Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

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...

Clipboards vs Flipcharts

13th September 2010

Tomorrow I'm running a waste workshop for a small manufacturing company (you wouldn't know their name, but you'd know some of the brands they manufacture)....

An Olympian Task

10th September 2010

Yesterday I was a guest speaker at a LloydsTSB event about sustainability and the 2012 Olympics. LloydsTSB are the official bank of the games, so...

Cut Your Carbon with Terra Infirma and LCBPE

8th September 2010

Two 'events' coming up in collaboration with the Low Carbon Best Practice Exchange. 28 September, 2pm BST: Webinar - Quick Wins in Reducing Carbon Emissions...

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