This has been a week of stretched – and stretching – days. Yesterday, for example, began with an early call with Simon Longstaffe of The Ethics Centre in Sydney, a longstanding colleague and friend; then a couple of team meetings; then a webinar on the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill with its original sponsor, Caroline Lucas MP, organised by Business Declares and the CEE Bill Alliance; and then a webinar hosted by the New York office of Acre, the head-hunters who found us Louise three years ago, and moderated by Acre’s Catherine Harris and GreenBiz editorial director Heather Clancy.
Acre founder Andy Cartland fed back earlier today: “We had 486 participants which is staggering, and it was great to see the global spread (If you are interested: Finland, Nigeria, US, India, Canada Ireland Spain, Switzerland, Benelux, Italy, Columbia, Denmark, Bangladesh, Russia, Qatar, Ethiopia, France, Sweden, Guatemala, Portugal, Brazil, Singapore, Mexico, Peru, South Africa, Romania, Norway, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Austria).”
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New Year’s Resolution, Mr Gates
My latest column for GreenBiz dips a toe into the weird and wonderful world of science fiction.
Greta And Swifts
Lovely to see a new Swedish postage stamp featuring Greta Thunberg and five of my favourite birds, swifts. Thanks to Edward Mayer of Swift-Conservation.org for flagging.
Positive Luxury
My foreword to the Positive Luxury 2021 Predictions Report can be found on page 4.
And Now Am In Farmers Weekly
Gave the Frank Parkinson Lecture at the Oxford Farming Conference yesterday – and here’s the coverage in Farmers Weekly. Was meant to be on BBC Radio 1 too, but that got wiped out by Trump-induced attack on the US Capitol. I know I predicted a 12-15 year “U-Bend” in history in Green Swans, but this is going even faster and stranger than I had imagined.