The 2018 CONAPAC environmental science and conservation workshop

LaRae LongCommunity Development Solutions, Global Citizen, Ethical Markets Review

The 2018 CONAPAC environmental science and conservation workshop for 100 Peruvian grade school teachers in the rural Amazon has been a powerful continuation to collaborative rainforest care in the state of Loreto.  It has added depth, encouragement, and international visibility to the conservation efforts that are led by teachers. In …

Thoughts on Memorial Day from Envision Solar

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen

“We echo these thoughts of our partner Envision Solar’s CEO Dennis Wheatley, in saluting and thanking all those who have sacrificed for our common future. ~Hazel Henderson and the Ethical Markets Team“   Thoughts on Memorial Day from Envision Solar Memorial Day is an annual holiday we take so that we might …

SDG Update – 24 May 2018

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Sustainability News

GUEST ARTICLES Big Data for Resilience: A New Approach to Strengthen Development Pathways? Angelica V. Ospina, Senior Researcher Resilience Program, IISD Most aspects of our lives are being reshaped by the unprecedented growth of global interconnections, including social networks. Huge quantities of digital data are produced and shared every day, …

Meghan Markle Was Already Changing the World at Age 11

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen

May 24, 2018, Newsletter Global Citizen Stories   Why Some Girls Are Hiding a Spoon in Their Underwear This plan is genius – and it’s saving lives. Find out how a simple spoon is saving girls in Sweden from forced marriages. This Country Made Public Transportation Completely Free The free transportation …

How the Enlightenment Ends by Henry A. Kissinger, May 15, 2018-?The Atlantic Daily?

LaRae LongGlobal Citizen, Wealth of Networks, Earth Systems Science

“Ethical Markets thanks NASA Chief Scientist Bushnell for flagging this thoughtful article by  Henry Kissinger, on the perils of AI and the digital revolution  driven  with little ethical or moral guidance toward largely commercial exploitation and instrumental short-term goals. We in the USA  de-capitated our capability for deeper assessment of …

My family has a Nazi past. I see that ideology returning across Europe/Congress Votes to Roll Back Dodd-Frank Regulations as Banks Make Record Profits

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen

My family has a Nazi past. I see that ideology returning across Europe Posted on 5/23/2018 Géraldine Schwarz* – The Guardian In Germany and elsewhere, younger generations are becoming indifferent to the history of fascism. This is how the far right thrives In Aistersheim, a village in north-west Austria, a pale …