Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

Queuing for a Ferry and the Psychology of Energy Use

25th July 2013

I'm on our family summer holiday - this year, we're in my hometown of Belfast. My mother has just turned 70, so we had a...

Make Green The Default

23rd July 2013

I have an ageing HP laser printer - I bought a duplex device as I wanted to be a good little greenie and print double...

The Power of the Sustainability Workshop

19th July 2013

On Wednesday's Winning Business for Small Environmental Consultancies webinar, I was asked whether all my consulting engagements involved workshops. And the answer is, yes, the...

The Struggle for Sustainability

17th July 2013

Greenpeace don't do things by halves do they? Last week's Ice Climb protest saw 6 climbers scale London's iconic new Shard skyscraper to bring attention...

Green Thread or Spinning a Yarn?

15th July 2013

A while a go I mentioned an organisation which had ditched its environmental commitments and how it had fallen back from front runner to also...

Is Green Jujitsu unethical?

12th July 2013

The popular sustainability website 2degrees occasionally reposts blogs from here. One, on using Green Jujitsu to deal with climate sceptics, really rubbed an academic up...

Future Sustainability Strategy with the Sustainability Masterminds

10th July 2013

What's the best approach to developing a sustainability strategy? What should be in and what should you leave out? What goals and objectives should you...

Copy This! Kyocera’s CSR day in Manchester

10th July 2013

Yesterday I was at Kyocera's CSR day in their brand new Manchester offices, featuring some great guest speakers from Green Alliance and Forum for the...

The Stuff of (Sustainability) Champions

8th July 2013

So 77 years of "why can't we (male) Brits win Wimbledon?" is over as Andy Murray takes the legendary trophy. While I'm euphoric for the...

Stand Up and Lead, Godammit!

5th July 2013

Here's the latest in the Green Business Confidential podcast series. It's called "Stand Up and Lead Godammit!" Or, you can download it here and listen...

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