Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

Long term vs short term in Sustainability

16th April 2018

In Sustainability, we talk a lot about lengthening our mental timescales – 'building cathedrals', making products longer lasting etc. And while this is great, we...

Do SMEs feel the heat on Sustainability?

11th April 2018

This month's Ask Gareth is slightly different as it reflects on a conversation on Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) with fellow Sustainability consultant Michelle...

The Power of Sustainability Rankings

9th April 2018

One of the more uplifting concepts in the last decade or so has been the emergence of pro-Sustainability activist corporations, a welcome break from the...

Inspiring yourself on Sustainability

6th April 2018

The other day my eldest was watching the news with me and asked "Why isn't there a good news channel to cheer us up?" He...

Fear and Loathing in Sustainability

3rd April 2018

The Sustainability news falls into two polarised camps: 'climate impacts found to be worse than thought!' and 'renewable energy is booming!'. Why these might seem...

Don’t be a Sustainability Sheep

26th March 2018

I took most of Friday off to go and help Mrs K move office at Durham University. So I decided to cycle down and, on...

Decoupling or ‘recoupling’ carbon to growth?

23rd March 2018

Had a great meeting of the Green Thinkers last night, despite the fact I had managed not to read the book I had suggested, A...

Skewing choices to Sustainability

21st March 2018

As a foodie, I was very taken with the One Planet Plate project getting major restaurant chains to put one dish with strong sustainability credentials...

Sustainability in an age of unreason

19th March 2018

I was very taken with Nick Cohen's column in yesterday's Observer bemoaning the rise of conspiracy-theory-driven, narrowly nationalist, identity politics around the globe. Cohen rightly...

Stephen Hawking on Sustainability

16th March 2018

As a member of that huge club who only got a third of the way through "A Brief History of Time", the death of Stephen...

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