UN’s Highest Policy-Making Body to Break Male Domination- Momentarily Thalif Deen The 193-member General Assembly – one of the highest policy-making bodies at the United Nations – will get a much-needed break, come September, when a woman will preside over its 73rd session, only the fourth in the history of …
Celebration of Founding Anniversary-Club of Rome April 7, 1968
“Ethical Markets salutes the Club of Rome on its 50th Anniversary. Its famous commissioned report to M.I.T. in 1972 “The Limits to Growth” , whose lead author was the celebrated systems theorist Donella Meadows. electrified me as a young journalist and aspiring futurist! I wrote about the implications of this …
Good News on Sustainable Finance
“Ethical Markets Media congratulates the team at the UNEP Inquiry and is happy to learn that all their good work in driving financial markets toward greener, more sustainable models is continuing. We’ll be with you all the way! ~Hazel Henderson, Editor” Tomorrow, the Inquiry brand will come to the completion …
Power Needs to Be Restored to Internet Users
Power Needs to Be Restored to Internet Users Posted on 3/29/2018 By Micah L. Sifry – The Nation The problem is bigger than Facebook In the summer of 2012, a group of scholars at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania led by Joseph Turow put out a …
April programs in full bloom
UPCOMING EVENTS APRIL 2018 Monday, Apr. 2 | 6 p.m. Hate and Understanding in an Era of Polarization Pugh Hall Ocora The Center for Global Islamic Studies will be hosting an open discussion on hate and its consequences at the Bob Graham Center on April 2 at 6 p.m. in …
Move beyond sustainability to regenerative solutions, Join us at ReGen18
Where: Impact Hub San Francisco When: May 1 – 4, 2018 How can we build regenerative systems that work for all people and the planet? Join in this vital conversation at ReGen18, May 1 – 4 at Impact Hub San Francisco. Focusing on regenerative agriculture, urbanism, networks, and innovative …
EESI Update — Priority for 2018: Climate Action for our National Security
EESI’s Top 2017 Achievements A Puerto Rican family signals it needs help following Hurricane Maria. Photo credit: U.S. Customs and Border Protection 2017 was an important year. We engaged with a new Congress and a new Administration — and expanded our technical assistance work with rural utilities throughout the …
News from The Fuji Declaration ~ March 2018
Conscious Business Innerprise ignites the Divine Spark For a Flourishing World by Steve Farrell, President and Worldwide Executive Director for Humanity’s Team Just what is required to transform an unconscious business to a conscious state? In 2015 Humanity’s Team formed the Conscious Business Innerprise (CBI), a unit that focuses on accelerating the …
True & Fake News
“Ethical Markets recommends this important study in Science on the Spread of True and False News Online. Turns out false news travels many times faster! ~Hazel Henderson, Editor” SOCIAL SCIENCE The spread oftrue andfalse newsonline Soroush Vosoughi,1 Deb Roy,1 Sinan Aral2* We investigated the differential diffusion of all of the …
Auto-enrolment pension savers could face significant losses due to poor climate risk practice
“Ethical Markets recommends this important report and salutes Client Earth and Share action for their leadership. ~Hazel Henderson, Editor” Auto-enrolment pension savers could face significant losses due to poor climate risk practice A new report by ClientEarth and ShareAction has revealed that millions of pension savers, including those signed …