Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

My Prediction for 2014: The Year of the Resource Crunch

31st December 2013

Back in 2009/10 when I was writing The Green Executive, I interviewed 18 senior sustainability practitioners to generate fresh case studies. I asked all of...

A Baker’s Dozen: My top 13 blog posts from 2013

26th December 2013

If you're after a bit of post-Chrimbo reading in what's left of 2013, here's my favourite blog posts of the year: The Art of Green...

A Big Shout Out to SolarAid!

24th December 2013

My eldest son Harry came home a couple of weeks ago and announced that he wanted to collect money for "poor people in Africa." This...

2013 and all that!

20th December 2013

It's that time of year that we do ourselves a little navel gazing and reflect on what has happened here this year. Here are the...

Busting “it can’t be done”

18th December 2013

Years ago I did a waste minimisation visit at a big furniture factory. One of my recommendations was to get a lean manufacturing expert in...

Smash the System!

16th December 2013

You might have noticed these little fellas popping up around the country - self contained keep left signs which rely mainly on their reflective properties...

What do dog poo, human urine and the digestive juices of worms have in common?

11th December 2013

The answer is they have all been, or still are, used as a resource. Once upon a time, dog faeces were collected as 'pure' and...

How targeted is your employee engagement?

9th December 2013

Despite what you might see in some organisations, there are three levels of employee engagement for sustainability available to you: Universal: a single message going...

Make it easy, make it easy…

6th December 2013

Two tax experiences I've had in recent months. I got a car tax reminder. It said got to this website and fill in this number....

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