Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

“Nice idea, but it will never work”

1st June 2009

There is a lovely story (probably apocryphal*) of a student taking a design proposal to the head of Cambridge University Engineering Department. The Prof looked...

Mitsubishi i MiEV hits the UK

29th May 2009

This week I got to drive one of the first two Mitsubishi i MiEV plug-in electric cars in the UK. Like most electric passenger vehicles...

Some Ideas to Chu On…

27th May 2009

While the last year has seen Barack Obama hogging the limelight of US politics, his new Energy Secretary Steven Chu, a Nobel prize-winning physicist, has...

More example projects…

26th May 2009

We've just updated the projects page on this site to better reflect the kind of work we have been doing in the last 12 months...

The key to understanding climate change

22nd May 2009

In my opinion, much of the confusion and public uncertainty over climate change is a lack of understanding of the difference between weather and climate.Weather...

Book Review: Blueprint for a Safer Planet by Nicholas Stern

20th May 2009

Nicholas Stern's 2006 eponymous report has been credited with taking the climate change debate out of academic and green circles and into the 'real world'...

More low carbon workshops with yours truly

18th May 2009

Once again I'll be facilitating two sessions at the Low Carbon Innovation Network, this time on 11 June at the Olympia, London.The sessions are:1. Long...

Would I join a club which would have me?

13th May 2009

I've just received an invitation to become a Fellow of the prestigious Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) on account...

Never Google “Climate Change”…

12th May 2009

I've been refreshing my climate change slides for a couple of forthcoming workshops - one with NHS directors and the other for staff from a...

A new start for district heating?

8th May 2009

According to the ENDS report, the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has commissioned a report on district heating in the UK, which accounts...

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