Real Estate Crowdfunding Is Expanding Beyond the Local

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Wednesday, October 1 Top Stories Visit Our Site Follow Like RSS Real Estate Crowdfunding: Thinking Locally, Acting Globally — With news stories emerging daily about crowdfunding for real estate, more and more individuals in the US and abroad are taking note of the new way of investing their money in property. While real …

International Global Precipitation Measurement Mission Data Goes Public

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

International Global Precipitation Measurement Mission Data Goes Public 09/04/2014 You are subscribed to Earth News for NASA. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. International Global Precipitation Measurement Mission Data Goes Public 09/04/2014 12:00 PM EDT   The most accurate and comprehensive collection of rain, snowfall and …

The Centre for Sustainability and Excellence to host its Advanced CertifiedSustainability Training in San Francisco

Jay OwenSustainability News

The Centre for Sustainability and Excellence to host its Advanced CertifiedSustainability Training in San Francisco Chicago, August 26th, 2014 – The Centre for Sustainability and Excellence, a boutique firm specialized in global sustainability (CSR) consulting, coaching and training, after having hosted its Certified Sustainability (CSR) Practitioner Training in 25 countries and trained more than …

Desert-Greening: The Next Big Thing for Green Investors

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science, Articles by Hazel Henderson

By Hazel Henderson © 2014 for GreenMoney Journal Asset managers and investors are supposed to be rational actors, cranking in all available information leading to efficient markets and optimal resource-allocation. As market failures continue to proliferate and hidden externalities come home to roost, we find that successful investing requires going …

Satellite Study Reveals Parched U.S. West Using Up Underground Water

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

A new study by NASA and University of California, Irvine, scientists finds more than 75 percent of the water loss in the drought-stricken Colorado River Basin since late 2004 came from underground resources. The extent of groundwater loss may pose a greater threat to the water supply of the western …

NASA Launches Earth Science Challenges with OpenNEX Cloud Data

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

NASA is launching two challenges to give the public an opportunity to create innovative ways to use data from the agency’s Earth science satellites. The challenges will use the Open NASA Earth Exchange. OpenNEX is a data, supercomputing and knowledge platform where users can share modeling and analysis codes, scientific …