Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

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 -...

The Human Aspect to Clean Tech

22nd October 2010

As I write this, I've just finished the first full day of the European Green Capitals conference in Stockholm. The session that stood out was...

Flying without wings

20th October 2010

So, I'm in Stockholm and I'm remembering why I liked the city so much on my previous visit in 2005. Back then I was attending...

Sustainable Cities & Green Business

18th October 2010

I'm walking on sunshine today as Newcastle upon Tyne has be rated "most sustainable city in the UK" by Forum for the Future. Not just...

You need friends

15th October 2010

If you believe the version of business as portrayed by The Apprentice, then it's an every-man-for-himself, dog-eat-dog, devil-take-the-hindmost kind of world. Which is largely nonsense,...

Toxic Sludge vs The Oil Spill

13th October 2010

I find it quite incredible that the Hungarian 'toxic sludge' disaster has only had a tiny fraction of the press coverage as, say, the BP...

Symbolism Matters

11th October 2010

I'm very heartened by the news that President Obama is going to re-install solar panels on the White House, a whole quarter of a century...

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