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Latest journal entry: Volans embraces the Phoenix Economy
Retreat ends in advance
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
An almost blank sheet - and an incentive
Monday and Tuesday of this week were largely spent in a full-team Volans retreat at 2 Bloomsbury Place. A number of us were either feeling pretty whacked with travel and/or suffering from flu, but with Charmian in the chair we made a great deal of progress. One development I was particularly pleased with was the unanimous adoption of the Phoenix Economy concept as an organising framework for much of our work, something I have been working on fairly continuously as I have winged around the world in recent weeks. Ale(jandro) and I also made a good deal of progress on our Pathways to Scale approach and methodology, with some great new thinking on how that can now play out.... more >
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Finance - politics - finance: three crises in one
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Co-authored with SustainAbility CEO Mark Lee, this piece in openDemocracy explores some of the common psychological roots of our evolving financial, political and climate crises, - More >
Black or White, Can the Next President Green the White House?
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Some thoughts sparked by the possibility that a new Depression could once again see the combination of widespread poverty in the North and a 21st century version of the Dustbowl, this time global - thanks to climate change. - More >
The Ultimate Domino Effect
Friday, October 10, 2008
Why the financial crisis prefigures the looming ecological credit crunch - by John and Mark Lee, CEO of SustainAbility.
- More >
Interview in Times Online
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
A somewhat recycled piece that appeared in the October 8 edition of Times Online. - More >
One of London's Most Influential People 2008
Monday, October 06, 2008
John is featured - under the Environment section - in a 116-page supplement published by the Evening Standard as one of London's 1000 most influential people in 2008. - More >
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Social Entrepreneurship – The Way of the Future?
Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:33:43 - Sam
The London Chapter of the Entrepreneurs Organisation (EO) hosted an event dedicated to Social Entrepreneurship in August 2009. Pamela Hartigan was a guest speaker.
Read a write-up of the event here
London, August 2008
- Full entry > Unreasonable People Needed
Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:29:20 - Sam
The Futurist, an online magazine of forecasts, trends and ideas about the future reviews ‘The Power of Unreasobale People’.
Read review here
July-August 2008
- Full entry > Q&A with John Elkington
Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:22:04 - Sam
‘The social capitalist behind the phrase “triple bottom line” talks about why some greenwashing is good’. Jesse Finfrock interviews John Elkington for Mother Jones, November-December 2008 edition.
Reas full article here
USA, Winter 2008
- Full entry > SWEDISH KNOWLEDGE FOUNDATION
Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:54:26 - Sam
[ February 5, 2009; ] Event: The Foundation's programme on societal entrepreneurship
Volans Team: Pamela Hartigan will give a keynote presentation on social entrepreneurship
Date of event: February 5th, 2009
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Organiser: The Knowledge Foundation
Website: www.kks.se - Full entry > THE ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL
Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:46:12 - Sam
[ December 8, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Event: The Environment Council Partners' Dinner
Volans Team: John Elkington will give a dinner address on the challenges that society and businesses face in a sustainability and CSR context, and the potential for social entrepreneurship and innovative to help forge solutions to global issues
Date of event: December 8th, 2008
Location: London, UK
Organiser: The Environment Council
Website: http://www.the-environment-council.org.uk/ - Full entry >
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