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2020 has certainly been the Year of the Green Swan for me, whatever else may have happened – including COVID-19, the defenestration of the Trump regime and the seemingly endless Brexit idiocy.

My book Green Swans is about to go into a reprint, with an audio version and foreign editions in preparation. So I would like to use this image, the swans designed by Silvio Rebêlo and the Xmas version by the Volans team, as an e-missive to everyone following, dipping into or stumbling upon this website.

Happy holidays to all – and I wish you the sort of 2021 you would hope for as this extraordinary year begins to wind down – or is it wind up?

Delighted to see VIVOBAREFOOT releasing their ‘Feet, People & Planet’ report – with my foreword on footprints and handprints: https://www.vivobarefoot.com/uk/regeneration. An emerging focus is on Regeneration.

This was some time ago, but nice to be reminded by Covestro of the conversations they hosted when dipping into today’s Twitter stream. Here’s the link. And a reminder, too, that I haven’t blogged here for a couple of months. The pace of life has been absolutely incredible.

Among other things, I have done over 100 virtual keynotes in 30+ countries since Green Swans came out. This week, for example, I did one for the Ministry of Defence (a 5-hour session on the climate emergency), then later the same day a session with 20 chief financial officers for the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). Then later in the week I did keynotes for e.g. the Daily Telegraph and Legal & General, the Institute for Family Business (IFB) and the Circular Economy Hotspot in Catalonia. All on top of normal work. Last weekend I suffered a 3-day migraine attack, which must be some sort of message.

Meanwhile, I have been working on my new book, now over two-thirds of the way through, with an eye to getting it out in 2022. Have been doing some stunning interviews along the way, including with leading surfers – for reasons that will become clear in the course of time.

A podcast I did with Emma Foster-Geering and Dulma Clark of VIVOBAREFOOT launched today here.

On Thursday, I filmed an interview for the Plantiers World Gathering in Portugal, alongside Paul Hawken. The programme went live today.