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Speaking At The Hay Festival

John Elkington · 2 June 2023 · Leave a Comment

Our rather wonderful B&B, where it turned out that we were alongside music producer Joe Boyd
Looking the other way, to the Black Mountains, with Moon
Andy Middleton on stage – he called on me to speak in this session
Fabulous session with Sue Barker
I asked to be taken upstairs in Hay Castle, which Museum Director Tom True (in red) kindly agreed to
One of several architectural models I zoomed in on
Very true
Tom also took the four of us up onto the roof, with stunning views
My eye was caught by the Spitfire – here wreathed in candles
Incoming assault and battery
Loved this – both the hand and the feet

Drove on from Hill House (and Bledington where we had stayed overnight) to Hay-on-Wye, our first visit there, for the Hay Festival. I was due to do an on-stage conversation in a main venue with Tim Smit of The Eden Project, but the helicopter he was meant to be taking from the Scilly Islands broke down. So I did the session instead with (Baroness) Rosie Boycott, who Julia (Hailes) and I had known since our Green Consumer Days. Great fun.

Later on in our visit, Elaine and I were invited to a reception at Hay Castle. I cheekily asked the Director, Tom True, whether we might take a peek upstairs, and he happily obliged, also kindly inviting along a couple of Americans we had been talking to. Some brilliant exhibits – and a view from the rooftop that underscored just how dominant such fortifications were back in their day. Can’t imagine why we haven’t been to the Festival before, though the pace of life has probably had a lot to do with it.

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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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