By Alicia Garcia-Herrero, Other News Beijing has only taken advantage of the opportunity the West has carelessly abandoned It has long been the case that almost everything that happens in the Latin American region has something to do with China. This relationship began with commodity trading, when China became the …
SUSPENDING HUNGARY’S EU PRESIDENCY ISN’T A SANCTION — IT’S A PRECAUTION
By Alberto Alemanno, POLITICO The threat of impeding the Council of EU presidency may prove to be one of the most effective instruments for Brussels to make rebellious members fall in line. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the longest-serving current leader of any European Union member country, has turned Hungary into …
Vietnam faces criticism for arresting climate activist as it closes clean energy deal
By Michael Copley, NPR A prominent climate activist in Vietnam was detained on Wednesday in what human rights experts say is the latest case of the country’s ruling Communist Party suppressing civil society. The arrest came weeks after dozens of environmental and human rights groups urged President Joe Biden and …
GOODBYE TO THE AMERICAN CENTURY
By Michael T. Klare – TomDispatch, From Other News China, India, and the Emerging New World Order Not so long ago, political analysts were speaking of the “G-2” — that is, of a potential working alliance between the United States and China aimed at managing global problems for their mutual …
The profession of sustainability is doing just fine
Joel Makower Sustainability professionals are thriving. That in itself is news. When the 2008 recession came around, the sustainability function inside companies suffered as many positions were shed as part of cost-saving (euphemistically, “rightsizing”) measures. By the time the recession ended in 2010, only about one in four companies said …
The Laszlo Upshift Festival 02/22/2022 – Sign up for FREE
Save the date! 22-02-2022 Sign up for this free event During the Upshift Festival… We will connect online to celebrate the book launch of Ervin Laszlo. Dialogues between the author and the hosts Reading excerpts from the book Live Q&A with the audience And special guest appearances! A new trailer for …
Bloomberg Green: Climate-friendly shopping
“Ethical Markets congratulates Jess Shankleman and Bloomberg Green for highlighting Freecycle! We have covered all these and other electronic barter exchanges and local currencies we have documented for over 30 years ….whenever macroeconomic indicators and price-system based policies have failed to steer markets away from cliffs of unsustainability and destructive …
December Monthly Update Newsletter
Monthly Update | December 2021 Donate to NAMLE’s 2021 Year-End Campaign We know that our community works every day to support our mission to see media literacy widely practiced and highly valued as an essential life skill. Your donation to NAMLE supports our events, initiatives, community outreach, and so much more. We …
Algorithm accountability is easier said than done
“Ethical Markets welcomes all these actions to rein in social media, following on my 5 steps in “Steering Social Media Toward Sanity“ and our paper “Can AI Algorithms Be Ethical?“, referencing IT expert Dave Lauer on our global Advisory Board. Hazel Henderson, Editor“ By Mathew Ingram Over the past several years, Congress …
From rights in the metaverse to community forests
“Ethical Markets welcomes this focus by the Thomson Reuters Foundation on the idiocies of Silicon Valley’s promotion of virtual reality and the so-called: “metaverse”! We have been following these dangerous trends for several years, see my “Steering Social Media Toward Sanity” and my forthcoming article: “ENSLAVING OURSELVES TO INFOTECH SPEED AND …