Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

7 Signs Your Sustainability Programme Is Working

8th October 2010

Here are seven tell-tale signs that you are winning: 1. It gets discussed enthusiastically at board level; 2. You hear people talking about sustainability in...

Cost or opportunity?

6th October 2010

There's a story in the Independent this week that upgrades to the UK's electricity grid will cost £32bn, part of an estimated £200bn that will...

Brought to Book

4th October 2010

Phew! Last Thursday I finally submitted the manuscript for The Green Executive after the most intense week I've had since my final exams at Uni....

It's the economy, stupid

29th September 2010

Back in the early 1980s, I persuaded my parents to part with the princely sum of £399.00 for a BBC Micro Model B. My initial...

Quick wins

27th September 2010

If your organisation is new to the whole idea of going green, then the best thing to do is get started and quickly show some...

Green Business Confidential Ep3: The Challenge Ahead

24th September 2010

Here's the third Green Business Confidential podcast, entitled "The Challenge Ahead", for your listening pleasure: Or, you can download it here and listen on your...

My Top 10 Tweets

22nd September 2010

I've become a bit addicted to Twitter - I find it very useful for keeping up to date with news and views from a very...

The (Wrong?) Road

20th September 2010

The other evening I watched The Road, the post-apocalyptic movie based on a novel by Cormac McCarthy. The plot involves the attempt by a father...

Blinded by methodology

17th September 2010

This week, with great fanfare, The New Economics Foundation has released its latest ranking of 'clone towns' - all those town high streets that have...

It'll all come out in the wash…

15th September 2010

When I speak in public, I like waving tangible objects (aka 'realia') around to break up the dreaded monotony of Powerpoint slides. At the LloydsTSB...

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