Carbon Winners and Losers – There’s a New Rule in Town

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

:: Alternative Energy Companies A financial newsletter focusing on high quality stock picks Solar Wind Alternative Fuels Efficiency Environmental Smart Grid Carbon Winners and Losers – There’s a New Rule in Town Posted: 6/16/2014 by Harris Roen, Editor Roen Financial Report June 16, 2014     A seismic shift in …

How Science Is Telling Us All To Revolt

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

How Science Is Telling Us All To Revolt by Naomi Klein Waste land: large-scale irrigation strips nutrients from the soil, scars the landscape and could alter climactic conditions beyond repair. Image: Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto/ Flowers, London, Pivot Irrigation #11 High Plains, Texas Panhandle, USA (2011) In December 2012, …

International financial crisis accelerates the transition of the global economy sustainable

Jay OwenArticles by Hazel Henderson

The international financial crisis that rocked especially the United States and Europe, from 2008, is a landmark at the turn of the global economy sustainable. She caused insecurity and distrust of banks and financial institutions worldwide and political allies, responsible for the consequences that impacted the planet, and caused the migration …

Aldersgate Group: Business and investors urge MPs to vote for 2030 decarbonisation target

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

Our Members ACCA Global Andrew George MP Anglian Water ASDA Association of Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities Aviva Investors Bank of America Merrill Lynch Barry Sheerman MP BIFFA BioRegional BT Caroline Lucas MP CERAM Chris Tuppen CIWEM Cranfield University Dalkia Dinah Nichols CB eftec Emma Howard Boyd Energy Saving Trust …

ON FIRST INTERNATIONAL DAY OF HAPPINESS, BAN CALLS FOR INCLUSIVE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Jay OwenBeyond GDP

ON FIRST INTERNATIONAL DAY OF HAPPINESS, BAN CALLS FOR INCLUSIVE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT New York, Mar 20 2013 10:00AM Marking the first ever International Day of Happiness, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on the international community to commit to an inclusive and sustainable human development that will improve the well-being of …

Ban: New Economic Paradigm Needed, Incorporating Social and Environmental Progress

kristyReforming Global Finance, Beyond GDP

BAN: NEW ECONOMIC PARADIGM NEEDED, INCORPORATING SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS New York, Apr 2 2012 2:05PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today highlighted the need for an economic paradigm that incorporates social and environmental progress in efforts to achieve sustainable development. ?Gross National Product (GDP) has long been the yardstick by which …

New York Times “The Materialist Fallacy” Misses the Point

kristyBeyond GDP

New York Times “The Materialist Fallacy” Misses the Point By Kathleen Paylor, Chief Spiritual Officer, Conscious Capital, www.consciouscap.com David Brooks misses the point in his New York Times Op-Ed “The Materialist Fallacy” because he is referencing a context and a debate that also misses the point. Economic determinism is indeed …