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Hundertwasser, Finally

John Elkington · 28 November 2009 · Leave a Comment

November frieze November frieze Pink tram Pink tram Hundertwasser facade 1 Hundertwasser facade 1 Hundertwasser facade 2 Hundertwasser facade 2 We two We two And again ... And again … Cafe floor Cafe floor Hundertwasser's flag for New Zealand Hundertwasser’s flag for New Zealand Condensation trail Condensation trail Sitting Bull Sitting Bull Hunched eagles Hunched eagles Hunched eagles, 2 Hunched eagles, 2 Escher moment Escher moment Franz-Joseph's horse kicks Moon Franz-Joseph’s horse kicks Moon Cafe Mozart Cafe Mozart Illuminations Illuminations St Stephen's Cathedral and Moon St Stephen’s Cathedral and Moon

One of the best days I have had for ages, walking around Vienna with Elaine, visiting the Hundertwasser Haus and Museum, and the Impressionism exhibition at the Albertina. I first came across his eco-posters when a group of Swedish scientists and officials came to London in the late 1980s, to lobby the UK government on acidic emissions from sources like the old CEGB, and gave me one of his posters, ‘Save the Rain’. Also came across Walton Ford, in Pancha Tantra, whose images blew me away. Wonderful traveling on the trams. Later, we had Turkish coffee and apfelstrudel at The Café Mozart and a delightful light supper at the vegetarian Wrenkh Restaurant.

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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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