Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

Eco-Labelling: What Does It Mean?

20th June 2007

Yesterday I was looking for the carbon footprint of shampoo for a client project and found that Boots were now using the Carbon Trust's new(ish)...

Kalundborg, Denmark

18th June 2007

A couple of months ago somebody gently criticised the choice of picture in the banner on the Terra Infirma website [update: long gone!] - saying...

Big Push for Energy Efficient IT

15th June 2007

The BBC is reporting that a consortium of big IT industry names: Google, Microsoft, Intel, HP, Sun, Dell and Yahoo, is working to radically reduce...

Environmental Skills Shortage

14th June 2007

The ENDS Report's annual review of the environmental sector has revealed there is an acute shortage of environmental skills and salaries in consultancies are ramping...

Al Gore loosens up

13th June 2007

Apologies to those who have seen this on my personal blog, but I think it is worth posting here too for those who haven't seen...

IKEA shine a light for the environment

12th June 2007

It was announced yesterday that IKEA are giving away 9600 energy efficient lightbulbs to their UK staff to encourage them to reduce their ecological footprints....

“First” Zero Carbon Home Unveiled

11th June 2007

According to the BBC, the first house designed to meet level six of the UK's new Code for Sustainable Homes has been unveiled by Kingspan...

London 2012 – The Greenest Games Ever?

10th June 2007

With all the furore over that logo, attention has been distracted from the business opportunities relating to the delivery of the 2012 Olympic Games. Well,...

A Greener Apple

9th June 2007

I'm writing this on a three and a half year old Mac PowerBook. Us Mac users are notoriously sanctimonious and, often, downright snooty when it...

Welcome to the Terra Infirma Blog!

8th June 2007

We've decided to go very Web 2.0 and publish a blog - you will find our latest news, views and case studies here, along with...

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