Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

How to Unblock Global Progress on Climate Change

13th May 2013

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was set up at the Earth Summit in 1992. That's 21 years ago and where are...

Green Business Confidential: Lighten Up

10th May 2013

Here's the latest in my Green Business Confidential podcast series. It's called "Lighten Up". Make sure you listen to the end... Or, you can download...

What would you ban, if you could?

8th May 2013

"Hurrah!", shouted the green world, as the neonicotinoid pesticides blamed by everybody (except their producers and their political allies) for the worrying decline in bee...

Can you design a green economy?

3rd May 2013

You only have to see the repercussions of the 'Arab Spring' to see that revolutions are inherently unstable. Yet we constantly call for a 'revolution'...

Have eco-labels had their day?

1st May 2013

You get eco-labels on everything these days. You can't grab a coffee without it being rainforest-certified, fair-trade, organic or all three. This very ubiquity bothers...

The Real Tragedy of Bangladesh

29th April 2013

As I write, the official death toll from the collapsed Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh has hit 380, hundreds remain unaccounted for, and the eponymous...

Triple Dips, GDP and Sustainability

26th April 2013

All eyes were on UK Chancellor George Osborne yesterday as the first quarter's GDP growth results were released. If they were negative, then we would...

Our Place in the World

24th April 2013

My eldest son, Harry, is mad about nature. If you ask him "What would you like to do this weekend?", he'll respond with the name...

8 Ways to Bring Creativity to Sustainability

22nd April 2013

Oh, look, it's Earth Day! And it was Earth Week just last week when I was bemoaning this rash of me-too, unoriginal thinking. Don't worry,...

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