I didn’t set out to study the psychology of climate change. It just sort of… happened. After spending three years…
The customs officer at Athens International Airport looked at me like I’d grown a second head. “You want me to…
I never thought I’d become so obsessed with counting carbon. It’s not exactly a typical hobby, is it? But when…
I stumbled into the world of zero emission construction completely by accident. Last spring, I was visiting my cousin who…
I never thought I’d become so obsessed with stormwater management systems, but here we are. It happened after that biblical…
I have a confession to make about my first attempt at a “sustainable home office” setup. It was 2016, I’d…
I have a confession to make. For someone who writes about sustainability for a living, I used to be shockingly…
I had this moment last year that I still cringe about. Picture it: I’m giving this impassioned talk at Bristol’s…
I have a vivid childhood memory of emerging from our local swimming pool with stinging red eyes and bleach-blonde hair…
The first proper garden I ever had in London measured exactly five feet by eight feet—a pitiful concrete rectangle behind…
My first attempt at growing mushrooms was a spectacular disaster. It was during my second year at university, and I’d…
I still remember the first time I ate fresh kelp. I was visiting a small regenerative ocean farm off the…
The first time I experienced a genuine passive house, I thought the heating was broken. It was January in Sheffield,…
The first time I swam in a natural swimming pool, I was seven years old and had no idea I…
The first time I put my hands into a bucket of cob—that magnificent mixture of clay, sand, and straw that’s…