The End of Recycling
I love my compost heap. I should say 'heaps' as I effectively have five - a two bay main heap, a plastic drum for food...
Waste or food?
Jan 7, 2009
Over the holidays I've been reading David Archer's excellent book Tyne and Tide: A Celebration of the River Tyne about the legendary river which flows...
Avoid Eco-clichés!
Feb 8, 2008
Before Christmas I mentioned that I hated the 'hands cupping a sapling' image used by so many green businesses. Then I admitted our corporate Christmas...
Why don’t we do district heating in the UK?
Dec 3, 2007
I was giving a presentation on Sustainable Construction on Friday to a group of Local Authority energy managers. I mentioned Kalundborg in Denmark where the...
Environment Agency will require Resource Efficiency data from IPPC sites
Oct 3, 2007
The ENDS Report is, well, reporting that the Environment Agency in England and Wales is planning to make the reporting of Resource Efficiency data mandatory...
Biomimicry by Janine Benyus
Sep 14, 2007
Another TED video for a Friday (click here to watch). Janine Benyus gives a stirring overview of her work on Biomimicry - the art of...
So just what is waste?
Aug 31, 2007
The home page on the Terra Infirma website proclaims "waste is a verb, not a noun". This was a little catchphrase I dreamt up while...
Kalundborg, Denmark
Jun 18, 2007
A couple of months ago somebody gently criticised the choice of picture in the banner on the Terra Infirma website [update: long gone!] - saying...