John Elkington

Delighted to be the guest on the latest “Fossil vs Future” podcast (https://www.linkedin.com/company/fossil-vs-future/) with James Cameron and Daisy Nicholls. This podcast series features an ongoing conversation between James (a #climate change lawyer and advocate) and his goddaughter Daisy (a #sustainablefinance expert) about climate change and the transition away from #fossilfuels. 

Our subject is #demographics: a cause for panic – or a call for intergenerational collaboration? You can find the full episode on Spotify, Apple and YouTube through the links below:

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/what-about-demographics-cause-for-panic-or-time-for/id1757613888?i=1000717356321

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/34EbShakG7VSQBVWLuQE00?si=2ad7fe86ab1f4950

YouTube: https://youtu.be/N3ZyECzdh5A

Some reflections on an evening spent in cloud on the Cornish coast at the Surfers Against Sewage 35th Anniversary Ball – and some linked thoughts on the future of the world’s NGOs: https://johnelkington.substack.com/p/twilight-of-the-ngos.

Here is my take on the events of London Climate Action Week, including our “Defying the Odds” sessions in Somerset House. Still processing it all!

Wonderful to see Gaia interviewed by The Florist, exploring her approach to the world of flowers and design. Sustainability is indeed in her DNA – and I have learned so much from her and her adventures over the decades. Recommended reading!

Due to WordPress changing their rules on images in blogs like this one, I have had to further process the photos below – with the result that ones showing skies are rendered more like Impressionist paintings. And (although I am dating this post back to when we returned) the process of sorting it out has taken ages. Still, I’ll try and resolve the underlying problems in the coming weeks.

Meanwhile, here is a brief photo essay on our trip to Corsica with Gaia and Paul, who organised the entire trip.

We started off in Ajaccio, then went north through Tuarelli and Calvi, before taking in Oletta and then looping back south through the centre of the island. One of the most extraordinary visits was to Hôtel E Caselle. Established in 1966 in Venaco in the heart of a regional nature park. Wonderful to be greeted by (a huge photo of) Marianne Faithful and to swim (in Gaia’s case) in the river that flows nearby.

Although both Elaine and I returned with something like Covid, though it didn’t test that way, the trip was an utter delight – and we came to see why Gaia and Paul are so enraptured with the island.