‘Advisors’ Forum’
News, reports, articles, essays on and by Ethical Markets and Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators advisors and colleagues with expertise in growing the green economy and reforming global finance.
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Financial Crisis as a Large System Change Challenge
Important study led by our Advisory Board member Dr. Steven Waddell, in which I also participated. Dr. Waddelll continues with this study, and we will report on his progress. " - Hazel Henderson, Ed February 10, 2010 If you were given 10 million euros and three to five years, how would you go about "changing the role of the financial [...]
If I Were President Obama’s Health Care Czar by Richard Lippin, MD, Wake County Physicians Magazine, Jan. 2009
Health care is complex, Mr. President. No country on this planet has completely figured it out. Click here for the rest of the article (PDF).
Citizens United
Robert A. G. Monks is one of the world's pre-eminent experts on corporate governance. We are also proud that Bob is a member of Ethical Markets Media's Advisory Board. - Hazel Henderson, - Ed. There has been a lot of very interesting press on the Citizens United decision recently. It's all the more interesting if we look back to September when [...]
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...)
Awakening Earth
by Duane Elgin, a distinguished member of the Ethical Markets Media Advisory Board Greetings and Happy New Year! As we enter this new decade, and encounter both personal and collective challenges and opportunities, I recognize that reflection, learning, and community are more important than ever. So I am starting off this new decade with a [...]
CALIFORNIA: THE PERFECT STORM
John Vasconcellos July 2009 CHAPTER 1 Recognizing the devastation impending for my beloved California and its people, my conscience no longer permits me to remain silent regarding what accounts for our current budget crisis. I was recently hospitalized with a life-threatening illness that it took doctors several days to accurately [...]
Why U.S. businesses want strong climate action in Copenhagen
Posted: 13 Dec 2009 07:02 AM PST This post, by guest blogger Mindy S. Lubber, President, Ceres, was first published here. So why are Nike, Johnson Controls and Sempra Energy sending top execs to Copenhagen to monitor the international climate talks. Read more...
FOCUS ON TRADE
Number 147, 30 November 2009 We are happy to announce the return of Focus on Trade. Over the next weeks we will bring you up-to-date reports and analysis from the WTO ministerial in Geneva, the Copenhagen climate talks, and places in-between and beyond. To kick things off, this issue marks the tenth anniversary of the “Battle of Seattle” [...]
Other News: HUMAN EXISTENCE IS AT REAL AND IMMINENT RISK
"Other News" is a personal initiative seeking to provide information that should be in the media but is not, because of commercial criteria. It welcomes contributions from everybody. Work areas include information on global issues, north-south relations, governance of globalization. The "Other News" motto is a phrase which appeared on the wall of [...]
Why the US government and American companies should lead Sustainability globally
Nikos Avlonas President, Centre for Sustainability and Excellence North America www.csenorthamerica.org In a few weeks, representatives from around the world will convene in Copenhagen, under the auspices of the United Nations, to focus on a new international agreement on climate change. This is a very important moment for the world. Read [...]
