Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

Creativity and Sustainability

18th November 2011

In my book The Green Executive, I concluded that three personal qualities were required of green business leaders: resilience, a bias to action and enthusiasm....

Standing Still or Going Backwards?

16th November 2011

You read it and you hear it again and again, the same old mantra "we/you/they can't afford to go green in the current economic climate"....

Green Academy: CSR and Stakeholder Webinars

15th November 2011

We will be holding two Green Academy on-line sessions on 7 December 2011. Each session lasts for one hour. You need access to a computer...

Shock Tactics Can Backfire

14th November 2011

During one of my recent sessions on culture change for sustainability, a very earnest young lady asked me about the use of shock tactics to...

I Need YOUR Pearls of Wisdom

11th November 2011

The last two Christmases I have published "Pearls of Wisdom" - short compendia of wise words on CSR/green business/corporate responsibility compiled from contributors to The...

Going Loopy: Mindsets for a Sustainable Economy

9th November 2011

One of the things that really impressed me with Dame Ellen MacArthur last Friday (other than the solo around the world sailing stuff) was, despite coming...

Is this greenwash? You decide…

7th November 2011

A week or so ago my other half proudly presented me with a new kettle. "Look!" she said "It's an eco-friendly one!" And sure enough...

Sustainability in Broadcasting @ the BBC

4th November 2011

I spent yesterday at the BBC's Productions That Don't Cost the Earth seminar. My role was to run a workshop to train the Beeb's sustainability...

'Aving a FiT – Subsidies and Business Risk

2nd November 2011

And lo, it came to pass. On Monday the UK Government announced a consultation on cutting the solar PV Feed-in Tariff by 50% ostensibly to...

The quickest way to kill your green business

31st October 2011

What's the worst mistake you can make when greening your business? The fastest way to bring it to a grinding halt? Kill it for good?...

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