Awareness weeks/days/hours nailed…
I was having another rant about the pointlessness of green awareness weeks/days/hours recently when Hiram Wurf pointed me towards the satirical song "National Brotherhood Week"...
Ask Gareth: My Green Champions Aren’t Happy
Feb 5, 2014
We're very excited here at Terra Infirma Towers about this new venture - Ask Gareth. The concept is very simple - you send me your...
Getting into a Sustainability Mindset
Feb 3, 2014
To act without knowing why; to do things as they have always been done, without asking why; to engage in an activity all one's life...
Work To Your Strengths
Jan 31, 2014
Here's the latest in the Green Business Confidential podcast series. It's called "Work To Your Strengths" - a plea to focus your sustainability efforts on...
Red Tape or Green Light?
Jan 29, 2014
UK PM David Cameron gave a speech to the Federation of Small Business (FSB) on Monday where he lauded the Government's drive to cut regulation....
Reasons to be cheerful (parts 1-327)
Jan 27, 2014
We can be a gloomy lot, us environmentalists - always on the verge of despair. But, hold on a minute... Renewable energy produced a record...
Let’s inspire the next generation!
Jan 24, 2014
I'm starting to feel my age. Throughout my career I've always been younger than average, whether in employment, in management, in local politics, in self-employment....
Green Thread = Green Wash
Jan 22, 2014
This month I had to comment publicly on an important local strategy which boasted about having "a green thread" running its policies. Yesterday, someone complimented...
Want to accelerate sustainability? Then take your foot off the brake!
Jan 20, 2014
There's an Chinese proverb which goes: The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is today. In other...
The Answer is ‘Run A Workshop’ – What Was The Question?
Jan 17, 2014
When coaching a number of sustainability practitioners before Christmas, I noticed that, whatever the question they asked me, my immediate impulse was to answer "run...