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Hüman After All, Covestro And Recycla

John Elkington · 19 November 2016 · Leave a Comment

Under way
Under way
Rich (Johnson) directs
Rich (Johnson) directs
In full flow, as I look on
In full flow, as I look on
Cathy Runciman of Atlas of the Future, right, as process peaks
Cathy Runciman of Atlas of the Future, right, as process peaks

Have been feeling a bit low and unwell, but the Hüman After All session on Wdnesday in Dalston, for our joint program with the UN Global Compact, Project Breakthrough, was a real pick-me-up.

HHA have an intriguing new office, on top of an old printing works. Then back to ICAEW to listen to Mark Carney – see previous post.

Other aspects of the week have included a session on Thursday with Covestro and SystemIQ at the latter’s WeWork offices.

Then today, Saturday, Elaine and I took Fernando Nilo (of Chile’s Recycla) and his wife to lunch at the Great Court Restaurant high up in the British Museum. Then sped them around the Sunken Cities exhibition, my third time, before getting in a taxi with them to guide them across to Clarence House.

Fernando demonstrates his jacket, made out of 20 PET bottles
Fernando demonstrates his jacket, made out of 20 PET bottles

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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.

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