Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

      SmartPlanet Weekly May 24, 2013 A weekly review of the best stories, one from each department, delivered every Friday.   From the Desk of … Will the U.S. student loan debt crisis negate recent economic gains? – Aly Windsor, News Editor       The Bulletin Is the …

Conventional Wisdom About Clean Energy Is Still Way Out of Date – GTM Daily Newsletter

Jay OwenGreentech

Friday May 10, 2013 LATEST NEWS: This ‘Monumental Shift’ in the US Buildings Sector May Surprise You  Stephen Lacey – May 9, 2013 “I don’t think people truly understand what just happened.” San Antonio’s CPS Backs Off Solar Net Metering Power Grab  Eric Wesoff – May 9, 2013 How much …

Union Square Ventures is Cornering the Crowdfunding Market

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Don’t hesitate to get in touch! [email protected] Union Square Ventures is Cornering the Crowdfunding Market May 08, 2013 12:07 pm | Jonathan Sandlund |View Original Post|   As you’ve undoubtedly heard by now, CircleUp announced its $7.5 million Series A yesterday. Surpassing Funders Club’s $6 million “seed” round in October, this …

The Woodstock of Capitalism

Jay OwenSustainability News

Every year on this day, tens of thousands of people make the pilgrimage to Omaha, Nebraska to hear two of the worlds richest men discuss everything from cultural trends, to love and marriage, to assigning probabilities to terrorist attacks. Those men are Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, of course. Warren …

Alternative Energy: China Reclaims Top Spot Over US In Clean Energy Sector

Jay OwenGreentech

Alternative Energy China Reclaims Top Spot Over US In Clean Energy Sector IEA: Global Progress on Clean Energy Has Stalled, New Policies Needed Italy Now Has 16.7 GW Of Installed Solar PV Capacity 250 MW Solar PV Power Plant Planned For Western Spain Bitcoin’s Environmental Problem 99% Of 2012 US …

Germany’s Renewables Revolution

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

  Thursday, April 18, 2013 Featured Blogs GERMANY’S RENEWABLES REVOLUTION FEWER MIDNIGHT (COAL) TRAINS TO GEORGIA WHO’S THE BoS? Read All RMI Blogs RMI in the News HOW CAN WE BOOST DISTRIBUTED SOLAR AND SAVE UTILITIES AT THE SAME TIME? Grist HOW DO WE REVERSE THE DROP IN COMBINED HEAT …

[Climate Bonds] US States compete on Green Banks, with CA the latest / Penn’s warehouse issues $31m energy efficiency bond

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

US States compete on Green Banks, with CA the latest / Penn’s warehouse issues $31m energy efficiency bond Posted on 17. Mar, 2013 by Sean Kidney in blog We’re beginning to see some friendly competition emerging among US States around Green Banks. New York Governor Cuomo a few weeks ago announced the setting up of a …

Transforming Economics Into True Wealth

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, Transforming Finance

November 2012  The statement on TRANSFORMING ECONOMIES INTO TRUE WEALTH is an invitation to fully engage in the planetary whole-system shift now under way.  Many SRI investment professionals recognize our human responsibility for the many breakdowns in our societies and enfolding ecosystems resulting from our limited consciousness: climate change, hunger, …