Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

Oiling the engine of Sustainability

2nd October 2017

With all the concern about ocean plastic of late, I've been revitalising my personal pledge to pick up at least one piece of plastic litter...

Sustainability Bites: Labour Conference, UK Green Summer, Demise of GSB

29th September 2017

Here's my hot takes on the week's big Sustainability news - join us each Friday (unless I'm away) at 10am on Facebook. Comments in the comments,...

Putting the Personal Into Sustainability

27th September 2017

So, the Guardian Sustainable Business site is no more. I don't think I'm really going to miss it because I don't think I ever read...

Wake Up Sheeple!

25th September 2017

I nearly choked on my Weetabix this morning when I saw the Guardian was running a splash on The Ethical Case Against Wool. "This I've got to...

Sustainability Bites: #ClimateOptimist, Cause for Optimism and Theresa May

22nd September 2017

Here's this week's edition of Sustainability Bites. I covered the Climate Optimist campaign (again), the Nature Geosciences paper on progress towards Paris Agreement commitments and...

Why #ClimateOptimist makes me want to cry

19th September 2017

Yesterday afternoon, my Twitter feed suddenly filled with garish 80's-home-computer style graphics urging me to "Opt-in to be a #ClimateOptimist!". "'Ello?" I asked myself and...

Moving the Sustainability Conversation on…

18th September 2017

An old friend and colleague dropped by for a cup of tea yesterday. While our respective kids decanted all the toys in the house onto...

Embedding Sustainability: Bottom Up or Top Down?

13th September 2017

This month's Ask Gareth considers an excellent question from 'Rob' (names have been changed to protect the bashful) – should you approach Sustainability from the...

It’s a nice idea, but it will never work…

11th September 2017

Those words were (allegedly) said by the Head of Cambridge University's Engineering Department to a young Frank Whittle when the latter presented a new idea...

I never learn!

8th September 2017

I really have tried to ditch the habit of responding to those who are way beyond redemption when it comes to Sustainability. One such chap...

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