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It’s amazing how much of life has migrated online: I think I took this picture at the VW Museum in Germany

I started tweeting in 2009, as @volansjohn, and find Twitter an endless source of fascination and useful information.

The Bright Side Of Life

6 May 2023

Miserable weather for a Coronation, but Elaine and I went across to Richmond this morning: partly to have our ears looked into, partly to escape a local street party featuring karaoke (which was then postponed anyway); partly to get away from the constant hammering as our roof is stripped and renewed; partly to visit bookshops […]

What’s The Plural Of Tardis?

29 April 2023

The Volans team clambered aboard two of (Sir) Tim Smit’s time machines this week: The Lost Gardens of Heligan beamed us back into a sustainable version of the past, while The Eden Project transported us into a version of a sustainable future. Along the way, I found myself pondering what the plural of Tardis might […]

Regenerating Eden

25 April 2023

Delighted to see my interview with Dr Azzam Alwash of Nature Iraq appearing in @worldofTOPIA today: https://worldoftopia.com/john-elkington-nature-iraq-azzam-alwash-conversation/…. Stems from our Green Swans Observatory fact-finding process.

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