Are you curious?
Yesterday I was interviewed by a geography student for his dissertation. He was asking about the reasons for my participation in a climate march in...
Sustainability Masterminds on Waste
Mar 15, 2017
Last week saw the seventeenth – seventeenth, blimey – meeting of the Corporate Sustainability Mastermind Group at the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art (an amazing...
The Sustainability bar is rising – fast
Jan 18, 2017
There has been a raft of big Sustainability announcements from Corporations recently: Ikea achieving zero waste last year; Google saying they'll be 100% renewable-powered by the...
Is zero waste really possible?
Nov 9, 2016
The latest edition of Ask Gareth considers whether Zero Waste is truly possible. Having working for many years in this particular field, I give the lowdown...
Cast off the recycling blinkers!
Nov 18, 2015
Yesterday I was at the North East Recycling Forum annual conference, which believe it or not is one of the very few events I attend...
Goldflush!
Sep 18, 2015
Something I missed earlier in the year was the discovery that when we sit on the toilet, we are literally sitting on a goldmine. US...
Waste is a verb, not a noun
Aug 20, 2015
Just saying...
Circular Economics 101
May 22, 2015
Yesterday I was at the North East Recycling Forum in Darlington. NERF is one of the very few green events I attend as a punter as...
I am a Wasteman
Apr 29, 2015
I haven't been watching much scheduled TV recently, but I wasn't going to miss the Wastemen documentary on the BBC last night. Not just because...
How the Manifestos Measure Up for Green Business
Apr 16, 2015
So, the UK election rumbles on and this week we had the Party manifestos. So what do the parties offer on sustainability? Trying to be...