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Eco-Island Conference: Dame Ellen MacArthur (Podcast)

Friday, 28th March, 2008 at 2:36 pm, Isle of Wight

Cowes, Eco-Island, podcast

Dame Ellen MacArthur by Julian WinslowDuring the Eco Island conference on Wednesday we were lucky enough to catch up with Dame Ellen MacArthur for a chat.

Simon, as you can see from the photo, set sail (well drifted away from the jetty slightly) with Ellen and Dan (from Island 2000) on the Island 2000 Purple Kite.

Purple Kite Background
Just a quick bit of background on the Purple Kite first – the team at Island 2000 decided that they would do their bit for sustainable transport and set about building a boat to take them across to the conference at the Cowes Yacht Haven from their offices in East Cowes.

The team were determined to build the boat without having to buy anything new. Scrap wood was taken from a skip at Vestas and after grappling around the office for any items they could use, the boat was built with the purchase of simply one bag of screws.

Pretty neat eh! Watch the video below of it’s voyage across the water.

Ellen’s podcast
Back to Ellen now, and as you will remember we found her speech on Wednesday pretty inspiring, especially the analogy of being on a boat travelling around the world to living on a island. Simon explores this with her further whilst upon the Purple Kite.

To listen to the podcast click on the play button below:

To watch the short video of the Purple Kite’s journey across the water to get to the conference, click the play button below.

[Photo reproduced courtesy of Julian Winslow]

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3 Responses to “Eco-Island Conference: Dame Ellen MacArthur (Podcast)”

  1. Click if you like this comment Jack Tupac Pennington     says:
    30, March 2008 at 10:35 am

    Dear Ventnor Blgo Crew (Simon) and Boat Lovers,

    This was an excellent video and I had thought myself of doing something similiar but I must be honest I am more of a lands man than a boat goer. Eco-traveling at its best and the people who were a part of the eco-confrence were rowing away. Looked fun. Keep up the good work, great material!

    Peace, Love, and understanding unto you all…
    Jack Tupac Pennington

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