Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

Taking The Extremes Out of Sustainability

9th July 2012

Last week, political broadcaster Andrew Neil (right) hosted a debate on climate science. He invited libertarian polemicist James Delingpole and Friends of the Earth campaigner...

Reframing the environment vs economy argument

6th July 2012

In my keynote speech at the Energy & Environment North East 2012 conference, I argued that the question was not low carbon or growth, but...

Is the team key to creating a culture of sustainability?

4th July 2012

What can a single designer do to change the life cycle environmental performance of a complex product, say, a car? If they're really clever (or...

Sustainability Champions, Subsidy Junkies and Green Canoeing

29th June 2012

I gave two keynote speeches this week: one at The Value of Sustainability organised by Newcastle University Business School and TADEA, the other at the...

Try out Green Academy

27th June 2012

You may have seen or heard about our Green Academy on-line training sessions and wondered if it would work for you. Well here's an opportunity...

Blame it on Rio+20: Consensus or Competition?

25th June 2012

So the Rio+20 conference chugged to its almost inevitable anticlimax. The NGOs and green-friendly press are looking for villains - missing big name leaders, lack...

The Biggest Barrier to Sustainability

22nd June 2012

Here's the latest in my Green Business Confidential podcast series. It's called "The Biggest Barrier to Sustainability" and you'll have to listen to find out...

Why Rio+20 and the G20 should be one meeting

20th June 2012

Two big global jamborees at the same time: Rio+20 trying save the planet and the G20 in Mexico trying to save the global economy. Really...

Why the #EndFossilFuelSubsidies campaign is so clever

19th June 2012

Robert Redford:"We should not be subsidizing the destruction of our planet" huff.to/L8J85X #endfossilfuelsubsidies — HuffPost Green (@HuffPostGreen) June 18, 2012 For over 24 hour...

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