Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

Is long term thinking always a good thing?

15th February 2017

A couple of times in recent weeks and months I have heard/read calls for 'long term thinking' for Sustainability - 2050 seems to have a particular...

The one thing you must do in your Sustainability communications

13th February 2017

My big theme this year is 'Sustainability conversations', and one thing that sets 'conversation' apart from 'communication' is you've got to listen as well as...

Are you a Sustainability egg, or a chicken?

10th February 2017

I needed an example of user influence on a building's carbon emissions for my CIBSE talk on Tuesday night. I had a nagging feeling that...

Preaching to the unconverted

8th February 2017

I gave a talk last night to the Chartered Institute of Building Service Engineers about behaviour change in building users. One of the themes was...

Will Sustainability get Trumped?

6th February 2017

A very topical question for this month's Ask Gareth – what will happen to Sustainability in the age of Donald Trump? I offer three important...

‘Packaging is evil’ and other eco-myths

3rd February 2017

A tweet appeared on my twitter feed yesterday urging people to buy loose fruit and veg to avoid packaging waste. However loose veg leads to...

Why “Go Green, Save Money” can hold you back…

1st February 2017

Over the last couple of days I've been writing about understanding the business case for sustainability, why it varies for different companies and why it...

The Sweetspot of Sustainability Success

31st January 2017

I love a good Venn diagram so, when I was reviewing the contents of this week's Business Case for Sustainability webinar, I realised there was...

How are those 2017 Sustainability resolutions going?

27th January 2017

I don't know about you, but my 2017 hasn't really taken off yet. I started the year with minor surgery followed by quite a lot of...

Zero waste requires new thinking, not the same old, same old

25th January 2017

Yesterday I downloaded the Carbon Trust's Zero Waste guide. As most of the content could have been written a decade ago, it was, frankly, a waste...

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