Ethical Markets congratulates WRI on it 30th Anniversary and the appointment of Dr.Andrew Steer, Hazel Henderson, Editor WRI Names Andrew Steer as New President Andrew Steer Andrew Steer (World Resources Institute) As an important friend of the World Resources Institute, and I am pleased to share exciting news with you …
Proprietary environments: Innovation paradox and policy
Dr. David E. Martin, Executive Chairman, M·CAM Inc. Batten Fellow, Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia. Discussion Paper 4 for the UK Government’s Foresight Project on the International Dimensions of Climate Change. Not unlike the periods of energy shocks in the past three decades, a general social …
Follow the Food
FOLLOW THE FOOD Impact investors seek to scale the supply of fresh food and build a regional food system www.fa-mag.com/green/news/10123-follow-the-food.html GREEN ACRES (FOLLOW THE FOOD–PART 2) Impact investors are supporting operating loans for organic farmers and food hubs fa-mag.com/pw-mag/impact-investing/10197-green-acres.html
Beyond Growth: Green Transition Accelerating Despite Recession
Beyond Growth: Green Transition Accelerating Despite Recession A new report out from Ethical Markets Media shows Green investments untouched by the Great Recession. Submitted by: Rosalinda Sanquiche Posted: Mar 09, 2012 – 09:00 AM EST By Rosalinda Sanquiche, Executive Director, Ethical Markets Media Green Transition Scoreboard® 2012, the latest findings …
New Leadership for the Center for Small Business and the Environment
WASHINGTON, DC (February 23, 2012) — The Center for Small Business and Environment (CSBE), a non-profit organization that promotes green entrepreneurship, announced today that Scott Sklar will become Executive Director on March 1st succeeding CSBE founder Byron Kennard who is retiring. SEE FULL TEXT New Leadership for the Center for …
Response to: New York Times “Don’t Presume to Know a Pig’s Mind”
Response to: New York Times “Don’t Presume to Know a Pig’s Mind” By Kathleen Paylor, Founder of Conscious Capital LLC Kathleen Paylor has a Masters Degree in Animals and Public Policy from Tufts Veterinary School. It is hard to know where to begin in response to Blake Hurst’s “Don’t Presume …
Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Data
With March comes the first day of Spring (3/20), a great time to start a gardening project, however large or small (even a few potted herbs can lend some hyper-local flavor to your diet) or join a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. Did you know March 22nd is World Water …
Risks Rise for Fracking
WHAT WE’RE FOLLOWING A Toxin Blooms In a 2004 study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Harvard-educated biologist and Institute for Ethnomedicine Director Paul Alan Cox, Ph.D. and colleagues found the neurotoxin B-methylamino-l-alanine (BMAA) in nine deceased Canadian… Continue Reading » Risks Rise for Fracking …
How I would lead the World Bank
How I would lead the World Bank By Jeffrey Sachs, Jeffrey Sachs is director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. My quest to help end poverty has taken me to more than 125 countries, from mega-city capitals to mountaintop villages, from rain forest settlements to nomadic desert camps. Now …
RSF listed among top Honest, Open, Trustworthy Money Managers
March 2012 Springing forward this week, we are elated to be listed as one of the most Honest, Open & Trustworthy money managers around! And in our effort to build the field of social finance, we are offering a summer internship, 5 scholarships to the BALLE conference, and a full …