Archive for January, 2010
An Appeal to the Time Banking Community and to Groups Seeking to Rebuild Haiti
Edgar Cahn, Jan. 16, 2009 Edgar Cahn is a member of the Ethical Markets Advisory Board in the area of Socially Responsible Investing. If ever there was a time when Time Banking and other local currencies make sense, it is now, to rebuild Haiti. Haiti needs to find a way to do two things: (more...)
Sustainable production a “must” not an “option”
We at Ethical Markets get asked our opinion on lots of things all the time. Sometimes the questioner likes our response, sometimes not. Either way, it's worth the mental exercise. Here's my response to The NRF, A United Nations Sustainable Development Journal, inviting replies to the following question for the Viewpoints section of the February [...]
OBAMA FINALLY GETS IT ON WALL STREET
Over the past year, America has faced the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, leaving millions of Americans struggling with unemployment, businesses failing, home prices falling, and savings plummeting. Read more...
the Ecologist: The open-source hydrogen car set to change the auto industry
The open-source hydrogen car set to change the industry How green are tetrapak food cartons? They're becoming more and more common - wrapped around everything from milk to chickpeas. But just how environmentally friendly are composite cartons compared to the good, old-fashioned tin or jar? • A guide to buying next generation LED [...]
The Baseline Scenario
Commission to the Rescue! How Supposed Free-Market Theorists Destroyed Free-Market Theory One More Thing...
Energy & Capital: How Saving Energy Is Returning Billions
One of the principals of Ethical markets has a position in Eneroc - Ed. By Nick Hodge | Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 By now you've heard about energy efficiency — also called negawatts or the "Fifth Fuel" — and the big splash it's making in the market. Boiled down to bare essentials, energy efficiency is hot for one single reason: it [...]
Greentech Media: Abu Dhabi – Land of Construction and Chaos
A Megawatt Heat Beam For Solar Thermal Beam me down, Scotty, into a tank of liquid calcium. NanoH2O to Change the Economics of Desalination “It all comes down to the performance of the membrane.” Abu Dhabi: Land of Construction and Chaos The Masdar Initiative is not some sort of intellectual status symbol: the government wants to [...]
NGO CALLS TO REFORM EUROPE’S FINANCIAL EXPERT GROUPS
http://www.euractiv.com/en/financial-services/ngo-calls-barnier-reform-eu-financial-expert-groups/article-189035 "The European Commission should reform the way it takes advice on financial matters and it cannot do that without bringing about a deep change in its financial expert groups," Yiorgos Vassalos, a researcher at the Corporate Europe [...]
Get Out of Bed With the Bankers, Mr. President
Mr. President, The signal from Massachusetts' special election is clear: a major course correction is required to move forward your agenda over the next three years. Read more on Huffington Post...
Energy & Capital
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 Dear Energy and Capital Reader, If you pay a utility bill... you need to read the following report. Day after day, I talk to friends and colleagues who are furious about their high energy bills. And they're all looking for something to do about it. Luckily, there's a product out there that's already helped [...]
