Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

Disrupting Business As Usual for Sustainability

16th October 2023

Yesterday my youngest son Charlie held a yard sale to raise funds for the Bobby Robson Foundation. The Foundation's research and resources has kept his...

The State of Sustainability in UK Politics

13th October 2023

As a political nerd (and local politician*), I always try to watch as many of the leaders' speeches during the UK party conference season as...

Delivering Sustainability in the Face of Despair

9th October 2023

A week after the 9/11 attacks in the US, I attended a community environmental engagement workshop in a Teesside town. I can't remember exactly why...

Sustainability in a Leadership Vacuum

5th October 2023

I wrote my second book, The Green Executive, to fill a clear gap in the market. Sustainability was fast moving from an incremental/ISO14001/managerial level up...

Why one sycamore tree gets more coverage than mass deforestation

29th September 2023

I don't know how many times I've done the classic walk along Hadrian's Wall to Crag Lough, then looping back either just south or north...

Can Chris Packham, or me, or you save the planet?

25th September 2023

I've always felt sorry for the Extinction Rebellion/Just Stop Oil protesters, for two reasons: firstly their evident frustration at the lack of real progress at...

Why you should never dilute Net Zero targets, Mr Sunak

20th September 2023

In an early meeting of our Corporate Sustainability Mastermind Group (CoSM), a founder member (now retired, but I'm sticking with the Chatham House rule), said:...

Changing lanes for Sustainability

18th September 2023

I was still at school when the UK's compulsory seat belt law came in. I can still remember one of my teachers harrumphing about it:...

Coaching SMEs in Sustainability

11th September 2023

I've just finished a number of 1-2-1 coaching sessions with owners/staff from small/medium sized enterprises (SMEs). I really enjoy this kind of work as there's...

If we don’t learn from (Sustainability) history…

4th September 2023

...we're bound to keep making the same mistakes over and over again. About 15-20 years ago, a local regeneration body tasked the team I ran...

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