Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

Low carbon strategies – but are they too little, too late?

15th July 2009

The UK Government is launching a raft of strategies today: Low Carbon Transition Plan, a Renewable Energy Strategy and the Low Carbon Industrial Strategy. I'll...

Book Review: The Solar Economy by Hermann Scheer

13th July 2009

German MP and Solar Champion Hermann Scheer wrote this book about 10 years ago and it has been available in English for about 7 years,...

The Three Secrets of Green Business is on Amazon!

10th July 2009

My book is now on Amazon - for pre-orders only, I'm afraid.The Three Secrets of Green Business by Gareth KaneMore details and another way of...

A thought for Friday: Do you think…

10th July 2009

... when this was built in 1770, did people complain about shadow flicker, bird strikes or aesthetic impacts, or did they just see at as...

Global or Local?

8th July 2009

There are reports today that the Copenhagen process to agree a post-Kyoto global climate change agreement will stall as China and India will not play...

New! Green Gurus site

6th July 2009

If you were wondering why I asked for your favourite Green thinkers a while ago, here's the answer: I've started a new website called Green...

Boss Paints

2nd July 2009

As I mentioned on Monday, I'm in Belgium and visited Boss Paints on Tuesday to interview the boss, Toon Bossuyt. Boss has done many clever...

I’m on the road…

29th June 2009

...well, rails actually. By the time you read this I'll be getting on board Eurostar for a speedy trip to Belgium where I'll be interviewing...

Obama’s big moment

26th June 2009

Barack Obama is about to put his climate change bill to Congress (the news story in this month's Low Carbon Agenda was a little premature)....

What’s your budget? Uh…

24th June 2009

The killer question I ask when helping organisations improve their sustainability is "What's your budget?". The answer is usually a "uh..." accompanied by a slight...

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