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Patmos And St John’s Apocalypse

John Elkington · 31 May 2022 · Leave a Comment

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse have always haunted my imagination as I worked over the decades on the limits to growth and the looming climate and biodiversity emergencies. But it wasn’t until today that I learned that the famous Pale Horse was actually a Green Horse back in the day.

The identity of my namesake saint, John – the Patmos variety being variously known as the Revelator, the Divine and the Theologian – appears to be the subject of some considerable dispute. What we do seem to know is that the Patmos variant, whoever he may have been, wrote the Book of Revelation – an account of an apocalyptic future. A fuller description of this St John’s Four Horsemen can be found here.

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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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