‘The Power of Yin’
The Sustainability Sector: Newest Asset Class
Review of The Blue Economy by Gunter Pauli, Report to the Club of Rome, 2010, by Hazel Henderson Author Gunter Pauli has in his latest book, The Blue Economy, laid out the parameters for the great transition of early-stage industrialism to a truly sustainable strategy for human development. Pauli is a brilliant systems scientist as well as a [...]
UN Establishes ‘UN Women” – and CEDAW Ratification Activity in USA
Dear UNA-SF Friends, The creation of the new UN organization "UN WOMEN" (below) is GREAT news for the world! Congratulations to the UN for this initiative. This will also give new impetus to the UNAs efforts to see the Obama Administration ratify CEDAW, the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. You are [...]
Cinderella of Wall Street by Lydia Fisher, Galyda Media, 2009
Cinderella of Wall Street by Lydia Fisher Reviewed by Rosalinda Sanquiche Lydia Fisher offers an honest assessment of her rise on Wall Street and disillusionment with the system. As a strong woman, smart and ambitious, she faced the same questions of femininity, motherhood and professional advancement that so many struggle with. In poignant [...]
Jobeda wins Award for Social Business Leader of the Year
Jobeda Ali is winner of the Social Business Leader Award at the Ogunte Women's Social Leadership Awards 2010. Dear friends, I would like to share some wonderful news: on Tuesday I won the Award for Social Business Leader of the Year at the Ogunte Women's Social Leadership Awards, held every year in London. A press release is attached for [...]
Congratulations to Martha Shaw, CEO of EarthAdvertising, our friend and colleague in advertising
Earth Advertising’s CEO Martha Shaw and 28 others are first graduating class of Clean Tech Exec at NYU Poly. (New York, NY) - May 20, 2010. The inaugural class of NYU Polytechnic Institute’s Clean Tech Exec Program graduated this week after presentations of Applied Projects by each member of this select group of New York State’s clean [...]
Inspiring Women Summit and Leadership Program
We attracted 29,000 registrants from at least 121 countries thanks to the outreach of our participating leaders and our co-sponsoring orgs. The dialogues were rich and touching examples of mutual empowerment. Sometimes the dialogues amongst participants would continue for up to two hours after the end of the live calls. Many beautiful things [...]
SPRING: Inside the Pulse
INSIDE THE PULSE The "Behind The Scenes" update for our intimate community of board, staff, and supporters. "With the release of our newest edition, "Earth" we declare that it is time to unite the efforts of the environmental movement with the women's movement." (more...)
WOMEN LEFT OUT OF UN ADVISORY GROUP ON CLIMATE CHANGE FINANCING
By Nancy Sedmak-Weiss, March 2010 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced March 4 the membership of the new High-level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing. Out of the 19 people named no women were included. (more...)
Median Net Worth of Single Black Women in Prime Working Years: $5
Posted: 10 Mar 2010 10:28 PM PST In case you somehow harbored the notion that the other half doesn’t live differently than the rest of us, an eye-opening report released by the Insight Center for Community Economic Development, “Lifting as We Climb,” analyzes a topic that too often gets short shrift, the net worth, or “wealth” of the [...]
Unplugging the Patriarchy by Lucia René, Crown Chakra Publishing, 2009
A brilliant, esoteric novel with deep wisdom and full of purposeful, impeccable research on the state of human affairs on this planet. This book will become a classic as well as providing a socially and spiritually therapeutic vision for our future. -- Hazel Henderson, ed.
