Lessons of Crisis: Tomas Sedlacek: Economics Without Morality is Doomed

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Ethical Markets thanks Advisory Board member, Ambassador Frank Bracho (former Venezuelan Ambassador to India), for finding this gem, Editor, Hazel Henderson http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,druck-822981,00.html 03/23/2012 05:45 PM SPIEGEL Interview with Tomas Sedlacek ‘Greed is the Beginning of Everything’ In a SPIEGEL interview, Czech economist Tomas Sedlacek discusses morality in the current crisis …

Rio + 20: Ethical Markets Advisor Thais Corral Hosts Resilient Cities Action Lab

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Twenty years ago, Government officials from 178 countries and between 20,000 and 30,000 individuals from governments, non-governmental organizations, and the media participated the first UN Conference for Environmental Development in Rio de Janeiro to discuss solutions for global problems such as poverty, war, and the growing gap between industrialized and …

FOCUS: The Capitalist Network That Runs the World

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An important  analysis by  Systems Design Group at ETH Research, Zurich,thanks to our Advisory Board member Rosa Alegria in Sao Paulo,Brazil , Hazel Henderson, Editor s protests against financial power sweep the world this week, science may have confirmed the protesters’ worst fears. An analysis of the relationships between 43,000 transnational corporations has identified a …

Fairfield, Iowa Launching Its Hometown Hero Rewards

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From our Advisory Board member Stuart Valentine Hometown Hero Rewards goes to Beta Maybe you’ve already heard about this “Hometown Hero Rewards” thing, read about it in the Weekly Reader, or saw it briefly at the MUM Ecofair. Or perhaps you’ve seen the new signs around town with the logo …

The 21st Century Corporation: The Ceres Roadmap for Sustainability

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The 21st Century Corporation: The Ceres Roadmap to Sustainability is a vision and practical roadmap for integrating sustainability into the DNA of business—from the boardroom to the copy room. It analyzes the drivers, risks and opportunities involved in making the shift to sustainability, and details strategies and results from companies …

State of the Art Technology from our Advisory Board member Gunter Pauli from his new book THE BLUE ECONOMY, which we highly recommend

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Today, wind delivers 1.6% of the world’s electricity with a total capacity of about 160,000 Megawatts (MW). In spite of the economic crisis it is expected that the growth in demand over the next decade will maintain double digit rates (12-13 percent). By 2020 as much as 10 percent of …