BIOMIMICRY, Innovation Inspired by Nature by Janine M. Benyus

Ethical Markets - RBooks and Reviews, Nature/Biomimicry

  Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature Review by Alan F Kay  Biomimicry by Janine Benyus deals with the clear and fascinating, yet little understood and vast, reality of the processes of life and living beings. The book summarizes these ideas this way: Virtually all living creatures: plants, animals, microbes, etc., …

Survival of the … Nicest?

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious. –Martin Luther King, Jr.   Survival of the … Nicest? –by Eric Michael Johnson, syndicated from Yes Magazine, Jul 15, 2013 A century ago, industrialists like Andrew Carnegie believed that Darwin’s theories justified an economy of vicious competition and inequality. They …

SAI Leadership Transitions to Shared CEO Role: Starting July 2013, SAI President and Executive Director will alternate as CEO, working with new Director of Operations & Administration

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Sustainability News

SAI Leadership Transitions to Shared CEO Role Starting July 2013, SAI President and Executive Director will alternate as CEO, working with new Director of Operations & Administration SAI President Alice Tepper Marlin and Executive Director Eileen Kaufman by PLMA Live during a video interview with PLMA Live – see video …

Conference Spotlight : Aboriginal Communities and Extractives Industy: Is Conflict Inevitable?

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

Conflict between Aboriginal communities and resource companies can and does happen. And there is no shortage of high profile examples, whether it’s Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline, Barrick’s Pascua-Lama mine in Chile or lawsuits brought against Hudbay for alleged human rights violations in Guatemala. But there is another side to this …

Latest News March 16 to 31, 2013

Jay OwenSustainability News

Upcycle the Gyres Society Transforming Marine Plastic Pollution into Revenue Streams Mr. Michalik, Founder and Managing Director of 365Playground, steps down from his Adviser position to become  a member of the Board of Directors. The vote of confidence and support from Mr. Michalik is invaluable to UGS, as it is …

Global SCP Clearinghouse: One Click Away from SCP

Jay OwenSustainability News

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), as the Secretariat of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes (10YFP) on Sustainable Consumption and Production, has pre-launched the online Global SCP Clearinghouse atwww.start.scpclearinghouse.org. The Global SCP Clearinghouse is meant to offer a unique one-stop hub dedicated to advancing the implementation of Sustainable Consumption and Production …

UN REPORT HIGHLIGHTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT INTO AND OUT OF EMERGING ECONOMIES

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

UN REPORT HIGHLIGHTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT INTO AND OUT OF EMERGING ECONOMIES New York, Mar 25 2013  4:00PM Foreign direct investment (FDI) going into and out of the emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – collectively known as BRICS – is mounting in global influence, according …

EU gives member states green light to introduce Financial Transaction Tax

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

EU gives member states green light to introduce Financial Transaction Tax   EUROPE – European Union finance ministers have given 11 member states the green light to implement the controversial Financial Transaction Tax (FTT). The news comes a month after a majority of MEPs gave the same member states the go-ahead …

ecodesign and innovation, a seminar arranged by eceee

Jay OwenResource Efficiency

ecodesign and innovation, a seminar arranged by eceee A seminar arranged by eceee in cooperation with the Swedish Energy Agency and Clasp and additional support from Energifonden, will take place on 22 January 2013 at the Bibliothèque Solvay, Brussels. The seminar takes place between 10.00 and 17.30 approx, followed by …