“In 2011, I attended the EcoFarm Conference for the first time, thanks to my Scholarship. It was there that I met one of my most important customers. At the time I had nowhere to sell and didn’t know who to approach. While attending a Marketing to Retail workshop, I got …
Is Per-Capita Electricity Use Permanently Flat in the U.S.?
I celebrated the U.S. holiday last week with family and hope you had a great one, whether or not you were eating turkey. I also took enough time to publish this chart on per capita electricity use in the U.S., with decade trendlines back to the 1960s. We’ve made remarkable …
An antidote to fast living
An antidote to fast living The practice of mindfulness is one that has spread across Europe and America in recent years, partly through the teachings of Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh. Because of the slowing down that mindfulness encourages, it has come to be seen as the antidote to our …
Read ten new essays on land rights struggles around the world.
Read ten new essays on land rights struggles around the world. Keeping Land Local A new issue of the “Land Struggles” Series We’re pleased to announce the launch of the third issue of the “Land Struggles” briefing paper series from Focus on the Global South, the Land Research Action Network, …
IMTFI Annual Conference For Funded Researchers 2014 December 10-11, 2014
IMTFI Annual Conference For Funded Researchers 2014 December 10-11, 2014 This conference brings together the institute’s sixth-year award recipients who will present their preliminary findings. As more and more philanthropic, industry, and development actors ask whether mobile technology can help provide access to needed financial services like savings and money …
How EcoFarm Supported an Aspiring Farmer’s Path to Success
“In 2011, I attended the EcoFarm Conference for the first time, thanks to my Scholarship. It was there that I met one of my most important customers. At the time I had nowhere to sell and didn’t know who to approach. While attending a Marketing to Retail workshop, I got …
Wall Street Journal Reports: Bank of North Dakota Outperforms Wall Street
Ethical Markets is proud to have lawyer Ellen Brown on our distinguished global Advisory Board and I’m equally proud to serve on the Advisory Board of the Public Banking Institute , Hazel Henderson, Editor Wall Street Journal Reports: Bank of North Dakota Outperforms Wall Street While 49 state treasuries …
6 Essentials for the Sharing Economy – in Cartoon Form
Video of the week: 6 Essentials for the Sharing Economy – in Cartoon Form Upcoming Events Check out more events here. Post your event here. The Art of Commoning November 6 (All day) 4801, avenue Pierre-De Coubertin Montréal Quebec H1V 3V4 Canada The Sharing Economy: Disrupting the Disruptors… …
Want to Solve Climate Change? Tackle Inequality.
Want to Solve Climate Change? Tackle Inequality. How will we get into the doughnut: the safe and just sweet spot between social and planetary boundaries. > POLICY 32 US Cities Commit to Community-owned Broadband Internet Access. The cutting edge bipartisan initiative is designed to help cities create their own …
Currencies tackling inequality in Europe
View this email in your browser Currencies tackling inequality in Europe Next month the CCIA partnership will be shining a spotlight on how community currencies can address health and income inequalities. Join us for a one day conference in the Cardiff Millennium Centre hosted by our Time Credit specialist partner Spice. Friday 14th Nov 2014, …