Don’t make people freeze with climate fear…
I sometimes come under fire for my optimistic, gung-ho approach to tackling climate change and other Sustainability issues. Part of this is my pragmatic, trained-engineer...
Is Greta Thunberg’s odyssey really the climate message we want to send?
Aug 19, 2019
I have utmost respect for Greta Thunberg, the teenage Swedish climate activist. The way she has serenely raised the issue of climate change and braved...
Beelines: a lovely example of Green Jujitsu
Aug 12, 2019
Recently, I've been looking enviously at the Manchester Beelines project to bring together 1000 miles of cycle routes across the Greater Manchester area. While the...
Save Sustainability from the conspiracy theorists!
Apr 8, 2019
I'm sure every Sustainability professional gets their fair share of interesting communications from the whole spectrum of eco-eccentrics ranging from mad inventors – "I've solved...
Don’t talk to ME about Sustainability!
Nov 9, 2018
About 7 years ago, in my City Councillor days, I welcomed the introduction of a much beefed up Cycling Strategy (which I had instigated a...
Sustainability… as a toaster?
Mar 5, 2018
No. I haven't gone crazy with snowbound cabin fever, I just happened to (re)read something about Steve Jobs which reminded me that Jobs' original concept...
Moving the Sustainability Conversation on…
Sep 18, 2017
An old friend and colleague dropped by for a cup of tea yesterday. While our respective kids decanted all the toys in the house onto...
Neutralising anti-green attacks
Jun 21, 2017
Between the horrific series of recent terrorist attacks and the shocking disaster that was the Grenfell Tower fire, the UK...
Are you curious?
May 17, 2017
Yesterday I was interviewed by a geography student for his dissertation. He was asking about the reasons for my participation in a climate march in...
Oh to be back in the Bad Ol’ Days
Apr 24, 2017
Nostalgia is natural. I love the nostalgia section in our local newspaper, even though I'm not a native of the city. And it is always...