Review Of ‘The Systems View Of Life: A Unifying Vision’ By Capra And Luisi

Jay OwenBooks and Reviews, Articles by Hazel Henderson

by Hazel Henderson for SeekingAlpha.com   The Systems View Of Life: A Unifying Vision by Fritjof Capra and Pier Luigi Luisi, Cambridge University Press, UK 2014   This hefty volume, The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision, is a tour de force and will be a perennial textbook for decades …

Other News – Our Planet’s Future Is in the Hands of 58 People

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

Our Planet’s Future Is in the Hands of 58 People   By Roberto Savio*   ROME, Apr  2014 (IPS) – In case you missed it, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the third and final part of a report on Apr. 13 in which it says bluntly that …

Government by big business goes supranational

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

  http://mondediplo.com/2013/12/02tafta Le Monde diplomatique, English edition, December 2013 Government by big business goes supranational The corporation invasion A new treaty being negotiated in secret between the US and the EU has been specifically engineered to give companies what they want – the dismantling of all social, consumer and environmental …

RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT: INNOVATIVE TOOLS BUT LIMITED APPLICATION IN PRACTICE

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT: INNOVATIVE TOOLS BUT LIMITED APPLICATION IN PRACTICE Paris, 3rd December 2013. Today, for the sixth time, Novethic will be convening asset owners from across Europe to its annual conference, “ESG Strategies for responsible investors”. The day’s aim is to encourage exchanges between investors on the integration of Environmental, …

Alternative Energy: EU: 100 Percent Renewable Energy Is Here

Jay OwenGreentech

Alternative Energy EU: 100 Percent Renewable Energy Is Here Cameras five times more sensitive to light? An ultrasensitive molybdenum-based image sensor developed Residential Electric Rates Revisited – Part 1: A Historical Perspective The Bigger Picture: Nuclear Energy vs. Fossil Fuels California Smashes Solar Energy Record Wednesday’s NASDAQ Top Gainer: Energy …

Alternative Energy: Can a Second Global Carbon Market Emerge?

Jay OwenGreentech

Alternative Energy Can a Second Global Carbon Market Emerge? Tea Party Takes on Utility Over Lack of Solar Energy Electric Vehicles in May 2013 What Happens When California Meets 33 Percent Renewables Mandate? Plastic Bags Litter Seafloor  New Solar Guide Could Tap 3.3GW Potential Of HOA Communities San Onofre Nuclear …

New Chair Mayor Park of Seoul spearheads energy and emissions savings plan in cities worldwide

kristyGreen Prosperity, Community Development Solutions

In the run up to COP18, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, the World Mayors Council on Climate Change and Seoul Metropolitan Government hosted a number of events including a World Mayors Dialogue. The Dialogue enabled local leaders to present their success stories and exchange ideas with international and Korean …

ESC – Club of Rome / Newsflash 99

kristyGlobal Citizen

CALENDAR Overview of Club of Rome Events ALL OCTOBER EVENTS IN DETAIL Vienna: A Needle Eye as Large as a Camel (Oct 3) Valencia: Past, Present and Future of Nuclear Energy (Oct 3) Barcelona: Evolution of Beliefs and Values (Oct 4) Vienna: Energy Counseling in Virtual Spaces (Oct 13) Ottawa: …