Ban Stresses Power of Information Technology to Facilitate Sustainable Development

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New York, May 17 2012  2:05PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today emphasized the need to optimize the use of information and communications technology (ICT) to support sustainable development. “By gathering, disseminating and analyzing information, we can accelerate action to protect natural resources, combat climate change and help vulnerable people, including women and girls,” Mr. Ban …

AT&T Shareholder Vote on Net Neutrality Surpasses Critical Threshold

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For Immediate Release April 27, 2012 Shares worth more than $11.4 billion voted in favor; Similar votes upcoming at Verizon and Sprint A shareholder proposal calling upon AT&T Inc. (NYSE – T) to publicly commit to network neutrality principles on its wireless networks attracted important support in initial voting results …

“I need advertising,” said Earth. A call for RFPs, by Martha Shaw.

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“I need advertising,” said Earth. A call for RFPs, by Martha Shaw. New York – Apr. 20 – If Earth had an ad budget, it would hire Earth Advertising, or at least that was my assumption when I invented the agency in 1999, originally eFlicks Media. “Earth needs a good …

TSL Announces the Agenda for its Capital REformation and Crowdfunding Conference in San Francisco

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRLog (Press Release) – Apr 17, 2012 – The SoHo Loft is pleased to announce the agenda for its upcoming Capital REformation and Crowdfunding Conference which will take place in San Francisco on Thursday, May 10, 2012. TSL’s Capital REformation and Crowdfunding Conference will provide key insight …

Arianna Huffington on Empathy–Arianna Huffington wrote a book exploring what drives us to include the world around us in our individual caring

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News on The Edge Welcome to the Social Edge update! A few years ago, Arianna Huffington wrote a book exploring what drives us to include the world around us in our individual caring. Not surprisingly then, she went to the Skoll World Forum last month to speak on a panel …

How Established Electoral Politics and OWS Can Achieve Revolutionary Demands

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While Andrew Smith crafted this piece “for electoral politics in the American left,” I believe it serves established and peripheral electoral politics from a myriad of perspectives. Before I get pinned as not “radical” enough, note that we report on many groups looking for the best answers available from wherever …

UN-Backed Study Shows Technology Can Help World Move to Low-Carbon Economy

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UN-BACKED STUDY SHOWS TECHNOLOGY CAN HELP WORLD MOVE TO LOW-CARBON ECONOMY New York, Apr 2 2012 3:05PM The use of broadband in information and communication technology (ICT) can help the world transition to a low carbon-economy and address the causes and effects of climate change, according to a United Nations-backed …

Video of the Day: Charles Eistenstein on Sacred Economics

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Video of the Day: Charles Eistenstein on Sacred Economics Directed by Ian MacKenzie ; Produced by Velcrow Ripper, Gregg Hill, Ian MacKenzie “Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity, destroyed community, …