Beyond GDP: Measuring progress, true wealth, and the well-being of nations

Jay OwenBeyond GDP

  ENVIRONMENT   Dear Subscriber, The Beyond GDP Website www.beyond-gdp.eu has been revamped, with more frequent news and updates, improved presentation and structure. We are also updating our mailing list to re-launch the Beyond GDP electronic Newsletter. The next edition will be released imminently. In order not to miss it make sure …

Dubious Positive Biases in Revised U.S. Economic Statistics

Jay OwenBeyond GDP

Why do most of the methodologically revised U.S. economic statistics tend to create a picture of a more positive looking economy? Do these revised statistics really give a better—or illusory—understanding of economic activity? And is it coincidental that the benefits flowing from these more positive looking statistics largely accrue to powerful elites who also have …

CIW update

Jay OwenBeyond GDP

Dear CIW International Advisory Network members,   First, happy spring to all of you. The CIW is certainly out of hibernation. We would like to tell you about our busy month ahead: 1.      We have been working with the Association of Ontario Health Centres (AOHC) through an Ontario Trillium Foundation grant. …

Welcome to the Sharing Spring!

Jay OwenCommunity Development Solutions, Global Citizen, Sustainability News, Beyond GDP

  APRIL 1, 2014 NEWSLETTER Welcome to the #SharingSpring! Dear Kosmos Friends, Spring is here in New England and we are celebrating with our friends at Shareable.  In the face of today’s enormous challenges, we often hear, ‘yes, but what can I DO?’ This Kosmos Newsletter offers some great options. All kinds …

PRWeb: What are the Prospects for Humanity?

Jay OwenSustainability News, Beyond GDP

What are the Prospects for Humanity? Could be Great, Provided the Main Global Challenges Are Addressed, Shows the “2013-14 State of the Future” by The Millennium Project The “State of the Future” is a comprehensive overview of the present situation and prospects for humanity, integrating forecasts, trends, and judgments of …

IIRC Welcomes South Africa’s Endorsement of the International Integrated Reporting Framework

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Beyond GDP

IIRC Welcomes South Africa’s Endorsement of the International Integrated Reporting Framework FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 20 March 2014 – The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) welcomes the announcement that the Integrated Reporting Committee (IRC) of South africa has endorsed the International <IR> Framework. Integrated Reporting (<IR>) is a process founded on integrated thinking …

The Green Economy Barometer

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Beyond GDP

We at ethical markets are members of the Green Economy Coalition and are happy to  present this new Green Economy Barometer which complements our own Green Transition Scoreboard® , which measures private investments worldwide since 2007,  Hazel Henderson, editor Dear friends,   How are governments, north and south, responding to …

Shareable: Join the Quiet Revolution

Jay OwenCommunity Development Solutions, Beyond GDP

Weekly Newsletter  Subscribe to Shareable’s newsletter.   Join the Quiet Revolution Want to be a Quiet Revolutionary? Help map the movement! >> Read more What’s Driving Free Coworking’s Epic Growth? And what does the future hold? 4 coworking leaders share their thoughts. >> Read more Let’s Take Back Our Economies The current …

The COSA Measuring Sustainability Report

Jay OwenSustainability News, Beyond GDP

  We recently launched  “The COSA Measuring Sustainability Report.”  together with five sustainable practices in developing coutires. Giants like Mars, Unilever, Starbucks, Nestle and McDonalds are among the firms investing in new approaches to help them understand what makes the segments now integrate no less than 435 sustainability. Some of these are a response to …