“This new report from Lancet Commission’s large group of scientists corroborates the importance of shifting from raising livestock for meat diets, which is proven injurious to both human and planetary health, that we clearly demonstrated in our Green Transition Scoreboard® for 2018: “CAPTURING CO2 WHILE IMPROVING HUMAN NUTRITION & HEALTH“ …
Bloomberg Businessweek,”Jeremy Grantham’s $1 Billion Plan to Fight Climate Change ” ,January 21, 2019
“Ethical Markets considers Jeremy Grantham one of a handful of well-recognized major investors who actually understands Earth Systems Science and how our planet functions in relationship to our “mother star“ the sun in creating our food system! Unlike narrower -minded, more myopic investors e.g. Warren Buffett, as well as most …
UNEP GEO Bulletin – Vol. 182 No. 5 – Negotiation of the Summary for Policy Makers of the 6th Global Environment Outlook – Issue #1
“Ethical Markets follows closely the crucial work of UNEP’s Global Environmental Outlook (GEO) scientific research on the conditions of our planet, and all the risks and opportunities for long-term human survival and sustainable development, as we re-focus our societies from steering by money-based GDP measures to the holistic longer term …
New plant-focused diet would ‘transform’ planet’s future, say scientists
“Ethical Markets welcomes this well-documented, full report for the Lancet Commissions “Food in the Anthropocene: The EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems“, (Jan 16, 2019), accessible from this article in The Guardian. I studied the entire 47-page report, with its hundreds of footnotes, since this subject was …
Agenda: Online Sustainable Development Course, March-April, sdg digest: January 15, 2019
We are pleased to inform you of the upcoming online course The Paris Agreement on Climate Change as a Development Agenda which will run from 11 March to 19 April 2019. This six-week joint UN Climate Change–UNSSC online course offers a holistic and integrated approach to climate change and demonstrates …
“Greening the Global Food System” with author Vicki Robin
“Blessing the Hands That Feed Us” with author Vicki Robin In this program Hazel Henderson discusses with author Vicki Robin the unsustainable global food system and reforms needed, described in her book “Blessing the Hands That Feed Us”. Vicki describes how locally-grown organic foods are a growing segment worldwide and …
“Your Money or Your Life” – EM Video
“Your Money Or Your Life” with author Vicki Robin In this program Hazel Henderson discusses with author Vicki Robin how the financial markets have changed since her book “Your Money or Your Life”, originally co-authored with Joe Dominguez, was first published in 1993. This perennial best-seller was updated again by …
SDG Update – 10 January 2019
GENERATION 2030 Financial Inclusion Through Mobile Technology: Closing the Agricultural Gender Gap Sinan Hatik, Graduate Student, The George Washington University; and Anne Marie Moran, Graduate Student, The George Washington University; and Grace Alexander, Graduate Student, The George Washington University Agriculture feeds the world, and technology connects the world. So why …
Top Five Sustainability Trends for 2019
“Ethical Markets partners with CSE on content for these courses and these “Five Sustainability Trends for 2019“, including “Artificial Intelligence“ which does hold promise but requires serious technology assessment lest it becomes a new threat to privacy and liberty. I point out in my article “Let’s Train Humans First … …
Press Release: Spitzer Trust Grant to Expand EESI’s Work on Resilience
Spitzer Trust Grant to Expand EESI’s Work on Resilience Major Grant Comes as Key Reports Warn of Devastating Climate Change ImpactsFor more information, contact: Amaury Laporte at (202) 662-1884 or [email protected] The New York-based Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust has awarded a $300,000 grant to the Environmental and Energy …