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John Elkington

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JE Jochen + Clean Up 2

My co-author Jochen Zeitz campaigns even when he’s in his kitchen

No single skill has shaped my working life more than writing. I began the process fairly early, writing short stories at prep school and reading them out to the other boys when (as some form of class monitor) I was meant to be keeping them quiet in the after-lunch rest period. 

I once tried to calculate how many words I had written, ending up somewhere in the millions. The key thing, though, is what impact the words have on their readers. What follows is a brief survey of the books, reports, articles and blogs I have produced, with a sub-section devoted to each. Of these, the books have been the biggest challenge—and the greatest learning opportunities. I truly feel most alive, regardless of what I happen to be doing at the time, when I am in the process of research and writing a new book.

Finally, a couple of images from the earlier version of this website, from inside the walls of the book factory:

Incubator: The back study in Barnes where I have written 17 books to date—and where Julia and I wrote back-to-back for several years.

Incubator: The back study in Barnes where I have written most of my books to date—and where Julia (Hailes) and I wrote back-to-back for several years. With my encouragement, Elaine has now colonised this study, so I now tend to write in the kitchen and wherever else I can find a comfortable chair.
Wordboarding: A Geoff Grandfield cartoon that hangs on our walls sums up one part of my life

Wordboarding: A Geoff Grandfield cartoon hangs on our walls, summing it up

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Mudlark

2 February 2023

Walking home across Waterloo Bridge this evening, with Chinese students all around, I caught sight of this mudlark on the Thames foreshore, in front of the South Bank complex. One of those moments.

Manic Tuesday

31 January 2023

Have rather fallen out of the habit of posting here, partly because have been finishing off the new book, Running Up The Down Escalator, and partly because 2023 has taken off like a rocket. Today was somewhat typical in that respect, with Elaine reminding me at 06.30 that I should be at a Pi Capital […]

We Are What We Read

21 December 2022

We are what we read, they say, and sometimes it’s true. Just notified about a new series of Neste interviews on what we read. Mine here: https://lnkd.in/ePWHkEWw. Marcius Extavour here: https://lnkd.in/eiqSQcpQ. And Geoffrey Weston‘s here: https://lnkd.in/eQM3dUcq. All members of the Neste advisory council on sustainability and new markets, which I chair. Happy holidays and new years, all.

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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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