For me, a graffito in Bogotá captures the way ideas are captured in hard or soft cages, including books
I have been lucky enough to be asked to contribute chapters, articles and forewords to many different books and reports over the years. Among those that stick out in my mind is the chapter I wrote on the London Thames for The English Landscape (2000). That was a real pleasure to write, given my passion for flowing water and its myriad influences.
Otherwise, this section is now almost a decade out-of-date, so it is a priority to update before long …
2005
Debating Globalization
Chapter 10, Globalization’s Reality Check
David Held (Editor)
McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-142954-9, Polity Press
ISBN 0-7456-3524-5 (hb), 0-7456-3525-3 (pb)
Bryanston Reflections: Et Nova et Vetera
This river runs through me,
Angela Holdsworth (editor), pages 151-152,
Third Millennium Publishing, ISBN 1-903942 38 1
2004
Societal and Environmental Reporting
John Elkington and Peter Zollinger
Chapter 10 Governance and Risk: An Analytical Handbook for Investors, Managers, Directors & Stakeholders
George Dallas (Editor)
McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-142954-9
The Triple Bottom Line: Does It All Add Up?
Edited by Adrian Henriques and Julie Richardson
2002
‘Economy’ in Our World in Focus: Moving Towards a Sustainable Future
Vision on Publishing and Earth Pledge Foundation
ISBN 1 903399 68 8
Illustrated with remarkable photographs from the legendary photographers’ cooperative Magnum Photos, the book contains essays by the likes of The Dalai Lama, Queen Noor and Maurice Strong. My short essay looked at the prospects for ‘The Chrysalis Economy’.
The Triple Bottom Line
Business: The Ultimate Resource
Bloomsbury Publishing, London
2000
London and the Thames
The English Landscape
Profile Books, London, ISBN 1 86197 113 3
Fantasy Feast 2000: The Fantasy Millennium Parties of the Rich, the Powerful, the Intriguing and the Celebrated
Hector Proud and Idea Generation for Save the Children
ISBN 1 84159 000 2
The idea was that hundreds of “leading personalities” would introduce their ideas for their Millennium parties for 31 December 1999. Those contributing included: Jeffrey Archer, Boy George, Joan Collins, Barry Humphries, Monica Lewinsky, Ozzy Osbourne, Margaret Thatcher, Peter Ustinov—and Dennis the Menace. John’s contribution to Fantasy Feast can be read here.
1999
Boardroom Barometer Survey
John Elkington and Francesca van Dijk
The Sustainable Development Agenda 1999
Environmental Strategy/Campden Publishing Ltd, London
ISBN 1 898750 48 3
1998
Accounting for the Triple Bottom Line
John Elkington and Niklas Kreander
The Sustainable Development Agenda 1998
Environmental Strategy/Campden Publishing Ltd, London
ISBN 1 898750 40 8
1996
Environmental Accounting, Reporting and Benchmarking
Towards Corporate Environmental Excellence: The Role of Business in Sustainable Development
Edited by Teoh Cheng Hai and Martin Abraham for the Global 500 Forum and Golden Hope Plantations Berhad
ISBN 983 99160 0 9
1989
The Natural House Book: Creating a Healthy, Harmonious and Ecologically Sound Home Environment
Foreword for this book by David Pearson, Simon & Schuster.
1984
Gaia: An Atlas of Planet Management
Anchor Press/Doubleday & Company, New York, 1984—co-editor on this Gaia Books publication, whose general editor was Dr Norman Myers
1984
Environment Special Report: Poisons—To Bury or to Burn?
Encyclopaedia Britannica Book of the Year, 1984
ISBN 0 85229 417 4
