May 2017 The Economy for the Common Good (ECG) is a dynamic, decentralized and global movement. We are organized at the community level in local chapters, at the regional and national level through associations and in permanent working groups or “hubs”. For the time being we will publish this newsletter …
Anti-Democracy America | Duterte & the Footsteps of Ferdinand Marcos
America’s Anti-Democracy Message to the World How President Trump’s irrepressible love for illiberal nations from Saudi Arabia to Russia hollows out the U.S. standing in the world | By By Patrick Mendis Duterte of the Philippines: In the Footsteps of Ferdinand Marcos Duterte’s declaration of martial law in Mindanao is …
Playing the Trump card
Waiting on an answer Trump’s Still Deciding Whether to Leave Paris Climate Deal President Trump hasn’t yet decided whether to keep the U.S. in the landmark Paris agreement on climate change, but is leaning toward exiting the accord, sources told Bloomberg News, following reports that Trump had already made …
Climate Risking the Trump Brand
Backing out of the U S Commitment to the 2015 UN Climate Accords signed in Paris by 195 nations, Trump himself risks derailing his own brand and Trump-branded properties worldwide. This additional unforced error, warned against by his top advisors, from Rex Tillerson, Gary Cohn and a host of corporate chiefs …
22 GOP Senators vs. World Leaders on Paris Agreement, Fossil Fuel Associations Scramble to Quit Kids Climate Lawsuit,
TOP NEWS OF THE DAY Friday, May 26, 2017 “A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.” —Gertrude Jekyll 22 GOP Senators vs. World Leaders on Paris Agreement Fossil Fuel Associations Scramble …
“Climate Risking the Trump Brand”
© 2017 Hazel Henderson Backing out of the U S Commitment to the 2015 UN Climate Accords signed in Paris by 195 nations, Trump himself risks derailing his own brand and Trump-branded properties worldwide. This additional unforced error, warned against by his top advisors, from Rex Tillerson, Gary Cohn and a …
SLI Newsletter
Spring is in the Air April ended here at the Solar Living Center with a bang! With big celebrations for 4/20 and Earth Day we were able to share our space with many wonderful people! May has brought us new interns, found us finishing our big winter project of rebuilding …
Sign up for free MOOC ! sdg digest: May 25, 2017
ENGLISH Enroll for the Free Massive Open Online Course on Greening Consumption and Production in three languages (English, Spanish and French) from 31 May through 12 July 2017. The course is hosted by UNDP, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the NBSAP Forum and The Nature Conservancy …
Actions vs. Climate Change and vs. fossil-fueled Trumpians
350.org: Actions on Climate Change and against fossil-fueled Trumpians Paul Global carbon emissions have stopped growing — now we need to make them decline. The amount of carbon pumped into the atmosphere worldwide has stopped increasing without an economic recession for the first time since records started being kept. It’s …
Trump’s Flying Circus – PS On Point
PS On Point Weekly Newsletter After US President Donald Trump’s month of scandal, and a week abroad, Brahma Chellaney, Michael Mandelbaum, Ana Palacio, and other Project Syndicate commentators provide insight into the state of America’s global leadership. Editors’ Insight FRIDAY, MAY 26, 2017Donald Trump’s Flying Circus With his mounting domestic scandals …