Making a killing

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Beyond GDP

The economic beneficiaries of war – interview with Keith Suter, Ph.D.,Foreign Editor for Sunrise Channel 7, SydneyIn 2013 global military spending totaled $1.75 trillion… more than 130times higher than the foreign aid budget. Dr Keith Suter discusses theeconomic beneficiaries of war and the ideas behind a peace-industrialcomplex.Watch the interview<https://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/video/watch/24857664/making-a-killing/> .

UNODA Press release – Future Policy Award announces nominations of 20 innovative disarmament policies

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Sustainability News

Press release – for immediate release International award celebrates solutions for sustainable disarmament Future Policy Award announces nominations of 25 innovative disarmament policies Hamburg/Geneva/New York– 6 June 2013: The World Future Council has today announced the nominations of the Future Policy Award 2013. In partnership with the United Nations Office …

2013 Future Policy Award celebrates world’s best disarmament policies

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

2013 Future Policy Award celebrates world’s best disarmament policies   Press Release  2013 Future Policy Award celebrates world’s best disarmament policies World Future Council partners with United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs New York/Hamburg, 22 February – The World Future Council is pleased to announce that this year’s Future Policy Award …

Hurricane Sandy Has a Clean Power Message for Mitt Romney, Too

Ethical MarketsTrendspotting, Earth Systems Science

Hurricane Sandy Has a Clean Power Message for Mitt Romney, TooPosted: 28 Oct 2012 07:44 AM PDT If presidential candidate Mitt Romney didn?t get Hurricane Isaac?s wind power memo back in August, maybe Hurricane Sandy can catch his attention with a broader message about getting out of fossil fuels and …

Super Committee Deadlock: Heads They Win, Tails We Lose

kristyReforming Global Finance

Super Committee Deadlock: Heads They Win, Tails We Lose Ellen Brown http://WebofDebt.com/articles November 17, 2011 It is no great surprise that with only days to go, the congressional “super committee,” given the herculean task of carving an additional $1.2 trillion out of the federal budget, has failed to reach agreement. …

Carpe Diem

kristyReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News, Global Citizen

The momentum for systemic economic change is building! Occupy Wall Street has spread from New York to Boston, Chicago, LA and other American cities. These protests may be spontaneous, but they are not as unfocused as the media might have us think. They are clear expressions of anger about key …

From the brilliant lawyer, Ellen Brown , whom we are honored to have on our Advisory Board

kristyGreen Prosperity, Reforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News, Global Citizen

War – The Fiscal Stimulus of Last Resort Ellen Brown http://WebofDebt.com/articles September 9, 2011 “War! Good God, ya’ll. What is it good for? Absolutely nothin’!” So went the anti-Vietnam War protest song popularized by Edwin Starr in 1970 and revived by Bruce Springsteen in the 1980s. The song echoed popular …

Good News Agency October 2009

Ethical MarketsTrendspotting

“…In conveying the appreciation of the Head of State for the passion and the professionalism with which you spread, above all among the young, the culture of “good news”, I would like to take this opportunity of adding my personal greeting”. (From the letter of the Adviser for the Press …