China Might Be Winning The Race To Reduce Solar Costs

Jay OwenResource Efficiency

China Might Be Winning The Race To Reduce Solar Costs Many people, even fanatical advocates of solar power, are unaware quite how close we are to reaching a critical milestone in the industry. Within a fairly short space of time, solar generated electricity will be fully cost competitive with coal-powered electricity …

Toward a New Money Reality and a Quantum Economy – A Visionary Look at How Money and The Economy Can Become Connecting Forces for a New World – By Laurie Hyland

Jay OwenTrendspotting

  Toward a New Money Reality and a Quantum Economy – A Visionary Look at How Money and The Economy Can Become Connecting Forces for a New World. Email: [email protected] Laurie Hyland, a financial advisor soon to give a finance course for The Shift Network and already working with Barbara Marx Hubbard, …

Global CSR Summit and Awards April 3-4

Jay OwenPartner Announcements and News

Website: http://globalcsr.tpgi.org | Asia: [email protected] | Philippines: [email protected] | Asia/Indonesia:    [email protected] In recent years, asian and emerging economies have outperformed their western counterparts. This shift in the economic balance of power has created enormous wealth for millions of people in these countries. However, the flow of wealth has resulted in increased inequalities among peoples. Environmental and social issues …

Caring Economy Campaign: Looking for a bite-sized introduction to the Caring Economy Framework?

Jay OwenSustainability News, Beyond GDP

Looking for a bite-sized introduction to  the Caring Economy Framework?    Join Riane Eisler for this popular   FREE one hour webinar!     Wednesday, September 4, 2013   11am Pacific/2pm Eastern  Sign Up To Attend     1. What is a Caring Economy? Three essential components    2. Why now is the time to …

Ethical Markets Welcomes Head of Carbon Disclosure Project to Advisory Board

Jay OwenAdvisors' Forum

Paul Dickinson is founder and Executive Chair of CDP, an independent non-profit organization that exists to transform the global economic system to prevent dangerous climate change and value our natural resources by putting relevant information at the heart of business, investment and policy decisions. CDP does this by acting on …

Bankrupting Nature: Denying Our Planetary Boundaries

Ethical MarketsSustainability News, Earth Systems Science

by Anders Wijkman and Johan Rockström, Club of Rome, November 2012 Report suggests measures that could prevent the current depletion of the earth’s finite resources and enable us to enjoy an enhanced quality of life. Bankrupting Nature: Denying Our Planetary Boundaries, by Anders Wijkman and Johan Rockström, a report to …

‘Money & Life’ Doc Frames New Economy of Living Systems

kristyThe Power of Yin

In the documentary Collapse, Michael Ruppert puts an incredibly fine point on the fact that, upon a foundation of finite energy, we have built an economic system that demands infinite growth. He adds that we are currently at the collision point of those two forcibly exclusive ideas. Like the various …

Invitation – June 20, 17.00 – Rio+20 Official Side Event “Sustainable Development in an Unequal World”

kristyGreen Prosperity

Dear Colleague: It is a pleasure for us to invite you to the Official Side Event “Sustainable Development in an Unequal World” that will take place on Wednesday 20th of June at 17.00 at the RioCentro Room T4. During this discussion, world leaders past and present will speak of the …

Interview with Task Force Director Raymond Baker: The Failures Of Our Economic System

Ethical MarketsReforming Global Finance

Interview with Task Force Director Raymond Baker: The Failures Of Our Economic SystemUK: Why Information Exchange Beats Withholding Taxes Every Time A Sea Change In Switzerland ONE Campaign Ad Takes Aim At Efforts To Weaken The European Transparency Law For The Extractive Industries South Korea’s Corrupt Pastimes: Baseball, Politics, and …

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 …