‘Community Development Solutions’
News on local, regional efforts by communities, NGOs, local businesses, banks, governments, to become more self-reliant and less dependent on global financial casinos, big banks and Wall Street. Covers local currencies, farmers markets, co-housing, Transition Towns movements, new bioregional urban re-developments and small communities.
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2013 Caring Economy Leadership & Learning Programs
We at Ethical Markets are supporters of these Caring Economy programs, and we are honored to have Riane Eisler on our Advisory Board. - Hazel Henderson, Editor Change is accelerating and together we can influence the direction it takes. The Caring Economy Campaign provides a powerful advocacy framework for building a caring society and a [...]
Six Things President Obama and the Congress Must Do to Move Toward a Sustainable Economy
With the election over, President Obama and the Congress need to turn their attention to finding long-term solutions toward building a sustainable economy. A sustainable economy is innovative?it thrives over time. It makes useful products, and it fosters broadly shared prosperity while contributing to the well-being of our communities and the [...]
It’s the Interest, Stupid! Why Bankers Rule the World
Ellen Brown http://WebofDebt.com/articles November 3, 2012 In the 2012 edition of Occupy Money released last week, Professor Margrit Kennedy writes that a stunning 35% to 40% of everything we buy goes to interest. This interest goes to bankers, financiers, and bondholders, who take a 35% to 40% cut of our GDP. That helps explain how [...]
How to change the money game for yourself (and our world)
What jumps to mind when you hear the word "money?" And even better than images you might associate with money (dollar bills, gold coins, an empty or full bank account), what do you feel? Fear? Hope? Excitement? Anger? Confusion? What would it mean for you to have a healthy, balanced and even sacred relationship with money? To have the [...]
Repopulation of countryside is essential tool to avoid major fires, Spanish experts say
Repopulation of countryside is essential tool to avoid major fires, Spanish experts say Posted: 28 Oct 2012 01:06 PM PDT A preliminary report on the major fires Valencia, Spain suggests that repopulation of the countryside is an essential tool to avoid major forest fires, and points out alternative solutions such as biological firewalls [...]
New Chair Mayor Park of Seoul spearheads energy and emissions savings plan in cities worldwide
In the run up to COP18, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, the World Mayors Council on Climate Change and Seoul Metropolitan Government hosted a number of events including a World Mayors Dialogue. The Dialogue enabled local leaders to present their success stories and exchange ideas with international and Korean stakeholders on energy, [...]
Sharing – Not Ownership?
Citiwire.net 19 October 2012 "Welcome to Citiwire.net! This week both columns – from Neal Peirce and from former Ventura, Calif., Mayor Bill Fulton – challenge old assumptions. Neal describes how, led by young adults' preference for sharing over ownership, bike- and car-sharing programs are mushrooming. And Bill makes the case that [...]
Taking the Measure of the New Metrics Conference, Philadelphia 2012
by Paul Glover For 222 years, American stock exchanges have measured success by larger numbers, regardless of capital’s social and environmental impact. The bottom line has been the top line. During recent decades, though, corporations have been kicked from behind by vigilant citizens demanding government regulations, then nudged from within [...]
Against The Grain
Farmland LP expects healthy dividends that are not correlated with oil by relying on the ultimate bio-fuel By Ellie Winninghoff While farmland is a hot alternative vehicle among institutional investors like Harvard University and TIAA-Cref, some wonder how alternative an investment it really is. " farmland is traditionally driven by [...]
New Book: 25 Examples of How Your Community Can Generate Local Energy
Dear Friend, Is it possible to "relocalize" energy? This is a critical question that must be addressed if we are to achieve true global resilience. In our brand new book (September 4, 2012), Power From the People, energy expert Greg Pahl decisively argues that the answer is YES. Power From the People is the second book in our Community [...]
