Tweets

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.

Westward Ho!

17 October 2021

Don’t do this at home. Elaine and I tried eating yew berries – or at least their golden flesh – this afternoon. But we made REALLY sure to spit out the seeds – even one can be fatal, apparently. Delicious, though. We were visiting a friend from seriously long ago, namely the early 1970s, when […]

Podcast With Simon Longstaffe Of Sydney’s Ethics Centre

13 October 2021

I am rather pleased with this text and audio version of my interview with Simon Longstaffe of The Ethics Centre: https://ethics.org.au/john-elkington-on-business-sustainability-and-ethics/. A good capture of how I got there I am – and where I think things may now be headed.

Grandfathering

2 October 2021

As my eye continues to improve, as attested by a follow-up visit to Moorfields Eye Hospital this week, I’m beginning to see a bit more of the world. On Saturday, Elaine and I trundled across to Hackney for lunch with Hania, Jake and Gene, and Gaia. Glorious. And delightful, post lockdown(s), to have future generations […]

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