Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

Are we ready for cloud living?

15th November 2010

No, not living in the sky like that city at the end of The Empire Strikes Back where Harrison Ford gets immobilised in chocolate. Have...

What I learnt on my travels…

12th November 2010

I'm writing this post on the train down to Cambridge to finish off a manic three days which has taken in Harrogate, Southampton and next,...

On the sharp end of green procurement

10th November 2010

I'm writing this during a break in the Low Carbon Best Practice Exchange in Harrogate*. I've just facilitated a session on Environmental Strategy and an...

Obama uses Green Jujitsu

5th November 2010

The mid term election results in the US are almost certainly bad news for the country's stuttering efforts to tackle climate change. One of the...

Whose carbon footprint are you part of?

4th November 2010

My workshop, "Go Green, Win More Business!", at the Newcastle Winning Business conference went well yesterday with some really enthusiastic contributions from the participants. I'm...

The Birds and The Bees (and The Snails)

2nd November 2010

My second son, Jimmy, had his first birthday on Friday, so I had my mother over from Belfast for a long weekend to celebrate. We'd...

Problem People

27th October 2010

You get one in every crowd - the one person who delights in getting in the way and holding things up. Here are three stereotypes...

Corporate Civic Responsibility

25th October 2010

So I'm back in the saddle after spending much of last week at the Green Capitals Conference in Stockholm. It was a fantastic event -...

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