‘The Power of Yin’
Highlights benefits of holistic approach to SRI, sustainability, networking, the Love Economy, the empowerment of women.
Relates to: Wealth of Networks, SRI, Global Citizenship
Roundup: Forestry, Biomass & Sustainability Conference London May 12-13, 2011
A compilation of Tweets gathered by Ethical Markets Media Correspondent Melanie Feliciano Environ Finance's 'Forestry, Biomass & Sustainability' in London, May 12-13 presentation slides available @ http://tinyurl.com/3sr9tus "Last year DNV #ClimateChange Services had 0 investments in forestry projects." - Andres Espejo [...]
Women on the road to Rio+20 convene at United Nations CSD-19.
Women on the road to Rio+20 convene at United Nations CSD-19 By Martha Shaw After three days at the 19th session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-19), I began thinking about how important women’s leadership is to the tiered mission of Rio+20 also known as Earth Summit 2012 to help create a global green [...]
Sisterhood is the Key to Real Freedom
An article from Jump Newsletter FOREWORD BY ISABELLA LENARDUZZI I recently read an article that really struck a chord with me so much so that I wanted to share it with you. That article is "The Fire of Freedom" by Elizabeth Debold, which traces women's uprisings and their impact on Western culture. There was one key message that leaped out [...]
Gender and the Information Society
Author: Dr. Caterina Rehm-Berbenni, CEO of FUTUREtec FUTUREtec GmbH Ministerial Conference - “Gender and Information Society” Keynote speech to be held in Athens on the 5th and 6th May 2003 Speaker: Dr. Caterina Rehm-Berbenni, CEO FUTUREtec – Gesellschaft für angewandte Informatik mbH Hauptstrasse 188, 51465 Bergisch Gladbach [...]
Inspired by Egypt, New Generation of US Activists Attempt Power Shift in DC
by Melanie Feliciano In 2003, people in every major city around the world protested George W. Bush's declaration of war against Iraq. Then we turned on the TV and saw those fuzzy images of bombs bursting in air. Clearly, marching down streets would not stop a democratically elected president from a pre-emptive attack in the name of keeping [...]
Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Bogomila Hristova
A publication from Emerging Markets ESG Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Bogomila Hristova, Chair, Bulgarian Investor Relations Society – April 15, 2011 By Geoffrey on April 15, 2011 Each week Emerging Markets ESG publishes an interview entitled, “Five Questions about SRI.” The interview features a [...]
Women’s Earth and Climate Caucus
Dear Friends, WECC is glad to be supporting the upcoming iMatter March on May 8th. Please join us in the iMatter March on Mother's Day, May 8th in San Francisco. The iMatter Campaign was started by 16 year old Alec Loorz. It is a youth-led revolution that will serve as a wake up call to the ruling generation to act now to reduce our reliance [...]
Book Review- The Power of Yin, Celebrating Female Consciousness
If humanity is going to survive as a species, the imbalance between male and female consciousness will have to be rectified. This book contains a powerful conversation that took place in the late ’70s between four women: Hazel Henderson, Jean Houston, Barbara Marx Hubbard, and a fourth who was quietly present, Barbara Delaney, who organized and [...]
Inside the Pulse: RETURN FROM EAST AFRICA
INSIDE THE PULSE The "Behind The Scenes" update for our intimate community of board, staff, and supporters. A MESSAGE FROM OUR FOUNDER Dear Hazel, The Pulse of Spring is buzzing across the World Pulse network with our recent return from East Africa, fresh partnerships, new team members, groundbreaking voices from unheard regions, and [...]
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« A Crisis of Decision Making: What Underlies Our Inability to Respond to Climate Change Open Letter to 3 Women Imagineers of the Integral Age on 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day March 8, 2011 by marilynhamilton This is An Open Letter to Three Women Imagineers of the Integral Age On The Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of [...]
