Alternative Energy: Australia: 22 Percent Renewable Energy By 2020, 51 Percent by 2050

Jay OwenGreentech

Alternative Energy Australia: 22 Percent Renewable Energy By 2020, 51 Percent by 2050  Switchgrass Will Power Navy Jet Fighters With 95% Less Greenhouse Emissions $1 Billion Nuclear Power Plans Abandoned In Iowa DOE Launches Geothermal Regulatory Roadmap For Project Developers US Solar PV Demand To Grow 20 Percent In 2013 …

Investing Fossil Free

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Greentech

The Shelton Green Alpha Fund has been recognized by 350.org and their Fossil-Free campaign as a truly fossil fuel-free mutual fund. As 350.org founder, Bill McKibben, has said “You can have a healthy fossil-fuel industry or a healthy planet, but you can’t have both”. Garvin Jabusch, Portfolio Manager for the Shelton Green Alpha Fund …

McKibben, The Case for Fossil-Fuel Divestment

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

The Case for Fossil-Fuel Divestment On the road with the new generation of college activists fighting for the environment by: Bill McKibben, RollingStone, Feb. 22, 2013 http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-case-for-fossil-fuel-divestment-20130222?print=true It’s obvious how this should end. You’ve got the richest industry on earth, fossil fuel, up against some college kids, some professors, a few …

Mike Lewis – Announcing Launch of ‘The Resilience Imperative’

Ethical MarketsSustainability News, Books and Reviews

New Society Publishers, the Canadian Centre for Community Renewal, the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance, and the new economics foundation announce the release of The Resilience Imperative Co-operative Transitions to a Steady-State Economy By Michael Lewis, Canadian Centre for Community Renewal and Pat Conaty, new economics foundation, U.K. This is a book …

The Economics of Happiness Trailer

kristyBeyond GDP

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5131259/EoH%20trailers/EoH_Trailer_DvPal.mov The Economics of Happiness Trailer About the film ‘Going local’ is a powerful strategy to repair our fractured world—our ecosystems, our societies and our selves Economic globalization has led to a massive expansion in the scale and power of big business and banking. It has also worsened nearly every …

Entirely Surrounded: Protesters Encircle White House, Close in on Tar Sands Industry

kristyGlobal Citizen

Entirely Surrounded: Protesters Encircle White House, Close in on Tar Sands Industry by Bryan Farrell Published on Monday, November 7, 2011 by Waging Nonviolence “We don’t know how many people it takes to encircle the White House, but we’re about to find out,” Bill McKibben told a crowd of over …

Breaking news: OccupyWallStreet and the Climate Movements revolts join hands in NY!

kristyAdvisors' Forum

Dear friends, I’m writing from New York City, where the Occupy Wall Street movement is taking off. What started as a small group of young people with a vague call to action is evolving into something truly inspiring — and our crew at 350.org is excited to support this nascent …

A Call for Civil Disobedience on the Keystone XL Pipeline

kristyGlobal Citizen

DEMAND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE! A Call for Civil Disobedience on the Keystone XL Pipeline FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 22, 2011 Contact: [email protected] Washington — Eleven veteran environmentalists on both sides of the border today called for demonstrations outside the White House later this summer to block the proposed Keystone XL pipeline …