Hello. I'm a writer, editor and consultant with a special interest in climate change and technology. I currently work mainly in journalism and campaigning, though I also write and edit books. Following are some of my current and past projects. You can find me on Twitter here.
Guardian
I work as a writer and consultant editor on the Guardian's environment desk.
Kiln
A partnership focusing on new ways of presenting information. Our first project is the Carbon Map, which explains climate change responsibility and vulnerability using a newly developed cartogram mapping system.
The Carbon Map | Kiln homepage
MinorMass
My blog: analysis and ideas on climate, energy and some less important things.
10:10
I do strategy and other consultancy work for 10:10, where I was previously strategy director.
GreenProfile
I co-founded an environment imprint at Profile Books and have been closely involved with many titles, including the following.
Profile homepage | Ten Technologies | The Solar Century | Fixing Climate | The Green Guide for Business | The New North | Reporting Live from the End of the World
The Rough Guide to Community Energy
I co-wrote this small, practical guide to setting up community energy projects. It's being distributed for free thanks to funding from M&S.
Solar Schools
I developed the idea for this project and am involved with implementing it: crowd-funding solar for schools in order to involve local communities in clean energy.
The Ultimate Climate Change FAQ
I am running this Guardian project to create the world's best lay-friendly online guide to climate change.
Rough Guide to Green Living
The most recent of the various full-size books I've written for Rough Guides: a critical-thinking guide to all aspects of green living. It evolved from my two earlier green books.
RG to Green Living | RG to Ethical Living | RG to Ethical Shopping
How Bad are Bananas?
I commissioned Mike Berners-Lee to write a book on the carbon footprint of everything and was very involved in creating it and turning it into a Guardian series online.
On Amazon | Guardian series | Infographic spin-off
Carbon literacy tools
I oversaw the creation of three visual carbon calculators for the Guardian.
Individual emissions | National emissions | International emissions
My 10:10
I was one of the four creators of My 10:10, a social website for understanding and reducing carbon emissions, currently in user testing.
The Rough Guide to Climate Change
I am the contributing editor of the Rough Guide to Climate Change, which was shortlisted for Science Book of the Year in 2007. The third edition came out in early 2011.
On Amazon | On Royal Society website
Lighter Later
I was one of the team that selected and set up Lighter Later, the campaign to change the UK's clocks to create social and environmental benefits.
BBC Green
I was a consultant and writer for this major project, which ran in 2008 before BBC Worldwide appeared to decide that it overstepped their remit.
Site graphics | Press Gazette story
The Manchester Report
I co-ran a major public event at the Manchester Festival focusing on large-scale solutions to climate change and wrote the subsequent report.
On the Guardian | On the MIF website
Guardian Environment Network
I set up the Guardian Environment Network, a content-sharing network of the world's best environment websites.
Cool Earth
I helped shape and set up Cool Earth, a campaign to protect critically endangered rainforests and support local communities.
GoGreenLights
I set up and ran GoGreenLights, which sold and promoted low-energy lightbulbs from 2007 to 2011. It's now been retired as low-energy bulbs are so widely available.
Just My Type
I love typography and had thought about writing a book about fonts. In the event my colleague and I commissioned Simon Garfield to do it for Profile instead, and it was a big hit in 2010.
Penguin
I was an executive editor on books and digital for many years at Penguin Books, where I was based within Rough Guides.
Technology books
I wrote various layman-friendly technology books for Rough Guides.
The Internet | Macs & OS X | iPods | iPhones
Music
A long time ago, I did a classical music degree at King's College London. That led to being contributing editor on various music books and one magazine.
KCL | RG to Classical Music | RG to World Music | Songlines
