Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

Awareness of climate change doesn’t change anything

18th March 2019

We asked our kids whether they were interested in last week's children's climate strike and got a series of noncommittal grunts in reply. While we...

Philip Hammond, eco-warrior

15th March 2019

Being a political nerd, I put UK Chancellor Philip Hammond's Spring Statement (a mini-budget in effect) on the telly while I was working on Wednesday...

Sustainability Choices…

11th March 2019

There seems to be two opinions on the ability of the individual to make Sustainability choices: some believe we are all helpless pawns in the...

Sustainability: If we act decisively, good things happen

6th March 2019

This is one of those stats that green activists tend to ignore, but last year the UK's carbon emissions fell to levels last seen when...

Engaging ‘difficult’ people in Sustainability

4th March 2019

I've seen a couple of posts on social media recently where green-leaning people are getting frustrated with intransigent people they know, who just won't listen....

The Future of Sustainability is Solutions, not Problems

1st March 2019

On Wednesday I received a message on Twitter from Forum for the Future asking for comments on their new report "The Future of Sustainability". Here's...

Waste is a massive economic loss

27th February 2019

I was very taken with this Edie news story about plastic pollution which quotes the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's estimate that $80-120 billion's worth of plastic...

Sustainability Priorities: Big Issues vs Quick Wins

25th February 2019

I had an interesting conversation with a client today about the relative importance of big issues and quick wins. Almost every management or reporting system...

We need paths to Sustainability, not hoops to jump through

19th February 2019

It's half term here, so yesterday I took the kids and our bikes up to Druridge Bay for a 9 mile ride along the coastal...

Why we shouldn’t ban plastic waste exports

11th February 2019

A group of well-meaning MPs has tabled an Early Day Motion to oppose the export of plastic waste to third world countries, saying it should...

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