The State of Sustainability in the UK Party Conference Season
Every year I listen to the Leaders' speeches from the UK Party Conference season to analyse their commitment to Sustainability. I've long argued that leadership...
Nature ain’t cuddly and neither should we be
Jun 3, 2019
First day back in the saddle after our traditional half-term camping trip to Wooler, Northumberland. We tried to shake up the itinerary this year –...
Sustainability Bites 13/10/17
Oct 13, 2017
Here's this week's edition of Sustainability Bites where I really struggle to find anything to criticise in the UK Government's Clean Growth Strategy, so I...
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...
The People’s Front of Sustainability? Splitters!
Oct 21, 2015
[Warning: this clip is much swearier than I remembered it - take care at work or in front of sensitive ears!] This week, veteran Green...
A surfeit of -isms? Eco-modernism, new environmentalism, pragmatic environmentalism
Sep 25, 2015
This week saw the launch of 'Eco-modernism' the brainchild of Mark Lynas and a host of other green thinkers. It pretty much fills the same space...
How the Manifestos Measure Up for Green Business
Apr 16, 2015
So, the UK election rumbles on and this week we had the Party manifestos. So what do the parties offer on sustainability? Trying to be...
The Oil Industry: Resurgence or Death Throes?
Dec 15, 2014
Like many, I've been completely gobsmacked by the plummeting oil price - down from over $100 a barrel at the start of the year to...
Reshuffling the green pack isn’t enough, Mr Cameron
Jul 16, 2014
Yesterday's reshuffle lead to big changes in the ranks of Conservative faces in the UK Government with the commentariat pouring over the nuances of every...
Why Rio+20 and the G20 should be one meeting
Jun 20, 2012
Two big global jamborees at the same time: Rio+20 trying save the planet and the G20 in Mexico trying to save the global economy. Really...