Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

Making people think about Sustainability is true engagement

26th June 2018

Yesterday, I ran a Green Jujitsu training workshop at the Northern Sustainability Innovations Conference, hosted by (our client) Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust as...

People taking to Sustainability like a duck to water…

21st June 2018

On Tuesday I ran a workshop for Sustainability Champions at one of my clients – introducing them to the Sustainability Strategy targets and giving them...

Football, Tribes & Sustainability

18th June 2018

So In-ger-land kick off their World Cup campaign tonight. As a Northern Irishman who has lived in England for almost 30 years, I'm not terribly...

Beware pushing people out of their depth on Sustainability

14th June 2018

Regular readers will know that my big personal challenge this year is to do a triathlon. Cycle: easy-peasy, run: OK, swim... argh! So I've been...

Sustainability – for the many?

11th June 2018

Sometime last Tuesday, a hashtag #PlasticFreeDay appeared on my Twitter feed. I was vaguely aware that it was World Environment Day, but, like so...

The prevailing winds are blowing towards Sustainability…

6th June 2018

The steady stream of Sustainability good news stories continues to flow – 50 nations taking action on plastic consumption, consumer spending on fashion is on...

Back from a Bloody Past

4th June 2018

I'm just back from 5 glorious days of half term camping with the Kane clan in Wooler, in the north of Northumberland. We did the...

Jung, Greenwash and Sustainability

29th May 2018

Gotta love Twitter some times, and last night I saw this wonderful quote attributed to Carl Jung:* "You are what you do, not what you...

On Demand: Business & the SDGs

25th May 2018

We had a great webinar on Business and the SDGs on Wednesday, involving delegates from three continents! If you missed it, fear not, we can...

Book Review: Doughnut Economics by Kate Raworth

24th May 2018

I haven't reviewed many Sustainability books on here of late, mainly because the few I have read recently have been terrible, some to the point...

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