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A Walk Around the Isabella Plantation

John Elkington · 28 March 2010 · Leave a Comment

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After finishing the first full draft of the GRI report, and completing the latest round of five media columns, Elaine and I drove – though the Volvo needed a jump-start, having been left undriven for many moons – to the Isabella Plantation. Faint scent of skunk cabbage and occasional buzz of pollinators as we walked around. Some spawn visible, bit not much. Wondered whether the ducks eat it? This evening, I worked on the slides for the Lisbon conference on Tuesday.

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I began this blog with an entry reporting on a visit to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Cape Cod, on 30 September 2003. The blog element of the website has gone through several iterations since, with much of the older material still available.

Like so many things in my life, blog entries blur the boundaries between the personal and the professional. As explained on this site’s Home Page, the website and the blog are part platform for ongoing projects, part autobiography, and part accountability mechanism.

In addition, my blogs have appeared on many sites such as: Chinadialogue, CSRWire, Fast Company, GreenBiz, Guardian Sustainable Business, and the Harvard Business Review.

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John Elkington is a world authority on corporate responsibility and sustainable development. He is currently Founding Partner and Executive Chairman of Volans, a future-focused business working at the intersection of the sustainability, entrepreneurship and innovation movements.

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