By Chris Nelder | Friday, November 20th, 2009 With all eyes focused on the Copenhagen climate summit in less than three weeks, perhaps its time for the peakists to find a new purpose. The reason is simple. Money isn’t interested in problems; it’s only interested in solutions. And wherever capital …
ToYou from NewEnergyNews: November 20, 2009
NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines THINGS-TO-THINK-ABOUT FRIDAY, 11-20: * OIL NOT PEAKING… * …OR IS IT? * THE REAL ANSWER: ELECTRIC TRANSPORT * CAP&TRADE – TOXIC OR TERRIFIC (1)? * CAP&TRADE – TOXIC OR TERRIFIC (2)? YESTERDAY * HEADLINE: THE POWER OF WIND AND SOLAR TOGETHER * MORE NEWS, 11-19: BUILDING EMISSIONS …
Social Investment Forum Announces Rosenthal is New Board Member
(November 17, 2009 – Washington, DC) The Social Investment Forum (SIF), the national nonprofit membership association for the socially responsible investment (SRI) industry, has announced that Clifford N. Rosenthal, President/CEO of the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions (Federation) has been elected to serve on its board of directors, …
World First: Australia Starts Training Insurance Brokers for Climate Change
CLIMATE RISK – MEDIA RELEASE Melbourne, 17th Nov 2009 Australian insurance brokers will be the first in the world to receive climate change training. The one day intensive is being rolled out nationally and will show brokers how they can assist their business customers to understand the scale of climate-related …
NewNet Clean Energy Investor Newsletter
16 Nov 2009 DEALS NEWS… PSE&G’s extends solar loan programme by $143m renewaFUEL to construct biomass facility in Michigan Power-One and Magnetek terminate supply and distribution agreement More headlines…
ToYou from NewEnergyNews: November 17, 2009
NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines * TODAY’S HEADLINE: THE GOOD THING ABOUT THE RECESSION (IF YOU WANT SOLAR ENERGY) SUNDAY WORLD, 11-15: * JAPAN SURGES IN RACE FOR SPACE-BASED SUN * WIND ON SALE IN BRAZIL * INDIA TO MEET THE CHINA SUN CHALLENGE * AUSTRALIA INVESTS IN WAVES * BULGARIAN WIND …
ITUC OnLine – Climate Change: Realism Must Also Mean Ambition
Brussels, 17 November 2009 (ITUC OnLine): ): With governments downplaying prospects for December’s UN climate summit and the chances of a binding agreement receding fast, the international trade union movement has called on governments to go to Copenhagen ready to make decisions that will put the world on an unequivocal …
New Funding Initiatives for Microenterprise Development Organizations
Time to step back and reassess your plan for sustainability and growth? I recommend you check out the following three capacity building initiatives, funded by the SBA, to help microenterprise development organizations increase sustainability and achieve new levels of growth. Participation is free, but space is limited to leaders that …
Social Venture Network
Thank you all who attended our Fall Conference in La Jolla last month. From the networking circles to the plenary sessions to the Innovation Awards Ceremony, this conference exemplified the best of SVN. We’ve been happy to hear about all the professional and personal connections that resulted from our gathering. …
NACEDA and Root Change are proud to announce Managing Neighborhood Change’s (MNC) Collaborative Competition Interactive Website
NACEDA’s Managing Neighborhood Change Collaborative Competitions (click here to learn more) are intended to facilitate the unearthing, aggregation, and promotion of tools and strategies used by organizations across the country working to achieve equitable community revitalization. We are currently accepting submissions and comments for the first competition, “Data Collection and …