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Green Swans Land In Istanbul

John Elkington · 8 May 2024 · Leave a Comment

The stage is set
The book has landed
I call Osman into the frame, outside the Scala bookshop
Osman and I
Rubbing shoulders with Nietzsche
Osman Şenkul
White vans, red flags and a mosque that is younger than it looks
Old and new
I like the cat sign in the background
Somehow, I become Ned Kelly
Is he police?
Wedding party – among a profusion of wedding parties
Balloons to be shot at, for a price

To Istanbul on Monday, to keynote a GPAS conference on investing in the green economy. Picked up from the airport by Osman Şenkul of Scala Publishing, who have produced the Turkish edition of Green Swans. Wonderfully warm response that reminds me of Brazil – and the book goes to everyone attending.

I do a signing session – and then Osman kidnaps me and we walk around the Asian side of the city, involving a fascinating walk along a street of richly tree endowed embassies, before taking a ferry and spending a delightful evening in a fish restaurant that he frequents. Have a strange feeling that I will be back here before too long. Have already had one request to talk at a Fast Company event here in the autumn.

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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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