Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

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...

Fiat's Green Marketing

9th March 2011

I saw this ad for a new eco-friendly Fiat 500 on my way through Newcastle early this morning – I’m on my way to facilitate...

The Politics of Oil

7th March 2011

This weekend the global oil situation finally made its way onto the front pages of the UK press with, for example, The Guardian's report on...

The Power of Good Design

4th March 2011

It has been said that design is the engine room of good environmental practice and I couldn't agree more. Got an inefficient building? Design a...

Webinar: Staff Engagement & Culture Change

3rd March 2011

The third of our Green Business Webinars will be held on 13 April at 14:00 GMT. The hour long session will cover the critical issues...

Plenty more fish in the sea?

2nd March 2011

Great news in the Guardian this morning that the EU is to end the incredibly wasteful practice of fish discards. This is the situation where...

Keeping Good Company

28th February 2011

Here's a short excerpt from my next book, The Green Executive, available for pre-order now: Deliberate disassociation The ﬂip side of joining positive organizations is...

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