The previous week I covered the one thing Obama’s climate policy can’t leave out, and you can judge the President’s climate plan for yourself. Also, while I’m on “vacation” (moving) you can read (and link to) a web version of the fourth segment of our Rooftop Revolution report. Sincerely, John Positive Policy Changes for …
Placemaking News: Five Essential Elements of a Placemaking Campaign
Forward Follow us Like us Five Essential Elements of a Placemaking Campaign If, as the saying goes, architecture is frozen music, then urban planning is composition, but Placemaking is improvisational street performance. It’s interactive, messy, inclusive, and you can never be quite sure what the result will be–but you …
Schumacher Center for a New Economics: Seeds of Economic Transformation
The Left Forum Conference is held annually in New York City. At this year’s conference Schumacher Center for a New Economics will present two panels: “Beyond CSA: Community Supported Industry” and “Reclaiming our Agricultural Commons.” New York City’s Left Forum is the largest annual conference of left and progressive intellectuals, activists, academics, organizations, …
Shifts in Global Water Systems – Markers of a New Geological Epoch: the Anthropocene
A new geologic epoch, “The Anthropocene,” is characterized by humanity’s growing dominance of Earth’s environment and a planetary transformation as profound as the last epoch-defining event — the retreat of the glaciers 11,500 years ago. By way of illustration: Humanity has cleared an area the size of South …
Forum 2000 Focusing on Social Transformation and Havel’s Global Minimum this 15-17 September 2013
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 …
Brussels to ‘calibrate’ all directives with Green Paper on long-term investing
Today’s top stories Brussels to ‘calibrate’ all directives with Green Paper on long-term investing …
Brussels releases early draft of Green Paper on long-term investing
Dear Dr Hazel Henderson Today’s top stories Brussels releases early draft of Green Paper on long-term …
The Future of Occupy – Our NEW Website & Magazine
The Future of Occupy, which began as a simple website in October 2011 and launched the FoO newsletter in January of this year as a newsletter, has undergone a considerable transformation over the spring to re-emerge as a fully-fledged community platform and interactive electronic magazine. This process has been a …
UNDERSTANDING CHINA: AN ERA OF GREAT TRANSFORMATION
“Understanding China: An Era of Great Transformation” Fourth Annual Asia Summit The audience will be comprised of more than 300 GCC student members from from top universities at our chapters in the United States, and our partner organizations in China. July 7, 2012 9:00a.m.-6:00p.m Peking University Beijing
Banking because the future Matters: Building a Financial System to Support a Green, Fair and Inclusive Economy
Banking because the future Matters: Building a Financial System to Support a Green, Fair and Inclusive Economy (Rio Centro; 17 June; 11.30 – 13:00, P3-6) The sad truth is that unless we see a fundamental shift in the way that our financial systems are organised, many of the conversations at …