With BMW Foundation And Toniic In Paretz

Date: 08 Nov 2018

By: John Elkington

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A piece of the Berlin Wall seen through the window of a PwC office, with the Bundestag in the background

Anti-war mural in nearby park

By the entrance

Sharpshooter

Barging by

River Spree

The BMW Foundation HQ is somewhere towards the top

Now we’re in Paretz

Have seen storks’ nest, but no storks

Doing my session

Bak home at the Storchenhof “ranch”

Walking to the Paretz Akademie

Alison and Tell, ahead

Radical actions favoured

Final session, reduced group

Frank Niederländer winds up the event

Some of the name badges left by participants

Flew to Germany on Monday, initially to Berlin for a session at the BMW Foundation Hebert Quandt HQ, featuring a beamed-in Jeremy Rifkin, then on by coach to the intriguing and once-royal village of Paretz. Spent several thought-provoking days with some 30 BMW Foundation and (the impact investment network) Toniic invitees – with some thoughts provoked captured in my latest GreenBiz column.

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