Mar 17Climate Adaptation — Do I Stay or do I Go? Part #2Climate Adaptation for Property — What are the Options? Most people won’t act on climate change until the water is lapping at their front doors. I’ve maintained for many years that the vast majority of people won’t act on the scientific realities of climate change until the science gets physical…Climate Adaptation8 min readClimate Adaptation8 min read
Mar 9If it’s Good for Sheep it’s Good for People.The Rise of Hortivoltaics — a Master Stroke in Climate Adaptation for Cities By 2035 agrivoltaics will be a bigger industry than electric vehicles. In fact it will be the largest of all renewable energy industries. 18 months ago I wrote about agrivoltaics partly as a stream of my own…Climate Adaptation4 min readClimate Adaptation4 min read
Jan 29, 2022Every Person Must be Within 6m of Nature at all TimesOne Rule to Rule Them All Recent research has revealed that there is a friendly bacteria in soil that affects our brain in a similar way to antidepressants… a little whiff of that dirt and our brains produce a shot of serotonin — the stuff that helps balance our moods…Sustainable Design4 min readSustainable Design4 min read
Jan 19, 2022My Home is at Risk From Climate Change — Should I Stay or Should I Go?You were either one of those people who had already stockpiled toilet paper when you saw where Covid was going, or you were one of those buying extra newspaper. The ability to anticipate where a trend is taking us is fraught with complexity, and when it’s a trend that might…Climate Change6 min readClimate Change6 min read
Nov 10, 2021Getting on Top of Eco-Anxiety — What’s Worked for MeGetting on top of eco-anxiety is possible, and we can’t afford to have too many players on the bench… Have you ever found yourself crying without warning when you’ve been reading or watching or listening to something about climate change? It might be a piece in the newspaper about government…Climate Change6 min readClimate Change6 min read
Nov 5, 2021Climate Contagion — Will the Wisdom of Crowds Accelerate a City’s Demise?For many Cities the exodus of its people due to climate change is still Optional On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded. I remember it happening — it was televised, so news travelled quickly. Within mere minutes the stock market had begun to punish the four contractors involved…Climate Change6 min readClimate Change6 min read
Published inAge of Awareness·Oct 25, 2021At What Point is ‘Pack Your Things And Leave’ the Only Climate Adaptation Option?The 3 Horizons of Climate Adaptation — Between Kim Stanley Robinson and Stephen Baxter I’ve read enough cli-fi to recognise fiction becoming reality when I see it. The new sea wall has a price tag of some USD$18.7M, most of which is built on a public beach to protect private land. Whilst around 80% of the cost…Climate Adaptation4 min readClimate Adaptation4 min read
Oct 23, 2021Back to the Future — 10 Things I’d Tell my 1993 Self About SustainabilityDo you ever wish you could go back in time to your earlier self and offer some sage advice? In 1993 we didn’t have Al Gore at the lectern and we didn’t have Greta at all, the IPCC was only 5 years old, and the Kyoto Protocol was still an…Sustainability4 min readSustainability4 min read
Published inAge of Awareness·Oct 11, 2021The Sustainability Consultant Has Reached Its Use-By.Climate Action is the new agenda, and traditional Sustainability Consulting needs to be retired. — This post might be a little upsetting to a lot of people, but if it makes things any easier — I’ve been just as guilty as the next person. For nearly 30 years I’ve consulted and designed in the sustainability space in the built environment. It’s been one hell of…Climate Adaptation6 min readClimate Adaptation6 min read
Published inClimate Conscious·Oct 6, 2021Future Job Descriptions for the Climate Adapted CityPosted in the City Herald, September 21, 2031 — The pressure on our cities to adapt will be immense — rapid urbanisation, Covid-19’s disruption of our way of working, and climate change chipping away at our far-flung capacities to supply food and resources for city populations. …Climate Change8 min readClimate Change8 min read
