‘Beyond GDP’
Tracks efforts in many countries to correct national money-based accounts and scorecards of progress, e.g., GDP. Covers new scorecards beyond money and economics which use systems approaches to quality of life measure by multiple metrics from many sciences and disciplines. These indicators add tracking health, education, poverty gaps and environment.
Relates to: Transforming Finance, GTS, Wealth of Networks, EM TV Series, EM-Globescan surveys, Reports You Need
Europe takes important steps towards going beyond GDP
Newsletter Europe takes important steps towards going beyond GDP July 2011 French and German versions of this newsletter will be posted on the website before 25 July 2011. An important step was taken beginning of June towards measuring progress in the EU on a broader basis than GDP alone, when the European Parliament (EP) adopted its [...]
Event Summary: Crunch Time for Carbon Reporting
Event Summary: Crunch Time for Carbon Reporting Tuesday 7th June 2011 Lord Chidgey opened the meeting on behalf of the All Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group and the Aldersgate Group (AG). He thanked the sponsors, Carbon Systems. Mike Anderson, Director General of Defra, acknowledged the "keen interest from the Aldersgate Group and [...]
Report on EUROSTAT Conference on “Statistics for Policymaking: Europe 2020″
Report on EUROSTAT Conference on "Statistics for Policymaking: Europe 2020" By Lisa Cowan, EMBA, Ethical Markets European Correspondent The 2011 annual gathering of Europe’s key statisticians and policy makers was held in Brussels, March 2011. The conference was opened by Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, who [...]
The Changing Wealth of Nations: Measuring Sustainable Development in the New Millenium
Save 30% when you order this title before February 2 online. Enter code ECWNX3 when you check out. This book is the latest report by the World Bank to estimate comprehensive wealth—including produced, natural, and human/ institutional assets—for over 100 countries. This ground-breaking report presents wealth accounts for 1995, 2000, and [...]
Former UK Premier Gordon Brown to speak on financial stability at UNEP FI Global Roundtable
Former UK Prime Minister and current Member of Parliament Gordon Brown will address global financial leaders during the UNEP FI Global Roundtable meeting on financial sustainability to take place in Washington D.C. this October. Mr Brown, widely respected as the global leader who rallied the world's financial policy-makers to respond [...]
The New-Economy Movement
may 2011 NEN member Gar Alperovitz has just published an article, "The New Economy Movement", in the Nation. Gar, who works with the Democracy Collaborative to support worker cooperatives and new forms of ownership, provided an over view of key players in the emerging new economy movement as well as an assessment of our strengths and weaknesses. [...]
OECD Launches Your Better Life Index
To Hazel Henderson: "With today's announcement that the OECD (of all institutions) is going 'beyond GDP' with the launch of its Better Life Index, I wanted to congratulate you and other 'new economists' on this significant milestone towards saner economics... Hazel, please take a moment today to sit down and feel good about your life work." [...]
Interview with new Green Party governor in Baden-Württemberg (state) Germany
Thanks to Paul Ray! Here is an interview with the first rational politician I have discovered; by which I mean someone who understands that we need a new economic model, one that puts the health and functionality of both the people and the environment first, and then seeks to figure out how to make a profit within those parameters. Compare [...]
Un Chief Urges Change In Resource Consumption Patterns
UN CHIEF URGES CHANGE IN RESOURCE CONSUMPTION PATTERNS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT New York, May 13 2011 7:05PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the need for fundamental changes in humanity's resource consumption patterns and values, saying the planet's natural environment is under unprecedented pressure with far-reaching social [...]
China tries again at green planning
with thanks to Ellen Brown ,JD of our Advisory Board!! China tries again at green planning By Eve Cary China's environmental problems are apparent to any visitor, and the statistics are striking: the nation is home to 20 of the world's 30 most polluted cities, 90% of its rivers and lakes are polluted. Yet, the central government's efforts [...]
