publications
Co-operative renewable energy: A guide to this growing sector, Co-operatives UK and The Co-operative Group, 2011
This report, commissioned by Co-operatives UK and The Co-operative Group, offers insights from visits to five co-operatively owned energy projects. In early 2012 we will be publishing a set of policy recommendations to government, based on our findings.
Demanding Less: Why we need a new politics of energy, Green Alliance, 2011
A political think piece for Green Alliance, arguing that energy politics should be refocussed around demand, not supply
Read my opinion piece in the Guardian, summarising the argument
Climate Science Explained: A Climate Leadership Programme Briefing, Green Alliance, 2011
A fully-referenced three-page guide to the science of climate change, published by Green Alliance and the Grantham Institute.
A Sustainable Energy Agency for Cumbria: Business Plan, Energy4All Ltd, 2009
more information on the project
click to download main report (170KB pdf)
click to download supporting information (1.2MB pdf)
Low-carbon Lake District: Tackling climate change in the National Park, Lake District National Park Authority, 2008
The Proximity Principle: Why we are living too far apart, CPRE, 2008
more information on the project
click to download (390K pdf)
recent projects
Demanding less: Why we need a new politics of energy
A Green Alliance pamphlet, co-authored with Nick Eyre, of the...
Co-operatively owned energy
Co-operatively-owned energy generation is a vibrant and growing sector in...
