NEW ENERGY: EU Probes Solar Firms Over Settlement Breaches

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

                                                         DAILY NEWSLETTER                                                           March 11, 2015   NEW ENERGY: EU Probes Solar Firms Over Settlement Breaches After several months of relative quiet, Chinese solar panel makers are back in the headlines this week with another looming trade dispute in Europe. This particular story, and much of the industry’s woes …

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News: Trees save lives, reduce respiratory problems

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News Trees save lives, reduce respiratory problems Posted: 25 Jul 2014 01:35 PM PDT In the first broad-scale estimate of air pollution removal by trees nationwide, scientists have calculated that trees are saving more than 850 human lives a year and preventing 670,000 incidences of acute respiratory …

Can Smartphone replace Voting in Democracies | SMART PLANET DAILY

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen

SmartPlanet Daily Yes !  I wrote about this possibility in  FORUM 70, an early computer magazine in the USA titled “ Citizens + Computers +Communications + Community “ ~ Hazel Henderson, Editor ( see my archives at www.hazelhenderson.com  and my book Creating Alternative Futures (1978) www.ethicalmarkets.com) MANAGE |READ ONLINE |PREVIOUS SmartPlanet Daily …

“What’s your nanodegree in?” | Smartplanet Daily

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen

Watch for our  MOOC launching  in July: the  ETHICAL MARKETS EXPLORATORIUM for global citizen activists ~ Hazel Henderson, Editor SmartPlanet Daily MANAGE |READ ONLINE |PREVIOUS SmartPlanet Daily A DAILY BRIEFING OF THE NEWEST STORIES ON SMARTPLANET, FIVE DAYS A WEEK. June 17, 2014 FROM THE DESK OF … Udacity’s new …

Why Potential Trillion dollar Carbon Bubble Grows Daily |Smart Planet Weekly

Jay OwenTrendspotting

SmartPlanet Weekly   MANAGE |READ ONLINE | PREVIOUS SmartPlanet Weekly A WEEKLY PREVIEW OF OUR CURRENT ISSUE, DELIVERED EVERY SUNDAY. June 15, 2014 FROM THE DESK OF … Want to have a say in legislation? In Argentina, there’s an app for that. We talk to the woman behind a new …

Zouk Capital leads €40m Series C funding round in iZettle

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Reforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

9 May 2014 Zouk Capital leads €40m Series C funding round in iZettle iZettle provides efficient mobile payment services for small enterprises  iZettle, Europe’s No.1 provider of mobile payment services and apps, has closed a €40 million Series C funding round.  London-based growth investor Zouk Capital led the round, with …

SJF Invests in Validic: SJF Ventures March 2014 Bulletin

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

  We are pleased to share sjf Ventures’ March 2014 Bulletin.  The fund recently invested in Validic, a mobile data provider for healthcare companies.  sjf also helped lead a $28 million Series C financing of Aseptia.  Please read about these items and other SJF-related activities below.   Sincerely, The SJF …

GreenBuzz Oct 14th

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

Get Your Free VERGE Interconnect Expo Pass Taking Care of Business By Joel Makower, Chairman & Executive Editor It’s nearly showtime! Tomorrow morning we’ll kick off VERGE San Francisco. (You can download the official program here.) We’ve got more than 1,000 people coming, so it’s going to be quite a gathering (and party!). There’s still …

YOUNG’S CHINA BUSINESS BLOG:Canadian Solar Gets State Financing

Jay OwenGreentech

   YOUNG’S CHINA BUSINESS BLOG                                                    DAILY NEWSLETTER                                                       June 4, 2013 Lenovo Raises Funds, IBM Servers In Sight? PC giant Lenovo (HKEx: 992) has announced plans for a major new bond issue, in the latest signal that it still hopes to revive stalled talks to buy IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) low-end server …

Clean Technica: Brazil Receives Requests For 392 MW Of Solar Power Projects Within One Week

Jay OwenGreentech

  Top cleantech news of the day from CleanTechnica, the world’s #1 cleantech or clean energy website: Brazil Receives Requests For 392 MW Of Solar Power Projects Within One Week Tesla Supercharger Network Will Help You Survive The Zombie Apocalypse Ford To Buy Solar Power From 20 MW Mexico Solar Power …