REN21’s Renewables 2015 Global Status Report

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

a Newsletter – June 2015   In this issue News from the Secretariat | News from the Network | Upcoming Events   Dear Reader, As I write these lines, I am on my way back from the launch of this year’s Global Status Report in China. Over the past decade, China has established itself …

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 …

Stone Paper meeting today in South Africa

Jay OwenGreentech

Hello, One of the Blue Economy projects is to make paper without water or tree fibers, re-using mining waste.  This year the production of stone paper will move towards the one million ton target in China! Today the President of South Africa and the Minister of Mining is meeting with …

SRI Pioneer Amy Domini Takes Impact Investing to the Public Markets

Ethical Markets - RTV Series

By Ellie Winninghoff SRI pioneer Amy Domini last week celebrated the launch of Nia Global Solutions (Nia), a new type of portfolio that takes impact investing into public stock markets. Co-founded with Oakland-based Kristin Hull, a seasoned entrepreneurial philanthropist and impact investor, Nia consists of narrowly focused firms whose sole …

ENB Vol. 9 No. 621 – Fifth meeting of the ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity – Issue #4

Jay OwenNature/Biomimicry

  Earth Negotiations Bulletin · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · A Reporting Service for …

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News: All teeth and claws? New study sheds light on dinosaur claw function

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News   All teeth and claws? New study sheds light on dinosaur claw function Posted: 06 May 2014 05:41 PM PDT How claw form and function changed during the evolution from dinosaurs to birds is explored in a new study into the claws of a group of …

The Wiser.org website was officially closed on April 22nd 2014 – Earth Day.

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Wealth of Networks

Dear Wiser.org friends, members and supporters, The Wiser.org website was officially closed on April 22nd 2014 – Earth Day. We are so grateful to everyone who has been part of this incredible journey towards a more just and sustainable world. We thank you for all your messages and well wishes sent after …

2014 GIB Summit on Sustainable Infrastructure Financing

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Community Development Solutions

The world’s leading event for Sustainable Infrastructure Financing, the 4th Global Infrastructure Basel (GIB) Summit 2014, will be held at the Congress Center Basel in switzerland on 21-22 May 2014.  The summit kicks off with an Interactive Workshop on the Harvard Business School Case Study Method by Prof. John Macomber, Harvard Business School, Boston. …

South Africa endorses the International Framework

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

IIRC Newsletter – March Edition South Africa endorses the International <IR> Framework The Integrated Reporting Committee (IRC) of South Africa, who’s influential members include the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, has this month endorsed the International <IR> Framework. This announcement sees the Framework being adopted to provide global unity in Integrated Reporting, …

ENB Vol. 9 No. 614 – Third Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization – Issue #3

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science, Nature/Biomimicry

Earth Negotiations Bulletin · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · …