New Arrival at Terra Infirma Towers
I'd like to introduce the new member of the Terra Infirma team who joined us at half past midnight yesterday morning. His name is Charlie...
Lashing yourself to the mast
Sep 10, 2012
"We haven't a hope in hell in meeting this target, but we're going to try anyway." "The management redefined our target to one which we...
Are your employees letting you down?
Sep 7, 2012
Every morning this week I've walked past a parked car belonging to a meter reading company. The back of the car is plastered in stickers...
Sustainability Drivers Template
Sep 5, 2012
Here's a simple graphical template I developed for brainstorming sustainability drivers and internal factors - effectively a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis. Despite...
What the Paralympics can teach us about Sustainability
Sep 3, 2012
"Don't focus on the disability. Focus on the ability." Oscar Pistorius Paralympic Gold Medalist Olympian Photo: Erik van Leeuwen (bron: Wikipedia), Creative Commons Licence
Musings on a Green Economy pt4: What Needs Fixing And How Do We Fix It?
Aug 30, 2012
This is the fourth and last part of my holiday musings on a Green Economy - looking at what's stopping us achieve a sustainable economy...
Musings on a Green Economy pt3: What’s Working
Aug 28, 2012
Here's part 3 of my holiday musings on a green economy. Last time, we looked at two models of sustainability - eco-efficiency (doing more with...
Musings on a Green Economy pt2: Visions of Utopia
Aug 23, 2012
So, as discussed in pt1, we need to green our economy not only to make us environmentally sustainability (the medium-long term priority) but also to...
Musings on a Green Economy pt1: After the Crash
Aug 21, 2012
I'm officially on holiday for the next two weeks, but due to the size of the bump on my pregnant partner, we're holidaying at home...
Objectivity is Subjective
Aug 17, 2012
One of the most frustrating things about this business is the politicisation of environmental issues, and how difficult this makes getting objective analyses. Whether you...