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With The Millses

John Elkington · 10 July 2017 · Leave a Comment

Old beehive frames
HMS Eagle in Ann’s album
Stairwell
Part of the exterior, stairwell from outside
Part of garden and lakelet

We drove across to Radstock yesterday to stay with a cousin, Simon Mills, and his family. Haven’t seen him since he moved into a rather substantial new home that was at the end of his older garden. Great fun, though animated disagreements over Brexit.

Wonderful opportunity to catch up – including seeing a photo of the old British aircraft carrier, HMS Eagle, which I was taken aboard in Cyprus in the late 1950s. Courtesy, I think, of Admiral John Frewen.

Still remember the extraordinary cobalt blue colour of the Mediterranean looking down from the vessel’s deck. Interesting angle of view, given the current fuss about Britain’s seemingly toothless new carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth.

Simon has developed an extensive optician’s business in the region, but is also – among other things – a beekeeper. He showed us some of his 20-plus hives, and we would come away from our second stay, on our way home, with jars of clear and set honey. Plus eggs from his chickens and ducks.

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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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