“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 …
Last Call — Join AT&T, Danone, UPS & more in Philadelphia Next Week!
6 Days to Go — Don’t Miss Out! In less than a week, hundreds of business professionals from the Sustainable Brands global community will convene at New Metrics ’17. They are coming to connect, learn, and grow together with the goal of creating a new normal with smarter, more accurate …
Join Riane Eisler November 9 -The Chalice and the Blade Turns 30!
“Ethical Markets congratulates Riane Eisler on this 30th anniversary of The Chalice and the Blade. We are honored that Riane serves on our illustrious global Advisory Board. ~~ Hazel Henderson, Editor “ The Chalice and the Blade Turns 30! November 9: A Live Online Celebration with Riane Eisler “This …
An Invitation to the Global Social Change Summit
My heart is bursting with joy. Why? Because I want to invite you to the online Global Social Change Summit 2017 on Transforming Nations, hosted by the Global Institute for Extraordinary Women (GIFEW) on November 13-17, 2017. During the summit I’ll be speaking on Business as the Catalyst for Transforming Nations. I’m …
SDG Update – 17 October 2017
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, …
Our meeting tomorrow: SolarCoin, a blockchain digital asset to enable the energy transition
“Ethical Markets is a Media partner of SolarCoin, and we are happy to see our friends at Leonardo Energy supporting the wider use of this solar energy rewards currency, the only cryptocurrency we know of that encourages the wider use of solar energy and is backed by a real commodity: …
Good news from China : salt water rice
“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
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 …
Sea-level rise, not stronger storm surge, will cause future NYC flooding — ScienceDaily
Sea-level rise, not stronger storm surge, will cause future NYC flooding Date: October 23, 2017 Source: Penn State Summary: Rising sea levels caused by a warming climate threaten greater future storm damage to New York City, but the paths of stronger future storms may shift offshore, changing the coastal risk …
The Millennium Project Releases New Report: State of the Future 19.0
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 …