Are product lifecycles getting longer?
Some interesting anecdotal evidence: I had to make a 'repair or upgrade?' decision on my 4 year old MacBook Pro a couple of months ago....
Weasel Words
Aug 13, 2012
I heard my least favourite weasel words last week: "There is a green thread running through all the decisions we make." This was justification for...
Book Review: The Zeronauts by John Elkington
Aug 10, 2012
John Elkington one of the sustainability field's leading pioneers and in his latest book he looks at those at the cutting edge of sustainability thinking...
Sustainability, Olympic Cycling and the Mission to Mars
Aug 8, 2012
Two things have been massively distracting me from work this week - Team GB's continuing amazing success at the Olympic Games and the Curiosity rover's descent...
Why I’m Not Calling for a Plastic Bag Tax
Aug 6, 2012
There's another big call out for a plastic bag tax in England and Wales. I'm not against such a tax per se, but it is...
Why Bradley Wiggins is wrong on cycle helmets
Aug 3, 2012
Bradley Wiggins is a hero. Winning the Tour De France and an Olympic Gold Medal in the space of eleven days and bringing a huge...
Happy Birthday To Us!
Aug 1, 2012
Terra Infirma is six years old today! Six years. Blimey. Sometimes it feels like just yesterday that I invested the grand sum of £300.00 in...
Green must not mean shoddy
Jul 30, 2012
Last Friday I popped into a high street stationers to pick up some printer paper. They only had two packs of recycled paper and both...
Get Down Off Your High Horse
Jul 27, 2012
Here's the latest in my Green Business Confidential podcast series. It's called "Get Down Off Your High Horse" and it's about how to (and how...
Osborne vs Davey: The Big Fight!
Jul 25, 2012
So in the big green battle in the UK's Coalition Government, it looks like round 1 to Energy and Climate Change Secretary (and my political...