2018: A Year of Change at Terra Infirma Ltd
Well, we're just about to wind down for the festive period, so I thought I'd take my usual look back at the year we're leaving...
How business should respond to the COP24 outcome
It's very easy to watch the UNFCC's annual COP get together with a sense of dread. The wheels of international negotiation turn excruciatingly slowly and...
My first domestic LED bulb. Yes, really…
Being a Sustainability junkie, you'd have thought that my house would be heaving with the latest green technology. But last night I bought some LED...
Cognitive Dissonance and Climate Change
It's been a rather depressing weekend for Sustainability, what with the US Government joining those beacons of liberty Russia and Saudi Arabia to downgrade the...
Santa & Sustainability
Pity the poor hack who has to write a Christmas-themed environmental piece at this time of year. This one, "Can you have a plastic...
Whither Post-Retail Sustainability?
Once more the financial news is filled with stories of major retailers struggling in the internet era. Maplin, Toys R Us and Poundworld have gone, Marks...
Deconstructing our consumerism
As a qualified engineer, the good old British taxpayer spent a small fortune teaching me how to make things, but not a penny teaching me...
How to Accelerate Sustainability
I got into a Twitter conversation last week about how to change towards Sustainability rapidly. That exchange was mainly about national issues, but my examples...
Green Academy 2019: Half Price Deal
OK, so we've succumbed to the Black Friday madness – again. We're offering the full set of 11 Green Academy sessions (including the taster) for...
In Sustainability, data isn’t everything…
Data, data, bloody data. I've spent the first part of this morning proof-reading something I've written on life cycle assessment (LCA) and the word I...