t get it.
May 19, 2017
I love it when serious Sustainability issues hit the mainstream and yesterday's public shaming of Pringles and Lucozade Sport for difficult-to-recycle packaging across mainstream media...