Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

Hair shirt? What hair shirt?

7th March 2014

One of my quirks is my fondness for the distinctly non-green, carbon-laden guilty pleasure that is Top Gear. Last night I caught up with Sunday's...

Let Sustainability Sinners Repent…

5th March 2014

There's been a small kerfuffle in the sustainability world over the news that Staples is considering lifting its ban on Asia, Pulp & Paper (APP)...

Rules are made to be…

3rd March 2014

I try and avoid the nitty-gritty of environmental legislation if I can help it, but occasionally I dip my toe in the water to keep...

Ask Gareth: The Hard Yards of Sustainability

28th February 2014

As a sustainability practitioner, have you ever found yourself wondering if you are making a difference or even getting really down about the environmental pickle...

IEMA Employee Engagement for Sustainability Webinar Recording

26th February 2014

The above recording is from an employee engagement for sustainability webinar I co-presented for IEMA a couple of weeks ago. Unsurprisingly I was talking about...

The Green Economy IS Happening

24th February 2014

Last Thursday, on the last full day of my Cumbrian holiday, I took the elder two boys back to Hodbarrow nature reserve and, after...

How high do you set the bar?

20th February 2014

Sustainability is by definition the biggest challenge facing mankind and, by extension, business. In trying to meet that challenge, one of the greatest dilemmas is...

Greetings from not so sunny Cumbria

18th February 2014

Half term holiday and our family - extended to include my parents - are staying in a farmhouse in the South West of the Lake...

Hearts and minds and sustainability

14th February 2014

Despite the fact I let the schmaltzy tat-fest that is Valentines Day pass me by in real life, I feel strangely obliged to have something...

Nigel Farage has a soggy experience

12th February 2014

There was a comedy gold sequence on Channel 4 News last night when Garry Gibbon asked a couple of climate-sceptic politicians, including UKIP leader Nigel...

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