Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

Disability and Sustainability, not or

6th March 2023

I'm doing a piece of work for a disability charity and it's really making me think. During a general discussion, my contact pointed out that...

Anti-15 minute city protests are just the latest bump in the road to Sustainability

27th February 2023

Twenty years ago I found myself attending a community engagement event on Teesside about renewable energy. A woman told us that she had been to...

Competition can put Spice into Sustainability

20th February 2023

When I was younger and musing on what future family life might hold, I would never have guessed I'd have three sporty kids. The eldest...

Reframing the LTN/15 minute city debate

13th February 2023

Regular readers will know I'm a Councillor here in Newcastle and last night I gave an informal talk to political colleagues about Low Traffic Neighbourhoods...

Sustainability is not just ‘doing nature a favour’

8th February 2023

At yesterday's Corporate Sustainability Mastermind Group (CoSM) a new member* said something that I thought was quite brilliant: "We've got to get people away from...

On Demand: 12½ Kick Ass Sustainability Ideas for 2023

30th January 2023

Here's the record of this year's Green Academy taster. To get the full experience, download the workbook here. Use the tab above to see the...

Britishvolt: A Green Business is NOT a Charity

23rd January 2023

And so the Britishvolt EV battery startup has died a big messy public death, as I predicted. Not because of any particular skill on my...

Net Zero Review Reaction: Excuses, Excuses

16th January 2023

The Government has published its 'Net Zero Review'. This had its genesis in the short, turbulent reign of Liz Truss as a way of kicking...

Sustainability in 2023: My ‘Predictions’

9th January 2023

For a few years, every January an environmental website used to ask me for my predictions for 2023. I never liked doing it as I...

My cargobike is changing my life… despite much of the infrastructure

5th December 2022

I've banged on about my cargo-bike on here before, but I recently made this video about the bike, why it solves my big green transport...

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