OurCrowd Raises $25M, Largest Investment in an Equity Crowdfunding Platform Yet

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Wednesday, April 30 Top Stories Visit Our Site OurCrowd Closes $25M Series B Round — OurCrowd, the Israel-based equity crowdfunding platform for accredited investors, announced earlier this week that it raised a $25 million Series B private funding round. The company claims this is the largest investment in an equity …

Sustainable Development Update – 6 March 2014 – Sustainable Development Policy & Practice

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Sustainability News

A compilation of items recently posted to the Sustainable Development Policy & Practice knowledgebase   Partnership for Action on a Green Economy Holds Inaugural Meeting 5_March_2014: The inaugural meeting of the UN-led Partnership for Action on a Green Economy (PAGE) explored national pathways and policies for the green economy, and provide guidance to governments on achieving a green economy transition. Over 30 ministers …

Alternative Energy ETFs and Mutual Funds Among Top Gainers in Entire Fund Universe

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

Alternative Energy Companies A financial newsletter focusing on high quality stock picks Solar Wind Alternative Fuels Efficiency Environmental Smart Grid Alternative Energy ETFs and Mutual Funds Among Top Gainers in Entire Fund Universe Posted: 11/20/2013 by Harris Roen, Editor Roen Financial Report November 20, 2013   The Roen Financial Report …

The Globalist: Carried Away by the Shale Gale

Jay OwenTrendspotting

October 22, 2013 Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Google+     U.S. shale mirage Carried Away by the Shale Gale Prakash Loungani | Is the so-called shale boom in the United States just hype? U.S. Shale Gas: All It’s Cracked Up to Be? Stephan Richter | The shale boom in the United States …

AMI 9th Annual Conference Report – An Important Conference

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

Dear Friends of the American Monetary Institute, Three areas to discuss: * First, a report on the 9th Annual AMI Monetary Reform Conference by Jamie Walton. * Second, a link to our Google Group posting of a “Gem” of an article organized and written by first time conference participant, Nick …

GreenMoney Interviews: Hazel Henderson interviewed by GreenMoney’s founder Cliff Feigenbaum

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, Articles by Hazel Henderson

GreenMoney Interviews: Hazel Henderson interviewed by GreenMoney’s founder Cliff Feigenbaum   Introduction  Welcome to the latest “GreenMoney Interviews.” For this issue I spoke with Dr. Hazel Henderson, a true icon and visionary in the world of corporate responsibility and ethical economies. Dr. Henderson is a world-renowned futurist, evolutionary economist, a …

Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum

Jay OwenPartner Announcements and News

Now in its fifth year, CREF has grown to become the largest annual gathering of renewable energy stakeholders in the Caribbean. More than 400 delegates from 40 countries, including representatives from 19 regional governments and utilities, attended CREF 2012. This year’s conference is co-hosted by the government of Aruba in …

The Globalist: How Young People Transform the World

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen

August 23, 2013 Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Google+     How Young People Transform the World The New Globalists: Meet the Transformers Joseph Quinlan | Who are the faces of the rising global middle class? The New Globalists: The Road Ahead Joseph Quinlan | As global economic activity shifts from the West, …

Debt, austerity, devastation: it’s Europe’s turn

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

As the creditors get fatter, the innocent are punished. Susan George laments a leadership subservient to big business. Like plague in the 14th century, the scourge of debt has gradually migrated from South to North. Our 21st-century Yersinia pestis isn’t spread by flea-infested rats but by deadly, ideology-infested neoliberal fundamentalists. …