Public release date: 28-Mar-2012 [ Print | E-mail | Share ] [ Close Window ] Contact: Terry Collins [email protected] 416-538-8712 Earth System Science Partnership Beyond GDP: Experts preview ‘Inclusive Wealth’ index at Planet under Pressure conference Needed to surmount sustainability hurdles: New yardstick of national progress; reforms of corporate reporting; …
20 June 2012 – Pavan Sukhdev and Jeffrey Sachs – SPECIAL PANEL SESSION ON THE ECONOMICS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
INVITATION The three Executive Secretaries of the Rio Conventions: Ms. Christiana Figueres, UNFCCC Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Mr. Luc Gnacadja, UNCCD are pleased to invite you to attend the following panel session being held under the auspices of the Rio Conventions Pavilion. SPECIAL PANEL SESSION ON THE …
Myth of Perpetual Growth is killing America
Last Update: 12:03 AM ET Jun 12, 2012 Economists are master illusionists who rely on a set of fictions, fantasies and forecasts that emanate from a core magical mantra of Perpetual Growth that goes untested year after year. …Read the rest of the story
Joint Global Reporting Initiative, WBCSD, CEBDS press release
Joint Global Reporting Initiative, WBCSD, CEBDS press release For immediate release Friday 15 June 2012 Rio+20 should adopt an approach to making sustainability reporting standard practice say leading business organizations Ban Ki Moon asked to lead establishment of global policy framework for sustainability reporting Rio de Janeiro 15 June 2012 …
Rio+20 a vital opportunity for changing the metrics
As one of the organizers of the original Beyond GDP conference in the European Parliament in 2007 , and funder of its Surveys in 12 countries by Globescan, we are glad to see some progress toward using all available indicators of health, education, environment and poverty . But these indicators …
2012 Global Peace Index just released
Dear Friends and Subscribers, We are delighted to announce the launch of the 2012 Global Peace Index (GPI). The sixth edition of the index has found that the world, for the first time since 2009, is slightly more peaceful. The GPI ranks 158 countries using 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators …
Dr. Wackernagel Wins Prestigious Kenneth E. Boulding Award
We at Ethical Markets Media salute Dr. Mathis Wackernagel ,( who also serves on our Advisory Board for the Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators “ dashboard “) , as well as his co-creator of the Ecological Footprint , Dr. William Rees , in winning this prestigious Kenneth E. Boulding Award …
Asia-Pacific Cannot Afford to Grow Without Addressing Environmental Concerns
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As part of Civil Society, how the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW) is leading change
As part of Civil Society, how the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW) is leading change The Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW) goes beyond narrow economic measures like GDP and provides Canada’s only national index that measures wellbeing across a wide spectrum of domains. The work of CIW extends beyond Canada; …
If Ann Romney’s Child Rearing is Work, Should All Care Givers Be Compensated?
News Stories May 3, 2012 If Ann Romney’s Child Rearing is Work, Should All Care Givers Be Compensated? Nancy Folbre: Raising children is socially valuable work, social programs that support it are a form of payment Go to story | Go to homepage AFRICOM and the Conflict in Mali Nii …