Future 500 Newsletter June 2013 The bridge between corporations and NGOs HUMANIZING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DIVERSE GROUPS This June we were pleased to partner with Sustainable Brands for their annual conference in San Diego. The conference motto was from “Revolution to Renaissance” and as Sustainable Brands founder KoAnn Vikoren Skrzyniarz explained, companies no longer strive …
Kickstarted: A Documentary on the Crowdfunding Revolution
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013 Top Stories Visit Our Site Follow Like RSS Kickstarted, a Kickstarter to Document the Crowdfunding Revolution — Kickstarted, a Kickstarter campaign for a documentary on crowdfunding, is one of our top crowd-based projects of the moment. It is the documentary film project of producer Jason Cooper and design pro …
Schumacher Center for a New Economics: Seeds of Economic Transformation
The Left Forum Conference is held annually in New York City. At this year’s conference Schumacher Center for a New Economics will present two panels: “Beyond CSA: Community Supported Industry” and “Reclaiming our Agricultural Commons.” New York City’s Left Forum is the largest annual conference of left and progressive intellectuals, activists, academics, organizations, …
The Economics fo Happiness ON Demand!
May 2013 · The Economics of Happiness On Demand · ISEC’s Learning from Ladakh Program · Localization Course at Schumacher College · International Permaculture Day · The Economics of Happiness Conference 2013 Update · In the Media The Economics of Happiness On Demand ISEC is pleased to announce that The Economics of Happiness is now available On Demand for online viewing. …
McKibben, The Case for Fossil-Fuel Divestment
The Case for Fossil-Fuel Divestment On the road with the new generation of college activists fighting for the environment by: Bill McKibben, RollingStone, Feb. 22, 2013 http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-case-for-fossil-fuel-divestment-20130222?print=true It’s obvious how this should end. You’ve got the richest industry on earth, fossil fuel, up against some college kids, some professors, a few …
“EDUCAUTION ” – new documentary film on Student Debt
***Watch the trailer here*** EDUCAUTION is a journey documentary film created by graduate students who are concerned about the future of the American Higher Education System. By focusing on the economic issues surrounding the higher education system, the film examines the increasing concerns of many Americans regarding the continuing decrease …
Ethical Markets Supports OCCUPY !
We were all concerned at the repeated lies and evidence-free reporting by Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post on December 31st asserting a (non-existent) connection between Occupy Wall Street and an individual arrested for possessing weapons and bomb making materials. This is far from the first time the New York …
Guess what next year’s top 10 issues are?
Future 500 believes passionately in the promise of corporations and NGOs coming together to advance systemic solutions to our most urgent sustainability challenges. Each fall we identify what we anticipate are the Top 10 issues that activists and corporations will likely contend with in the coming year. From Money In Politics, Infrastructure Disruption, Ending Climate …