Save the Date – for the Slow Money National Gathering

kristyCommunity Development Solutions, SRI/ESG News

The 3rd Slow Money National Gathering is on the way! We will be making major announcements about this year’s National Gathering in coming weeks, including news about our speakers and program: ** 100+ leading entrepreneurs, investors, philanthropists and activists ** 30 breakout sessions, on everything from mission-related investing by foundations …

For This Generation The Icb Is Missing A Significant Opportunity

kristyReforming Global Finance

Serious proposals and practices relating to money creation are not new and they are international, deserving of a full appraisal. Interested people, who have followed the work of the Commission, see a missing dimension in the reform of money itself. In its terms of reference, in the context of a …

How the Bailout Killed Local Lending — And How Some States Hope to Bring It Back

kristyReforming Global Finance, Community Development Solutions

How the Bailout Killed Local Lending — And How Some States Hope to Bring It Back Ellen Brown June 27, 2011 http://WebofDebt.com/articles “Wall Street banks have cut back on small business lending… [by] more than double the cutback in overall lending.… [Small business] options just keep disappearing.” -Elizabeth Warren, Chair …

First Solar DOE Loans Full Speed Ahead: 1,300MW, $4.5B

kristyGreen Prosperity

First Solar DOE Loans Full Speed Ahead: 1,300MW, $4.5B First Solar gets a very large Fourth of July present for its CdTe mega-projects. More CPV Funding: Semprius Gets $20M from Siemens, et. al. Can a new approach to chip design make concentrating photovoltaics a contender? And why the flurry of …

Greek Austerity Measures Could Violate Human Rights, Un Expert Says

kristyReforming Global Finance

GREEK AUSTERITY MEASURES COULD VIOLATE HUMAN RIGHTS, UN EXPERT SAYS New York, Jun 30 2011 4:05PM The United Nations independent expert on foreign debt and human rights warned today that the austerity measures and structural reforms proposed to solve Greece?s debt crisis may result in violations of the basic human …

Today’s Study: How Electricity Will Transition

kristyGreentech

NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines click here for main page: http://www.NewEnergyNews.net/ TODAY AT NewEnergyNews, June 30: * Today’s Study: How Electricity Will Transition * Quick News, June 30: Google On Why New Energy; Solar Looks Abroad; It’s Water Or Energyunless It’s Wind Or Pv; Doe Backs Huge Rooftop Sun Build Yesterday * …

Media Advisory-Backgrounder for the forthcoming 2011 State of the Future

kristyTrendspotting, Earth Systems Science

Pre-Publication Access to the 2011 State of the Future Publication date August 1, 2011; pre-publication text available to journalists Washington, D.C. July 1, 2011 – The 2011 State of the Future finds the world is getting richer, healthier, better educated, living longer, and is more peaceful and better connected; yet …

Recycling: A new source of indispensible ‘rare earth’ materials mined mainly in China

kristyGreentech

Alternative Energy Link to Alternative Energy * Recycling: A new source of indispensible ‘rare earth’ materials mined mainly in China * Worldwide Nuclear Industry Woes Deepen * New York Lawmakers Make Incremental Progress on Solar * Climate Change, Extreme Weather Linked At Last * Merrill dairy farmer studies feasibility of …

Felix Calls upon all of those in Charge to Start the Biggest Reforestation Programme Ever in Spain

kristyGlobal Citizen

Let’s plant a million trees in each country of the world! www.plant-for-the-planet.org Update from the Plant-for-the-Planet Children Initiative NEWS Felix Calls upon all of those in Charge to Start the Biggest Reforestation Programme Ever in Spain Prince Felipe supports “Stop talking. Start planting” Thousands of new Climate Justice Ambassadors in …