On Demand: 17 Kick Ass Sustainability Ideas for 2017
On Wednesday we held our annual taster session for our Green Academy training webinars. If you want to catch the recording, you can stream it...
The Sustainability bar is rising – fast
There has been a raft of big Sustainability announcements from Corporations recently: Ikea achieving zero waste last year; Google saying they'll be 100% renewable-powered by the...
Happy Monday! Or why it’s too easy to be Blue
Before I had kids I used to see myself as a bit of a songwriter. One of my enduring insights from that time is that...
How to start a Sustainability conversation
As I've said before, our big theme in 2017 is Sustainability Conversations as this is where we believe breakthroughs lie. But the critical question is...
Getting heated over renewables incentives
I was born and bred in Northern Ireland, my 19 years living there coinciding with the bulk of 'The Troubles' – the Unionist/Protestant vs Nationalist/Catholic...
Why clean technology disappoints then defies expectations
About 17 years ago, I took a job establishing and running the Clean Environment Management Centre (CLEMANCE) at the University of Teesside. At the time,...
The Importance of Sustainability Conversations in 2017
Happy New(-ish) Year from Terra Infirma! I write this from a ward of Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary after surgery on the little finger upon which I cleverly...
2016 at Terra Infirma Towers
If 2016 was a tumultuous one in world affairs – Brexit, Trump, Syria, all your childhood icons dying – it was a relatively calm one here...
Merry Christmas, Everyone!
We're winding down now for Christmas as Terra Infirma Towers, so I'd just like to take a moment to thank all our clients, partners, friends...
Keep on nudging people into sustainable behaviour
I found out last week that one of my clients dissuades people from using air travel by requiring the prior approval of the Chief Operating Officer. This...