Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

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,...

Who’s for yet another environmental awareness week?

19th April 2013

Apparently it's Responsible Business Week. And Earth Week. And Work Zone Awareness Week, National Beanpole Week, Bowel Cancer Awareness Week, Parkinson's Awareness Week, Depression Awareness...

Sunrise Industry

17th April 2013

The view from Casa Lobo, Salobreña, Spain

Do Business Schools Get Sustainability?

15th April 2013

Deprived of BBC radio here on my Spanish holiday, I've taken to downloading the Beeb's podcasts to listen to while cooking or doing the washing...

MMR, climate change and the irrational me

11th April 2013

I am Mr Rational. Strict atheist, anti-tribalist, and demander of evidence, statistics, margins of error. Black cats, broken mirrors and ladders hold no fear for...

S/Hola from Spain! (Part 2)

10th April 2013

My first impression of Spain on this holiday was a huge amount of installed solar PV capacity, then, when we got to our villa, we...

Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s only Green Prime Minister

8th April 2013

Margaret Thatcher, who died today, was one of the most divisive political leaders of our time with people either loving or hating her with equal...

(S)Ola! from Spain (Part 1)