A compilation of items recently posted to the Sustainable Development Policy & Practice knowledgebase Latest News – 16 April 2014 IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings Emphasize Climate Change, Sustainable Development 13_April_2014: The Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group (WBG) brought together officials, …
Fellowships, contests, and job listings, oh my!
Spring has sprung, and budding along with the flowers are opportunities for professional development, fellowships, publication of research, and youth contests. Be sure to check out the ‘More Opportunities’ section below, and e-mail us [email protected] your own contests, events, and calls for contributions. We’ll help you get the word out! …
Koch net worth hits $100 billion as Supreme Court lifts limits on cash for Congress
Koch net worth hits $100 billionas Supreme Court lifts limits on cash for Congress Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index shows Charles and David Koch’s combined net worth as now surpassing the $100 billion benchmark, far beyond Bill Gates’ $79 billion, Sheldon Adelson’s $36 billion, George Soros’s $26 billion, and Tom …
Alternative Energy: More Renewable Energy Needed To Avoid Catastrophic Climate Change
Alternative Energy More Renewable Energy Needed To Avoid Catastrophic Climate Change Posted: 17 Apr 2014 03:00 AM PDT Filed under: Energy News Brits: We Prefer Onshore Wind Farms Over Fracking Posted: 17 Apr 2014 02:00 AM PDT Filed under: Energy News Bernstein: Utilities Have 4 Choices In Solar Revolution (None …
Financial Reform Newsletter – April 16, 2014 – Financial Reform, the SEC and Better Markets Winning in the Courts.
Financial Reform Newsletter April 16, 2014 Financial Reform, the SEC and Better Markets Winning in the Courts. Wall Street’s too-dangerous-to-fail banks and their many allies have been trying to kill, gut or weaken financial reform by filing numerous lawsuits claiming that every rule must be subjected to what …
Platform Launches to Crowdfund Agricultural Campaigns
Harvest Funders Hopes to Power Agricultural Campaigns — While most of the popular crowdfunding campaigns are glitzy gadgets or creative projects, the new funding method can be used for much more. We profile Harvest Funders, a crowdfunding platform for agriculture. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS The Advantages of Crowdsourced Testing We reached …
The CVS Effect in Action: Customers Speak — Avon, Honeymaid, Mozilla, Chili’s Respond
In earlier articles, I asked whether consumers will back up brands that makes decisions “because it’s the right thing to do” over pure profit motives. My bet is that these decisions will be rewarded by consumers as it become more normal for companies to make bold pro-health and pro-environmental choices. Here …
Energy Storage: the Next Charge for Distributed Energy.
By John Farrell, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, March 2014 Energy storage promises to change the electricity system during the next decade, as fundamentally as distributed renewable energy has in the last decade. A new report from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Energy Storage: The Next Charge for Distributed Energy, forecasts …
NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines: TODAY’S STUDY: NEW ENERGY POSSIBILITIES – THE MICHIGAN EXAMPLE
NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines www.NewEnergyNews.net/ TODAY AT NewEnergyNews, April 16: * TODAY’S STUDY: NEW ENERGY POSSIBILITIES – THE MICHIGAN EXAMPLE * QUICK NEWS, April 16: THE RACE AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE; THE FAST RISING POTENTIAL OF U.S. NEW ENERGY; BIG TEXAS WIND SHRINKS ELECTRICITY MRKT PRICE YESTERDAY * THE STUDY: THE MONEY IN …
Review Of ‘The Second Machine Age’
Summary Hazel Henderson’s perspective on the recently published book, ‘The Second Machine Age’ by Erik Byrynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee, authors of Race Against the Machine. Explores the role of digitization in finance, economics and the economy. Lauds authors’ break from traditional “economism” while questioning their faith in silicon valley. Erik …