Foresight and the Economy The future of economies is a source of great uncertainty and concern globally. How will Africa engage with the questions, opportunities and challenges, and how can the continent adapt to unfolding futures? What will the implications be? How can Africa move forward and become economically stronger …
2011 EthicMark® Award Announced
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Oct. 3, 2011 2011 EthicMark® Award Announced at SRI in the Rockies For advertising that uplifts the human spirit and society Saint Augustine, FL – Ethical Markets Media and Hazel Henderson are proud to announce the winners of the fifth annual EthicMark® Award presented at SRI in …
The Next Steps for Moving from Vision to Action
Planning is now full speed ahead for the World Future Society’s next annual conference, WorldFuture 2012: Dream. Design. Develop. Deliver, to be held July 27-29 in Toronto. We’re especially excited about the 2012 program, which will follow up on the work we began in Vancouver at the 2011 conference, “Moving …
A Brief Overview of Why You May not be Able to Resist Advertising with Children and Puppies
The Current State of Ethical Advertising by Maria O. Pinochet, Ethical Markets Research Advisory Board Historically, the role of advertising has been to communicate the offer of a service or product in order to inform audiences about the details of place and price. In turn, the viewers, listeners and readers …
Polly Higgins – Lawyer for the Earth. Taking Ecocide to the ICC
Polly is on the course of making environmental destruction history – through law. While this idea may seem a hopeless dream to most, Polly’s proposition is already on its way to the International criminal court, adding to their list of … genocide, human rights abuses… and … the magical word: …
Airlines & the carbon market – who will be hardest hit?
The EU’s decision to regulate all airlines flying into or out of the 27-nation bloc under its Emissions Trading System (ETS) from January next year has met fierce opposition from many airlines. They warn of a substantial additional cost burden, a loss of competitiveness, and even a trade war with …
Climate engineering: Technical status, future directions, and potential responses
There are two new reports out on geoengineering that we would like to bring to your attention. First of all the long-awaited “technology assessment” done by the US Government Accountability Office has just been released in Washington – as hundreds of protestors continue to be arrested for opposing the Keystone pipeline that will carry …
The Coming Robot Evolution Race
By Steven M. Shaker Homo sapiens may have “won” the evolutionary race to perfect humankind, but artificial intelligence and robotics will evolve faster and farther. Rather than compete with them, we may do well to make them our allies and co-evolve, suggests a technology trend analyst. Read more headlines from …
Ethical Markets Review: Looking Back From 2020 – Humanity’s Transition to the Ethical Green Global Economy
By Hazel Henderson © 2011 Scenario for discussion at the Reunion of Pioneer Asset Managers Convened by Susan Davis, President, CapitalMissions.com Ethical Markets Media, Saint Augustine, FL, November 18-20, 2011 Related Article: Can Jeremy Grantham Profit From Ecological Mayhem? Looking back from 2020, the initiatives that transformed our global economy …
The 2011 State of the Future
The 2011 State of the Future is now available at: http://millennium-project.org/millennium/2011SOF.html The executive summary can be downloaded at no cost. Invaluable insights Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations Fascinating read Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald and co-winner Pulitzer Prize A must read for any decisionmaker Enrique Peña Nieto, Governor of the State …