A bit of a whistlestop week. Started with Peter Byck and his family coming to lunch on Sunday – and continued with the premiere of his docuseries, Roots So Deep, held in Soho on Monday evening.
Then on Tuesday I was up horribly early to do an opening plenary at RESET Connect, held at the ExCel Centre in London’s Docklands. Part of London Climate Action Week (LCAW). Capacity audience. First time on the Elizabeth Line, which I loved. Then back for a meeting with Harry Wright of Bright Tide and a presentation of the new Volans Brand Book by LEAP. On Tuesday evening we had the Volans Salon on corporate climate advocacy, held in the Exchange area of Somerset House. Great turnout of companies and stakeholders.
On Wednesday, Diana Verde Nieto came across for coffee in the morning. Then, in the evening, I went into town for the Volans Book Club, where Louise interviewed me on Tickling Sharks – and then I raced across to Goals House for a Google dinner marking LCAW. Made some fascinating connections.
On Thursday afternoon I went across to Holborn Viaduct for an event celebrating the second Pineapple Day. Did an opening fireside chat with Pineapple Partnerships founder Andy Dewis. Then over the next day or two whipped up my latest Substack post on the subject of pineapples. Rather liked the image I conjured for the purpose using Artiphoria (see below).
Then on Friday I did an advisory board meeting for GIST Impact, followed by a podcast recording on Tickling Sharks with Lawrence Jones for the Edison Electric Institute.
And now, on Sunday, am preparing to take to the Eurostar to Brussels in a couple of hours for an advisory board meeting for UBQ Materials, to include a visit to their new manufacturing site. Then to Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport to fly to Lisbon to keynote a BCSD conference – before flying back late on Wednesday evening. If all goes well.
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