Rising Seas Summit

Jay OwenPartner Announcements and News

    The inaugural Rising Seas Summit brought together more than 170 professionals from national and local government, industry, academic institutions and environmental NGOs together to highlight the interrelationships between sea level rise, climate change and extreme events. Understanding, anticipating and adapting to water related threats is critical to national …

World Renewable Technology Congress – August 21- 23

Jay OwenPartner Announcements and News

Join us in August for WRETC 2014! In August, WRETC will unite business leaders, investors, technology innovators, federal, state, and local government officials and university educators from across the world to address today’s most pressing issues and opportunities facing every discipline of the Renewable Energy Industry: The World Renewable Energy …

World PetroCoal Congress, Feb 15-17

Jay OwenPartner Announcements and News

Energy And Environment Foundation Global Excellence Award 2013 Join us in February for WPCC 2014! In February, WPCC will unite business leaders, investors, technology innovators, federal, state, and local government officials and university educators from across the world to address today’s most pressing issues and opportunities facing every discipline of …

Sustainable Development Update – 26 November 2013 – Sustainable Development Policy & Practice

Jay OwenSustainability News

A compilation of items recently posted to the Sustainable Development Policy & Practice knowledgebase Latest News – 26 November 2013 UN-NGLS Publishes Policy Briefs for OWG 5 23_November 2013: Based on three consultations with civil society, the UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service (UN-NGLS) has produced two papers to inform the fifth session of the UN General Assembly’s (UNGA) Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable …

Energizing local economies through “Creative De-construction”

Jay OwenCommunity Development Solutions

         My book is out! Surely you know someone who would enjoy it. Click here to order from Amazon.   Quick Links Website Contact Us Recent related articles     The Difference Between “Price” and “Cost”   Is”Sustainability” Political Hype?    Using Metrics To Improve Communities   Techniques used to …

Forum 2000 Focusing on Social Transformation and Havel’s Global Minimum this 15-17 September 2013

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen

Press release, 19 March 2013, Prague  This year, Forum 2000 is focusing on social transformation and Havel’s global minimum  The 17th annual Forum 2000 conference takes place this year in Prague on 15-17 September. Confirmed guests include His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel and notable …

Young’s China Business Blog Daily Newsletter: October 19 ?????????????:10?19?

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YOUNG’S CHINA BUSINESS BLOG ????????? DAILY NEWSLETTER October 19, 2012 China’s Speeds Up Solar Lifeline ???????????? A new Chinese media report shows that after more than a year of talk, Beijing is finally turning its aggressive talk on solar energy into action by more than doubling its approval of new …

Occupy the Neighborhood: How Counties Can Use Land Banks and Eminent Domain

Ethical MarketsCommunity Development Solutions, SRI/ESG News

An electronic database called MERS has created defects in the chain of title to over half the homes in America.  Counties have been cheated out of millions of dollars in recording fees, and their title records are in hopeless disarray.  Meanwhile, foreclosed and abandoned homes are blighting neighborhoods.   Straightening out …