Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

On the sharp end of green procurement

10th November 2010

I'm writing this during a break in the Low Carbon Best Practice Exchange in Harrogate*. I've just facilitated a session on Environmental Strategy and an...

Obama uses Green Jujitsu

5th November 2010

The mid term election results in the US are almost certainly bad news for the country's stuttering efforts to tackle climate change. One of the...

Whose carbon footprint are you part of?

4th November 2010

My workshop, "Go Green, Win More Business!", at the Newcastle Winning Business conference went well yesterday with some really enthusiastic contributions from the participants. I'm...

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...

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