Flights of Fancy: Cargo Cult Science and the Pursuit of Growth
A couple of things happened within days of each other last month and I've only just picked up on the coincidence. On 22 October, the...
The green belt is about more than protecting green fields
There is a huge debate in the UK about how to kickstart housebuilding. The new Labour Government is proposing relaxing rules preventing building on the...
Build it and they’ll come – and ride on it
Yesterday I experienced my first London rush hour for many years. Things have changed quite a bit since my days of riding the Tube twice...
Train, train, train…
I’m writing this on a train down to London from Newcastle. It struck me that, like almost every train trip I have taken recently, the...
Greetings from the Costa del Solway
Half term holidays and our family has decamped to the Scottish shore of the Solway Firth. We’ve been here before (one village along) and it...
One year car-free – how are we getting on?
So, this week marks a full year since I took the plunge and sold our family car. As much as anything this was a fully...
Sustainability and the Next Generation
Last week I was interviewed by a Durham University student who was doing a project on Net Zero and the younger generations. One anecdote (amongst...
Carbon Cakeism in the face of a Creeping Climate Catastrophe
This morning the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak approved 100 new oil and gas licenses for the North Sea saying that this was part of...
My Car Club – a great example of a product-service system
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I’d taken the (supposedly impossible) step of going car-free. Well, not entirely car free, as I’ve joined a...
Local Elections and Sustainability
If you're wondering why I haven't been posting so frequently here recently, it's because I've been out pounding the pavements to ensure I got re-elected...