There’s no talking to some people (about the environment)
Two things made me smile this week. First, Prof Brian Cox's face as he realised what level of idiocy he was up against when debating...
Stealth Sustainability?
As a British cycling fan, I've been throughly enjoying the team's continuing success in the Olympic velodrome. One of the remarkable characters is sprinter Jason...
Should you abolish your Sustainability Department?
The latest edition of Ask Gareth considers a rather existential question for sustainability practitioners – should corporations get rid of their Sustainability Department? My answer is "yes,...
A day at the Zoo
To break up the monotony (as if) of rock pooling for the kids in our lovely coastal holiday location, we took them to Edinburgh Zoo...
Greetings from Sunny Scotland
We're holidaying just north of the border from where I live in North East England – in a very secluded location. To get here from the...
Happy 10th Birthday to Us!
Drumroll! It is 10 years to the day since I set up Terra Infirma to bring sustainability to life. Ten years. A whole decade. ("I...
We need to pick our Sustainability exemplars carefully…
This week, the SolarImpulse aircraft has completed the first solar-powered round the world flight, an epic 17-stage journey taking journey covering 42,000km, over four continents, three seas and two...
Ready to take your Sustainability up a league?
I'm shaking the lactic acid out of my legs the day after the toughest cycle I've done in a long, long time (possibly ever), a...
Identity vs Sustainability
For an outsider, the battle for the leadership of the UK's opposition Labour Party is gripping. Old school socialist and pacifist Jeremy Corbyn swept to victory last...
‘Green Deal’ damned – but what can we learn?
The UK Government's erstwhile domestic energy efficiency programme 'The Green Deal' has been damned by the Public Accounts Committee for having "abysmal" take-up. "It was...