Stephen Zarlenga speaking in Boston Area April 15th

kristyReforming Global Finance

Dear Friends of the American Monetary Institute, Are you in the Boston area on April 15th? Meet Stephen Zarlenga and better understand why our money system requires reform and how to do it! Let your friends know they can attend. AMI Director Stephen Zarlenga will give a free monetary seminar, …

ECLAC – Economic Policies Must Consider Unpaid Work of Women – Need Data

kristyBeyond GDP

“With thanks to our Advisory Board member, futurist Rosa Alegria” http://www.eclac.cl/notes/70/EnFoco_1.html ECLAC – United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, has 44 member States and 8 non-independent territories in the Caribbean, and reports to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). It is one of five regional …

Green Job Moves: Carbon War Room, Serious, B&W, Nth Power, Switch Lighting

kristyGreentech

Green Job Moves: Carbon War Room, Serious, B&W, Nth Power, Switch Lighting Eric Wesoff – April 6, 2012 Jigar Shah replaced by José María Figueres Olsen, former President of Costa Rica; Kevin Surace no longer CEO of Serious Whatever. GTM’s Solar Summit to Provide Strategic Guidance to an Industry in …

Planning for freedom–History is full of radical experiments that were meant to change the world but ended up backfiring badly.

kristyTrendspotting

Report The future of energy – and of the EU gas market Thursday 5 April 2012 Planning for freedom History is full of radical experiments that were meant to change the world but ended up backfiring badly. Could such a fate be in store for the European gas market? It …

New World Bank president: what’s on the agenda?

kristyReforming Global Finance

Bretton Woods Update No. 80 March/April 2012 New World Bank president: what’s on the agenda? An unprecedented competition for the presidency of the World Bank, with two highly experienced developing country candidates nominated in addition to the US candidate, has raised demands for reform of the Bank’s approach to middle-income …

Tough battle ahead on EU energy efficiency law

kristySRI/ESG News

Tough battle ahead on EU energy efficiency law Legislation to improve energy efficiency in the EU is facing a long, tough battle, with observers describing the draft law as bloated, ?a mess? and unlikely to pass. More >>> Carbon market value to slump in 2012 ? BNEF The value of …

Grid-scale Energy Storage: Lux Predicts $113.5 Billion in Global Demand by 2017

kristyGreentech

——————————————————————————– Grid-scale Energy Storage: Lux Predicts $113.5 Billion in Global Demand by 2017 Posted: 04 Apr 2012 03:50 AM PDT John Petersen Last month Lux Research released a bottom-up evaluation of the cost effectiveness of eight energy storage technologies in six grid-scale applications throughout 44 countries, including all 50 U.S. …