ECO Logic: Sustainable Development in the European Union – 2013 Eurostat Monitoring Report

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Sustainability News

ECOLOGIC NEWSLETTER NO 136 – JANUARY 2014   Contents: 1.      Sustainable Development in the European Union – 2013 Eurostat Monitoring Report 2.      Learning for Sustainable Agriculture: Urban Gardening in Berlin – Publication 3.      Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation on the German Coast – Publications 4.      Black Carbon Emissions from Kerosene Lamps – Publication 5.      Combating …

Convergent Globalisation for Sustainability

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Sustainability News

Convergent Globalisation for Sustainability January 31st 2014, 9.30am – 4.30pm The Create Centre, Bristol Interested in bringing together environment and development agendas? Think there is a need for considering social inequity at the same time as protecting the environment? Want to have your say on these issues? Join us to …

Showtime To Launch Landmark Climate TV Series ‘Years Of Living Dangerously’ In April

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Sustainability News

Showtime To Launch Landmark Climate TV Series ‘Years Of Living Dangerously’ In April By Joe Romm on thinkprogress.org/climate    January 13, 2014 at 5:23 pm “Showtime To Launch Landmark Climate TV Series ‘Years Of Living Dangerously’ In April“ Share: Share on facebook Share on google_plusone_share Share on email This April, Showtime will start airing its ground-breaking …

Plastics Industry Sponsors UpGyres

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Sustainability News

UPGYRES News / January 7-15, 2014   UpGyres  –  short for Upcycle the Gyres Society –   Transforming Marine Plastic Pollution into Revenue Streams In this Issue: CANADIAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY sponsors UpGyres’ energy recovery study it could be used as a blueprint for remote coastal communities worldwide INTERVENE PLUNGE INTO …

iisd: Earth Negotiations Bulletin

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Sustainable Development Update – UN Secretary-General Outlines Tasks Ahead in 2014

Jay OwenSustainability News

    A compilation of items recently posted to the Sustainable Development Policy & Practice knowledgebase Latest News – 17 December 2013 UN Secretary-General Outlines Tasks Ahead in 2014 16_December 2013: Addressing the UN press corps in an end-of-year news conference on 16 December 2013, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said 2014 will be “crucial for development,” and offered his vision for the Climate …

Sustainable Development Update – 2 December 2013 – Sustainable Development Policy & Practice

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OWG on SDGs Considers Macro-economic Policy and Energy Themes 27_November 2013: Participants at the fifth session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) addressed the thematic issues of: (a) sustained and inclusive economic growth, macroeconomic policy questions (including international trade, international financial …

Ecocities: Emerging To support humanity’s transition to the Ecozoic Era

Jay OwenSustainability News

  Greetings!   It’s been a busy year for Ecocity Builders. Program wise, we launched the EcoCitizen World Map Project with pilots now starting in Morocco, Egypt and Colombia. We’re excited about the potential for this project to replicate and grow to support other cities and citizens around the world. …

Sustainable Development Update – 26 November 2013 – Sustainable Development Policy & Practice

Jay OwenSustainability News

A compilation of items recently posted to the Sustainable Development Policy & Practice knowledgebase Latest News – 26 November 2013 UN-NGLS Publishes Policy Briefs for OWG 5 23_November 2013: Based on three consultations with civil society, the UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service (UN-NGLS) has produced two papers to inform the fifth session of the UN General Assembly’s (UNGA) Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable …

Earth Policy Institute: Moving Up the Food Chain

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Sustainability News, Trendspotting

Moving Up the Food Chain  Lester R. Brown www.earth-policy.org/books/fpep/fpepch3 Earth Policy Release Full Planet, empty plates November 25, 2013 For most of the time that human beings have walked the earth, we lived as hunter-gatherers. The share of the human diet that came from hunting versus gathering varied with geographic …