What I learnt about the circular economy through starting (and closing) a circular businessA circular economy needs system-wide change but it is also formed of millions of small changes, across every sector, product, service and…Aug 11, 2022Aug 11, 2022
The debate over land-use in Scotland is getting left behindOn Wednesday 4th May at the Royal Geographical Society of Edinburgh, a group of like-minded individuals met to hear about the launch of an…May 10, 2022May 10, 2022
Blame vs responsibility in the climate crisisIn 1896 a Swedish scientist named Svante August Arrhenius wrote a paper called “On the Influence of Carbonic Acid in the Air upon the…Mar 25, 2021Mar 25, 2021
Let’s be honest about the upheaval to comePresident Kennedy’s famous “we choose to go to the Moon” speech is remembered now as a powerful, pivotal moment which was successful in…Mar 12, 2021Mar 12, 2021
Published inOut ThereThe power of female voices: what climate change communications can learn from coronavirusWhen the world experiences a crisis which is global, has the ability to cause suffering to anyone and whose solution requires a…May 13, 2020May 13, 2020
Published inOut ThereIt takes a villageI spent the weekend before the world stopped in a small village on Scotland’s north east coast. I was there to interview locals for my…Mar 28, 2020Mar 28, 2020
Published inOut ThereSmallLast Friday, I decided to make the most of having a study day at home by going for a lunchtime run in the Pentland Hills, 20 minutes from…Mar 28, 2020Mar 28, 2020
Published inOut ThereThinking about winter in a changing climate“I hear they had quite a hard frost in Sussex this morning”Jan 21, 2019Jan 21, 2019
Published inOut ThereAre you optimistic about climate change?Recently, I’ve been having conversations with climate (change) experts — scientists, writers, policy makers.Nov 9, 2018Nov 9, 2018
Published inOut ThereWhat is the difference between ‘global warming’ and ‘climate change’?When I first starting learning about the processes by which human activity is altering the climate, back in primary school, it was almost…Oct 21, 2018Oct 21, 2018
