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The Green Graveyard – A Requiem

5th April 2011

Back in 2002 I saw US green marketeer Jacquelyn Ottman give a presentation at a conference in London entitled "The Green Graveyard" - the place...

Why you need a Sustainability Strategy

31st March 2011

A Postcard from Gaucin

28th March 2011

I woke up early yesterday morning and got out onto the veranda of our holiday apartment before the rest of the family. A vulture wheeled...

A little R&R…

25th March 2011

By the time you read this, I'll be on one of four trains to Seville in Spain before heading by car to Ronda in Andalucia....

Both Sides of the Treasury's Coin

23rd March 2011

I've been at Leeds Royal Armouries today at an event run by the Major Energy Users Council. I hate being at a venue like this...

Don't believe the hype!

21st March 2011

It was the big fuss in the Corporate Social Responsibility field last year. Your flashy iPad had the blood of Chinese workers on it. The...

What I've learnt in the last fortnight…

18th March 2011

It's been a busy, busy couple of weeks here at Terra Infirma Towers and around the country as we've delivered four half day workshops as...

Forestry, waste wood and business

16th March 2011

Yesterday I ran a workshop on waste wood business opportunities for the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme's North East team. Industrial symbiosis is the concept of...

Japan's Double Jeopardy

14th March 2011

I can't think of a worse situation than the one Japan finds itself in. They have suffered a terrible natural catastrophe, killing thousands and wiping...

Musings on the Carbon Plan

11th March 2011

I leafed through the UK Government's new Carbon Plan on the train to Birmingham on Wednesday. The plan brings together a whole raft of initiatives...

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