Towards Environmental Sustainability in the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Three Transformative Levers

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, Sustainability News

Towards Environmental Sustainability in the Post-2015 Development Agenda:  Three Transformative Levers Written by Alvin Leong (LLM, JD), Fellow at the Pace Center for Environmental Legal Studies. He can be contacted at [email protected] First posted by Post2015.org, a site facilitated by the Overseas Development Institute. The co-chairs of the Open Working Group …

Ethical Markets Review:Can democratic money with environmental values reduce market failures?

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, Ethical Markets Review

Can democratic money with environmental values reduce market failures?  Shann Turnbull, [email protected] Principal: International Institute for Self-governance   The 2008 global financial crisis and current uncertainties about the Euro provide evidence that the financial system is neither self-correcting nor capable of being reliably regulated. The financial system has failed because modern …

Economics based on Beauty and Community: Putting Aesthetics back into the Economy

kristyGlobal Citizen, Trendspotting

by Gregory Wendt, CFP Right before I boarded a plane after a green business conference last year, I noticed a Body Shop store in the terminal next to the gate. The Body Shop was founded by the late Anita Roddick who was a very influential and inspiring thought leader who …