“Ethical Markets recommends this deep dive into the work of our partner Biomimicry 3.8. I am also an early investor in this wonderful consulting company, and we co-developed the financial tool “Principles of Ethical Biomimicry Finance“ a turnkey knowledge system available for licensing to asset managers wanting to learn this …
How Factories Can Become Positive Contributors
‘AN AUDACIOUS AND BOLD NEW MISSION’ Integral to Interface Inc.’s continuing work to achieve what Sustainable Brands called its “audacious and bold” Climate Take Back mission is a focus on drawing inspiration from nature’s genius as a guide for innovation—including the Factory as a Forest initiative run in partnership with …
INVESTING IN SALTWATER AGRICULTURE: THE NEXT BIG THING
In this program, Hazel Henderson and NASA Chief Scientist Dennis Bushnell continue their exploration of the massive global potential in shifting over-investments in food and agriculture dependent on the planet’s 3% of freshwater to the other halt of the plant kingdom: the 10,000 salt-loving (halophyte) plants that can fill human …
Combating Cognitive Biases in NYC
IMMERSION WORKSHOPS THINK LIKE AN ECOSYSTEM BIOMIMICRY FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION June 12-14; New York City WORKSHOP EXTENSION June 15-16 LEARN MORE Escaping our cognitive biases is vitally important in today’s society—and nature provides us unbounded opportunities for this. That’s why we’re excited to bring the highly popular Biomimicry for Social …
Moving the from ‘Less Bad’ to Positive Impact
MAKING THE CASE FOR GOING BEYOND ZERO FOOTPRINT We were excited (and not surprised!) when Fortune magazine named biomimicry a top trend to ride in 2017—and the excitement has continued to grow into 2018. Biomimicry is being used to help companies around the globe move beyond simply doing less bad, …
Issue #9 of Bio-Based World Quarterly: now published.
As its editor I’d like to personally invite you to download Issue #9 of Bio-Based World Quarterly your dedicated guide to the latest news and essential business developments for bio-based chemicals, products and fuels and the brands that purchase, use and sell them. In this free to read digital magazine you will …
What will Your Impact Be? How Biomimicry is Driving Meaningful Change
“Ethical Markets is proud to partner with Biomimicry3.8 and our Principles of Ethical Biomimicry Finance ® a turnkey knowledge system for asset allocators and ethical, impact investors. ~Hazel Henderson, Editor“ DRIVING MEANINGFUL CHANGE We’re celebrating impacts this month, whether it’s the positive change our Certified Biomimicry Professionals are driving at …
Watch: We’re Not the Only Ones Who Rely on Relationships
From the experts at Biomimicry 3.8 watch Exploring the power of cooperative relationships in nature Thanks to 3.8 billion years of ecosystem evolution, nature has much to teach us about how cooperative relationships can create more sustainable, resilient ways of doing business. Join Dr. Dayna Baumeister for a deep dive …
ScienceDaily: Top Environment News
ScienceDaily: Top Environment News New mapping technique can help fight extreme poverty Life of an albatross: Tackling individuality in studies of populations Suite of papers shed light on decade-long stem cell mystery Brittle starfish shows how to make tough ceramics Algae could feed and fuel planet with aid of new …
US military agency invests $100m in genetic extinction technologies | Science | The Guardian
“Ethical Markets is alarmed to see such investments in potentially disastrous technologies before the necessary assessments of their possible social and environmental consequences. We need to reinstate the former US Office of Technology Assessment, on which I served, which conducted such studies from 1975 until it was shut down in …