Archive for October, 2009
Ethos/UniEthos Sustainable Report
Posted October 26, 2009 This is the first Sustainability Report by Ethos Institute and UniEthos. It was drafted on the basis of Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines and is the result of both the stakeholders’ process of engagement and the identification of the organizations’ material concerns. Although such action qualified this [...]
P2P Foundation
Posted October 24, 2009 The economic rationale for ‘collaborative goods’: complementing Ostrom Mark Cooper could easily have been the third leg of the stool of the recent Nobel Prize for economics, which rewarded research into the economic rationale of non-market modes. (more...)
Qualitative Growth
A conceptual framework for finding solutions to our current crisis that are economically sound, ecologically sustainable, and socially just. By Fritjof Capra and Hazel Henderson Click on image for full monograph.
Meeting the Climate Challenge
Achievable gains in energy efficiency, renewable energy, forest conservation, and sustainable land use worldwide could achieve up to 75 percent of needed global emissions reductions in 2020 at a net savings of $14 billion. These actions, along with additional investments in climate adaptation, would deliver a wide range of economic, security, and [...]
Untold Billions: Fossil-Fuel Subsidies, Their Impacts and the Path to Reform
UNTOLD BILLIONS: FOSSIL-FUEL SUBSIDIES, THEIR IMPACTS AND THE PATH TO REFORM
Global Marshall Plan News 10/2009
Posted October 23, 2009 A Global Marshall Plan to stop the war in Afghanistan World Commons Forum in Salzburg The prize of a new era of co-operation The Commons Revolution 10 Requests and Appeals to the G20 Government Leaders "Stop talking. Start planting." presented to a European audience Tree planting activities in 15 [...]
Seeking Alpha Alternative Energy Headlines
Posted October 23, 2009 MEMC to Buy SunEdison by Greentech Media A Month After Its IPO, A123 Systems Is Still Rising by Greentech Media National Semi Buys Energy Recommerce by Greentech Media SunPower Gives Optimistic Outlook for 2010, Plans to Launch Gen 3 Cell by Greentech Media Under the Hood with Ford’s Electric Cars by Greentech [...]
Scientific American November Issue Alert: A Path to Sustainable Energy by 2030
How the Internet is Changing the Way We Will Watch TV The Internet stands ready to upend the television viewing experience, but exactly how is a matter of considerable dispute The Long-Lost Siblings of the Sun The sun was born in a family of stars. What became of them? The Future of Cars Industry leaders look way down the road
Energy & Capital: The World’s Biggest Polluter Goes Green
By Christian A. DeHaemer | Friday, October 23rd, 2009 China has a big problem. Anyone who has been to Beijing, or watched the 2008 Olympic Games, knows that China suffers under a large, black cloud of soot and smog. Read more...
ASrIA invites you to attend a briefing by Jane Sadler
Posted October 23, 2009 Join us for the launch of the ASrIA Philanthropic Investment Portal. The event will include a presentation on philanthropic investment by Jane Sadler, lead consultant on this project, as well as an introduction to the Portal. Learn how the Portal can help you make a positive impact and achieve satisfying and effective [...]
