Is buying British clothes enough?

A collection of climate stories mostly

Photo by Antoine GIRET on Unsplash, Albania.

Having time to reflect and breathe a bit since selling our business, I’ve had a chance to look at life and ways in which I might like to live the rest of mine with a lighter touch. This has become more appealing because of the overwhelming scientific evidence that climate change is happening and quicker than expected.

Cop 28 in Dubai in November, where international focus returns to the environment, is beginning to look like a sick joke before it’s begun. The United Arab Emirates, the country hosting is a leading oil and gas producer. Sultan Al Jaber, who will be presiding, happens to be the chief executive of the country’s national oil company which has big plans for production expansion.

Despite this hypocritical stupidity, it doesn’t stop me thinking about my circumstances and what I can do to make a difference.

But what does doing the right thing look like?

I’m conscious that three children might not have been the most environmentally friendly of contributions. But with birth rates in England and Wales lower than they’ve ever been since records began, coupled with an increasingly ageing population, it’s easy to argue that a different sort of crisis…