Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

Extinction Rebellion: more harm than good[?]

18th April 2019

So large parts of London have been brought to a halt by Extinction Rebellion (XR) protesters wanting to raise the profile of climate change. An...

“OK, kids, so you want to do something about climate change…”

12th April 2019

"... how about starting with switching off the lights when you leave a room?" Silence. "You mean..." ventured the middle one. "Yes, if you're serious...

Save Sustainability from the conspiracy theorists!

8th April 2019

I'm sure every Sustainability professional gets their fair share of interesting communications from the whole spectrum of eco-eccentrics ranging from mad inventors – "I've solved...

Reduce, Reuse, Re… uh.

4th April 2019

Twice recently we have had domestic appliances fail. Our dishwasher appears to have been attacked by a rat which chewed through a seal leading to...

Reversing the bias against reuse

1st April 2019

Last Friday it was my birthday and middle child got me a rather wonderful vintage cycling top from our rather wonderful new(wish) local vintage shop,...

You’re probably doing more on Sustainability than you think…

28th March 2019

I've just had a client send me a dossier on what they've achieved so far on Sustainability, and there's a huge amount more good stuff...

Keeping Sustainability Simple, Stupid

25th March 2019

Yesterday I was talking to somebody who was lauding the kerbside recycling system in the London borough where they used to live compared to what...

Waste is a verb, not a noun…

20th March 2019

I'm having a bit of a guilt trip. Our (otherwise brilliant) builders have ordered the wrong windows for our extension – some of them have...

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...

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