Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

Avoiding high carbon lock in

10th September 2025

Regular readers will know I'm a City Councillor here in Newcastle. When I was first elected in 2004, my party took control of the Council...

Overcoming objections to Sustainability

8th September 2025

Last week, I hosted one of the three Mastermind Groups I have on the go just at the minute. We were discussing Sustainable transport and...

Jeremy Leggett: Solar and Rewilding Pioneer

5th September 2025

When Jeremy Leggett decided to abandon the fossil fuel industry in favour of fighting climate change, he didn't take half measures. Cutting his teeth in...

Thoughts on the UK Green Party Leadership Election

3rd September 2025

In 2016 I was interviewed by a Newcastle University student for his final year dissertation. We got talking politics as he was the chair of...

Net Zero Backlash Schmacklash

1st September 2025

Many regular readers will be aware that I have another hat – I've been a City Councillor here in Newcastle for 20 of the last...

Words of Wisdom: Sustainability Changemakers

29th August 2025

This is the last of our themed compilation podcasts episodes featuring hot takes from our wonderful guests over the last year. This week the theme...

“We need every tool in the toolbox” and other Sustainability myths

27th August 2025

Whenever you make a case against hydrogen as a plank of the low carbon economy, the rejoinder you usually get is "we need to use...

🚨 Beware the ‘Primary Energy Fallacy’ 🚨

25th August 2025

Last week on LinkedIn, I saw a reasonably popular post featuring this graph (right). The only conclusion you could take, said the original poster (OP),...

Words of Wisdom: The Clean Energy Revolution

22nd August 2025

Through August the podcast will feature themed compilation episodes featuring hot takes from our wonderful guests over the last year. If there is one topic...

The most influential book in my Sustainability career…

20th August 2025

a. isn't a book about Sustainability, and, b. you've probably never heard of it. When I set up Terra Infirma Ltd 19 years ago, my...

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