Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

Turning ‘OR’ into ‘AND’ for sustainability

7th March 2016

Years ago I was at a regional sustainability workshop and the facilitators made the mistake of giving each table a blank flipchart to list our...

Getting smart on smart grids

4th March 2016

The Smart-grid has always been more talked about than done, but now the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has announced that the UK could save up to £8bn...

Peak stuff? Peak Carbon? It’s happening, folks…

2nd March 2016

A headline in yesterday's Guardian stopped me in my tracks: UK consumes far less than a decade ago – 'peak stuff' or something else? From crops...

No Leadership, No Sustainability

29th February 2016

I'm working on two major client projects at the minute, one on sustainability strategy and one on employee engagement – which between them make up the essentials...

Making an emotional connection to sustainability

26th February 2016

Very belated happy valentine to you - the least romantic day of the year has passed chez Kane without a murmur once again. Last week, on...

You can’t change culture for sustainability…

24th February 2016

...or not quickly anyway. I was reminded of this on Monday at the sustainability strategy workshop I was running for a client, when a participant...

Never underestimate the ability of an organisation to resist change

22nd February 2016

I've had a number experiences recently with trying to get a large organisation to change its mind. It is quite incredible the number of ways...

Book Review: Doing Good Better

19th February 2016

When I was an undergraduate, I unexpectedly came into a small amount of cash as I'd been underpaid for a summer job. Rather than fritter (all) the...

So what is ‘natural’?

16th February 2016

I've just spent a long (but all too short) weekend in the North Yorkshire Moors with the family – staying in a converted barn we've...

Sustainability vs the bottom line – who wins?

10th February 2016

The latest edition of Ask Gareth considers the relationship between Sustainability and the bottom line – and explains why a change of mindset is required to...

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