“Hey COP23: Bitcoin Miners Exploding CO2 Emissions!”

LaRae LongGlobal Citizen, Trendspotting, Earth Systems Science, Articles by Hazel Henderson, Beyond GDP

“Hey COP23: Bitcoin Miners Exploding CO2 Emissions!” © Hazel Henderson 2017 New Scientist reports Bitcoin miners conspicuous consumption of (mostly fossil-based) electricity at 23.07 terawatts annually, see “Bitcoin Energy Bill Matches Ecuador’s!” “Thus, COP23’s newest challenge is from the growing speculative bubble of Bitcoin and the rush to additional cryptocurrencies. Distrust in governments, their …

SDG Update – 17 October 2017

Jay OwenSustainability News, Trendspotting, Beyond GDP

FEATURED Annual World Bank, IMF Meetings Launch Initiatives on Poverty, Women Entrepreneurs, City Resilience 15 October 2017: The Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) considered topics related to several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), such as improving human capital, gender equality, youth, sustainable mobility, …

Good news from China : salt water rice

Jay OwenSustainability News, Trendspotting

“Ethical Markets has been pointing to the need to use salt-loving plants (halophytes) in human foods for decades, See for example our TV show “Investing in Desert Greening” and our Green Transition Scoreboard 2014 “Plenty of Water”!. Good news from China: rice grown in salt water is now on the …

The Millennium Project Releases New Report: State of the Future 19.0

Jay OwenTrendspotting

The Millennium Project Releases New Report: State of the Future 19.0 Futurists and other experts organized by The Millennium Project provide a coherent framework to understand global change and prospects for the future. Possibly the most comprehensive synthesis of future challenges – from AI, synthetic biology, robotics, and nanotech to …