Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

If Sustainability is a sacrifice, you’re doing it wrong

15th October 2025

It's about 30 months since we sold our family car. Do I miss it? Very occasionally. Certainly not day to day, or even week to...

Are the Unions getting in the way of the energy transition?

13th October 2025

Big splash in the Guardian today as a trial blended 2% green hydrogen into the gas grid to feed a gas-fired power station. Green hydrogen,...

Sustainable Business in Zimbabwe with Maureen Vere

10th October 2025

This week the pod gets out of its European/US comfort zone and heads to Africa for the first time. Eco-entrepreneur Maureen Vere joins me from...

Analysis: Sustainability in the UK Party Leaders’ Conference Speeches

8th October 2025

It's that time of year again when the party faithful of each of the UK's political parties trek to a soulless conference centre, pull on...

What we can learn from Sustainability ‘Reply Guys’

6th October 2025

Last Thursday, I posted one of my periodic "My views on the low carbon news" posts on LinkedIn. As these don't include any external links,...

Can Sustainability Make Us Happy? with Richard Lupo

3rd October 2025

Impending doom, eco-anxiety, sackcloth and ashes – Sustainability is often portrayed in very negative terms, but are Sustainable organisations happier organisations? Who better to ask...

Reaction to Ed Miliband’s Conference Speech on Net Zero

1st October 2025

Ed Miliband, the UK's Energy and Net Zero Secretary, has become a whipping boy for both ends of the political spectrum. The right attack him...

Beating “can’t do” on Sustainability

29th September 2025

I listen to a lot of political podcasts, but, as I've mentioned before, when Net Zero gets discussed, it often sets me off. This weekend...

Don’t try to convert people to Sustainability; use Green Jujitsu

26th September 2025

Earlier this year, I wrote 10 Rules for Corporate Sustainability to mark the 200th edition of The Low Carbon Agenda (yes, that’s 200…). The ebook...

Why debate Net Zero if no-one knows what it means?

22nd September 2025

I tried listening to the BBC Moral Maze 'debate' on Net Zero, but I only got half way through as I was in a public...

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