Greetings from Bristol, European Green Capital
I'm down in Bristol for a couple of days to deliver a senior management/director sustainability workshop for one of our long-standing clients. I worked in...
For Blatter or Worse
Another week, another massive ethical scandal – this time the curtain has been drawn back on the seething pit of corruption that is Fifa with the...
The dumbest guys in the room
Last week, I finally caught "The Smartest Guys in the Room" – the story of the Enron scandal. If you have an interest in business...
Going Wild in Northumberland
I've just spent a wonderful long weekend doing exactly the same thing I've done on the spring half-term the last 2 years – camping in Wooler...
Circular Economics 101
Yesterday I was at the North East Recycling Forum in Darlington. NERF is one of the very few green events I attend as a punter as...
Who’s to blame for climate change?
global warming is like the obesity epidemic. let's stop blaming individuals and start blaming the companies whose profits depend on it. — mark haddon (@mark_haddon)...
Surface vs Substance in Sustainability
Over the weekend I've been mulling on a tough dichotomy, arising out of my last Ask Gareth episode: To make a real change in, say, our...
We can’t bore our way to sustainability
A couple of weeks ago, I was at one of those parties where you kind of know a lot of people, but don't know anybody...
Practising what you (don’t) preach
This month's Ask Gareth considers a corker of a question from Staffordshire University's Dave Moreman: "How can you ask others to behave more sustainably when...
Whither the UK’s Green Economy now?
So it's the week after the week before. The Conservative Party defied all electoral lore and increased its control over Westminster, the first Tory majority since...