Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

The biggest risk to Sustainability? We decide to do nothing without thinking about it

17th April 2024

Why do we get stuck in business as usual? Almost always it is because we make most decisions subconsciously, doing the same thing as we...

Save me from Sustainability Chancers

15th April 2024

Amongst all the standard spam I get, every so often I get people contacting me because they think I may pitch their product to my...

Adam Woodhall of the General Counsel Sustainability Forum on the law and Net Zero, engaging people and the perils of comedy

12th April 2024

This week on the pod we have Adam Woodhall of the General Counsel Sustainability Forum (formerly Lawyers for Net Zero). It's another wide ranging interview...

What Darwin tells us about the low carbon transition

11th April 2024

I've long been fascinated by Charles Darwin. I think it started when I studied in the same place as him, Christ's College Cambridge, treading the...

How do I stop our PR department greenwashing?

8th April 2024

The latest episode of the Net Zero Business Podcast is a Q&A session. I've been asked how a Sustainability Professional should respond to PR/comms people...

How to/not to communicate Sustainability pt 387

4th April 2024

The walk I went on last Sunday was one chosen from a book of walks in the Cheviots I had been given as a birthday...

Eco-whiskey in Wooler

2nd April 2024

It was my birthday on Good Friday and on Easter Sunday we took in a walk taking in the site of Ad Gefrin in North...

Amir Sokolowski, Global Director Climate Change, CDP on disclosures, just transition to Net Zero and grounds for optimism

28th March 2024

This week on the pod we have Amir Sokolowski, Global Director of Climate Change at CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project). In a wide ranging...

Getting emotional about Sustainability (and elephants)

27th March 2024

As someone born with no ball skills whatsoever, I never envisaged that a significant chunk of my parenting responsibilities would involve schlepping to various wind...

Book Review: Let My People Go Surfing by Yvon Chouinard

25th March 2024

A few months ago, I realised there was a Patagonia-shaped hole in my Sustainability knowledge. Not the southern region of South America, of course, but...

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