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All of my books to date have been written in the back study of our family home in Barnes. At least one, The Green Consumer Guide, was written with builders’ feet crashing through the ceiling above our heads – Julia (Hailes) and I wrote back to back at that point, with desks facing opposing walls. The books listed here have been categorised under four headings: business; consumer and lifestyle; science and technology; and other. I’m not really sure where the latest book would fall. Written with Pamela Hartigan, Managing Director of The Schwab Foundation (www.schwabfound.org), it is published by Harvard Business School Press [http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu]. The focus this time around is on social and environmental entrepreneurs—and on what they can teach mainstream business people and government policy-makers.

Business:

The Ecology of Tomorrow’s World (1980). – More

The Green Capitalists (1987).

Green Pages (1988).

The Green Business Guide (1991).

Cannibals with Forks (1997).

The Chrysalis Economy (2001).

The Power of Unreasonable People (2008).

Consumer and lifestyle:

The Green Consumer Guide (1988).

The Green Consumer’s Supermarket Shopping Guide (1989).

The Young Green Consumer’s Guide (1990).

Holidays That Don’t Cost the Earth (1992).

Manual 2000 (1998).

The New Foods Guide (2001).

Science and technology

(which invariably also has business dimensions):

Sun Traps (1984).

The Poisoned Womb (1985).

The Gene Factory (1985).

Other: To date, there is only one book in this category:

A Year in the Greenhouse (1990)

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Women’s Forum, Paris

29 October 2025

Genuinely thrilled to be speaking at the 20th edition of the Women’s Forum for the Economy & Society in Paris, which runs 6-7 November, https://www.womens-forum.com/. And particularly delighted to share the stage with Rebecca Henderson.

Samarkand And The Legacy Of Ulugh Beg

27 October 2025

One of the most memorable things I saw in Samarkand was a skull showing intentional distortion, presumably as a display of status, dating from the 7th–8th century. It was on display at the Afrasiab Museum – and was found at the ancient settlement of Afrasiab, once the location of ancient Samarkand. I confess, Indiana Jones and […]

Bukhara Is A Blaze Of Creativity

27 October 2025

In retrospect, Bukhara was probably our favourite Silk Road city. But then we arrived in the midst of a Biennal artistic festival, with all sorts of weird and wonderful exhibits scattered across town. And our hotel was smack bang in the centre of the city, which was a gift. We visited many of the key […]

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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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