Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

Reflections on a term of teaching Sustainability at Newcastle Business School

16th December 2024

At the start of the summer I was approached by a contact at Newcastle Business School to run Sustainability seminars to cover for a recently...

The new Net Zero Carbon Building Standard with Will Arnold, IStructE

13th December 2024

We won't get to Net Zero without Net Zero Buildings but what is a Net Zero Building? The UK Construction sector has published a pilot...

Don’t stop the rot – what fungi can teach us about the circular economy

11th December 2024

Last Thursday, I went to a celebration of all things fungal in Durham at a World Soil Day event organised by my partner, Prof Karen...

Where have the sensible centre-right voices on Net Zero gone?

9th December 2024

Last week, I recorded the Year in Sustainability episode of the Net Zero Business Podcast with Lucy Siegle and James Murray. One of our topics...

2024: The Year in Sustainability with Lucy Siegle and James Murray

6th December 2024

As we wind down towards Christmas, I thought it was a good time to review what has been a tumultuous year for Sustainability, so I...

Offsetting is, er, complicated…

4th December 2024

Today I'm debuting the first brand new session in Net Zero Business Academy since it was launched as Green Academy over a decade ago. Out...

Net Zero Business Academy 2025: Early Bird Offer Open!

3rd December 2024

We are delighted to announce the dates for Net Zero Business Academy 2025 – our unique set of Sustainability/Net Zero training webinars. Our ten sessions...

Incentivising the circular/low carbon economy

2nd December 2024

As the author of five Sustainability books, and a massive consumer of second hand books, I am all too aware of a massive misalignment of...

Five Big Sustainability Lessons from the first year of the Net Zero Business Podcast

29th November 2024

Happy Birthday to the Net Zero Business Podcast! What a year it has been – 53 episodes, 37 interviews with amazing Sustainability people, a mid-year...

Notes from the Net Zero North East England Annual Summit

28th November 2024

For the last two days I've been at the Net Zero North East England Summit, our regional annual get together. It was great to talk...

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