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50th anniversary of our move to Hill House

John Elkington · 22 March 2009 · Leave a Comment

Through a hornbeam Through a hornbeam

Elaine, Gaia, Hania and I drove down to Little Rissington today to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the family’s move to Hill House in 1959, on our return from Cyprus.  Seventeen of us, with all the children and grandchildren present.  A wonderful day in time, particularly when Tim unveiled the Hill House photograph album he had compiled – with inputs of images from all of us – for Pat.

Family group 1 Family group 1 Family group 2 Family group 2 Family group 3 Family group 3 Family group 4 Family group 4 Lydia Lydia Pat Pat Pat, album and Tim Pat, album and Tim Pat and Gray Pat and Gray Caroline and photographer Caroline and photographer Reflections Reflections Gray and John Gray and John Christina and Elaine Christina and Elaine We do the Beatles back catalogue We do the Beatles back catalogue

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I began this blog with an entry reporting on a visit to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Cape Cod, on 30 September 2003. The blog element of the website has gone through several iterations since, with much of the older material still available.

Like so many things in my life, blog entries blur the boundaries between the personal and the professional. As explained on this site’s Home Page, the website and the blog are part platform for ongoing projects, part autobiography, and part accountability mechanism.

In addition, my blogs have appeared on many sites such as: Chinadialogue, CSRWire, Fast Company, GreenBiz, Guardian Sustainable Business, and the Harvard Business Review.

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John Elkington is a world authority on corporate responsibility and sustainable development. He is currently Founding Partner and Executive Chairman of Volans, a future-focused business working at the intersection of the sustainability, entrepreneurship and innovation movements.

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