“Ethical Markets highly recommends the new Historical Peace Index from the Institute of Economics and Peace, the Global History Databank (SESHAT) in partnership with Oxford University, with its creative approach to this key issue. ~Hazel Henderson, Editor“ ANNOUNCING The Historical Peace Index The Seshat: Global History Databank (Seshat) and the …
Launch: Message Primer – IPBES Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Media Information Alert Issued by the IPBES Secretariat on 19 November 2018 NB: This Primer is available in all six official UN languages here IPBES to Launch First Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Since 2005 “The loss of species, ecosystems …
Does The Beyond Meat IPO Spell The End Of The Cow?: AltEnergyStocks.com
Does The Beyond Meat IPO Spell The End Of The Cow? Posted: 22 Nov 2018 12:05 PM PST by Jim Lane It’s Thanksgiving week in the United States but we are feasting alternatively on acronyms here in Digestville. I.E., e.g., ICYMI, BYND IPO PDQ, and FYI Perfect Day AKA Muufri …
Trump’s Diminishing Power – Jeffrey Sachs and Paul Gilding “Rethinking Animal Agriculture”
The Sunday Newsletter View this message in a web browser SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2018 This week at Project Syndicate, Jeffrey Sachs thinks that a politically wounded Donald Trump will be even more dangerous for America and the world; Ricardo Hausmann takes Mexico’s president-elect, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to task for his …
Making Agriculture Cool
Diversifying Crops to Help Overcome Drought in Brazil Mario Osava Dozens of trucks used to leave São Gonçalo every day, carrying the local agricultural production, mainly coconuts, to markets throughout Brazil, including the cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, more than 2,000 kilometers away. The prosperity of that …
SDG Update – 1 November 2018
POLICY BRIEFS Leaders Urge Support for Multilateralism to Achieve Development Goals at UNGA 73 Debate Catherine Benson Wahlén, Thematic Expert for Human Development, Human Settlements and Sustainable Development (US) Leaders addressing the 73rd UN General Assembly (UNGA 73) in September and October 2018 drew attention to the importance of multilateral …
World to Open Negotiation of New Biodiversity Action Framework UN Conference, Egypt, 14-29 Nov
Contacts: * Johan Hedlund, Associate Information Officer, Convention on Biological Diversity [email protected]; +1 514 287-6670 * Terry Collins [email protected]; +1-416-878-8712 World to Open Negotiation of New Biodiversity Action Framework: UN Conference, Egypt, 14-29 Nov Begins two year negotiation of post-2020 biodiversity action framework In collaboration with the Government of …
Newsletter: November 2018
Unpacking The Plastic Dilemma SustainAbility is publishing a blog series for businesses looking to shape their plastic strategy, accelerate change and pursue the necessary scales of innovation and collaboration to address the plastics challenge. Over the coming weeks SustainAbility’s Nicola Ledsham will explore the following five focus areas: Removing avoidable …
Water woes in Baltimore, faith and the city in Hong Kong and soil-hunters in Zimbabwe – Your weekly city news update
Hindu devotees sit together on the floor of a temple to observe the third day of Rakher Upabashin in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 10, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain Hong Kong Christians, rights groups oppose ‘irresponsible’ land plan “We believe we have a responsibility towards protecting the Earth and doing all we …
We Must Remove Carbon from the Atmosphere
“Most of these CO2 capture proposals and experiments are ineffective and untested! In our Green Transition Scoreboard 2018: “Capturing CO2 While Improving Human Nutrition & Health“ we identify all the more effective, viable and sustainable methods of capturing and re-using CO2 and all the investors and start-up companies leading the …