This is where plastic pollution will hurt business
As is my habit, I picked up 6 pieces of plastic litter this morning on my way to buy a paper – a water bottle,...
Shedfilling: hoarding and the circular economy
We're getting an extension built here at Terra Infirma Towers and I've been beavering away clearing the back yard, basement and my current office to...
On Demand: 12 Winning Sustainability Mindsets
If you missed yesterday's webinar on how a simple change of perspective can open up new Sustainability opportunities, fear not, we have it on demand....
Clickbait does Sustainability no good…
Please, save us from Clickbait. As a blogger, I know the value of a compelling headline. I also try to challenge standard practice wherever possible,...
The Stumbling & Humbling of Elon Musk
The electromagnetic pioneer Nikola Tesla gave us the AC motor, radio, robots, x-ray photographs and much more. However, he was clearly bonkers with bizarre aversions to...
Oh, I do like green one-upmanship
We're in the middle of the UK political conference season and as usual I'll be summarising the green content of the leaders' speeches once they're...
If we really want to tackle ocean plastic…
...the solution may be much more prosaic than we think. Forget (for the moment) agonising over whether you should buy a coffee in a disposable...
We’re Back!
After a summer recess to upgrade the Terra Infirma website, I'm back up and running on the blog. Did you miss me? The primary reason...
In Sustainability, there’s always an excuse to do nothing…
Terra Infirma's most powerful competitor is almost certainly "do nothing". Given where we work – near the cutting edge, we like to think – we...
Are Sustainability accreditations worth the bother?
I spoke on the phone yesterday to the Sustainability Director of a major worldwide brand. She was exasperated as she was in the middle of...