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
May 15, 2023
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
May 9, 2023
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...
Why LTNs make (some) people mad…
Apr 3, 2023
Over the last six months, I've been carefully watching the Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) end of the culture war play out as it is a...
So, yesterday I did something massive. I went car-free (ish)
Mar 16, 2023
Yesterday I sold my car. Conversations have gone a bit like this: "What did you trade it in for?" "Nothing, I just sold it." "So...
Reframing the LTN/15 minute city debate
Feb 13, 2023
Regular readers will know I'm a Councillor here in Newcastle and last night I gave an informal talk to political colleagues about Low Traffic Neighbourhoods...
My cargobike is changing my life… despite much of the infrastructure
Dec 5, 2022
I've banged on about my cargo-bike on here before, but I recently made this video about the bike, why it solves my big green transport...
Sustainability thoughts from the UK Local Elections
May 9, 2022
I suppose you could also call this blog "why I haven't blogged for goodness knows how many weeks." Regular readers will know that I'm a...
The Future of Transport?
Mar 21, 2022
Last week I finally got hold of my new mode of transport – a Tern GSD cargobike. It’s the same length as a normal bike,...
Ice, ice, maybe: what the cold snap shows us about Sustainability
Nov 29, 2021
This morning, on my ritual walk up the hill outside my house to the corner shop, I had to walk on the road as the...