Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

Sustainability: pragmatism beats perfectionism every day of the week

7th November 2023

Yesterday I had a rare day out, attending the Net Zero North East event organised by our regional Local Enterprise Partnership. The keynote speakers couldn't...

Make Sustainability Easy!

2nd November 2023

I've just popped over to my local Morrison's to grab some ingredients for dinner. I've recently started collecting soft plastics for recycling at supermarkets as...

Net Zero: does offsetting really distract from carbon reductions?

30th October 2023

One of the allegations flung at the Net Zero concept, and Carbon Neutral before it, is that the offsetting element acts like a get out...

Sustainability is about psychology, not technology

23rd October 2023

I'm an engineer, both by training and outlook. When I first dipped my toe in the field of Sustainability about 25 years ago, I was...

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...

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