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A Day And The Knights In Chalki

John Elkington · 7 June 2022 · Leave a Comment

Spectacular panoramic views – including across to Rhodes – from an eyrie tracking back to the Knights of St John. The large settlement beneath the castle was apparently tucked away there to hide it from pirates. Delicious lunch by the harbour front. Struck again by hard the Covid-related lockdowns have hit tourism across the region.

One highlight of the visit: the pygmy police cars that seem to have followed the same evolutionary curve as the pygmy elephants of nearby Tilos. Then across to Rhodes.

Taking off our life vests after the Zodiac ride in to Chalki
Our objective
Some form of Dracunculus on the way up
A sense of the heat of the day
Nota on top of the world
Looking in
Looking out
A (maybe the?) local police car
Another, trying to get a message to our captain
Problem seems to be that he has moored where he may be hit by large ferry’s wake
Problems resolved, we head back out to the Clipper
To be welcomed back by the golden mermaid

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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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