Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

On sustainability, are you running with the herd or swimming against the tide?

29th April 2016

Humans are herd animals. You can see this in every political scandal, such as the current antisemitism row in the Labour Party, where otherwise intelligent...

Sustainability Timescales – not too near or too far

27th April 2016

An organisation I have dealings with (not a client), has recently announced an challenging sustainability target for 2050. "More ambitious than Paris" is the boast. Which...

You must forge your own path in Sustainability

25th April 2016

At the Sustainable Best Practice Exchange two weeks ago, a representative from the Tees Valley stood up and gave a presentation on a vision for...

Shakespeare, Storytelling & Sustainability

22nd April 2016

It's old Billy S's 400th death anniversary tomorrow - I'm sure you could hardly have missed the fuss. It's quite extraordinary how the bard has...

A hidden barrier to sustainability

20th April 2016

Last week I told the Sustainable Best Practice Exchange that the biggest barrier to sustainability is just 6 inches wide – the space between our...

A Tough Sustainable Supply Chain Conundrum

18th April 2016

At last week's Sustainable Best Practice Exchange, Shaun McCarthy of the Supply Chain Sustainability School posed us a very interesting conundrum: You have two options...

Green Jujitsu at the Sustainable Best Practice Exchange

15th April 2016

I had a fantastic day out at the Sustainable Best Practice Exchange at Harrogate yesterday. I used to be a regular facilitator at these events when...

How to engage apathetic people in sustainability

13th April 2016

The latest edition of Ask Gareth considers another critical question: how do you engage with people when they really aren't interested? I challenge the idea...

Steel & Sustainability: The Future

11th April 2016

The repercussions of the announcement that Indian conglomerate Tata wants to sell off or close its Port Talbot steel making facilities continue. With the closure of...

In Sustainability, “Everybody’s Responsibility” = “Nobody’s Responsibility”

8th April 2016

As regular readers, will know, as well as my day job as sustainability consultant/pontificator, I have another day job which fits round it of local...

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