‘Money & Life’ Doc Frames New Economy of Living Systems

kristyThe Power of Yin

In the documentary Collapse, Michael Ruppert puts an incredibly fine point on the fact that, upon a foundation of finite energy, we have built an economic system that demands infinite growth. He adds that we are currently at the collision point of those two forcibly exclusive ideas. Like the various …

The Banking System, Itself, is the Root Cause of Money System Instability

Ethical MarketsReforming Global Finance

By Paul Grignon In this article, Paul Grignon sets out in words the argument presented in “Money as Debt II – Promises Unleashed.”  The design of the banking system itself necessarily creates an ongoing shortage of Principal that results in INSTABILITY and potential COLLAPSE of the system in the absence of PERPETUAL …

Report: US Re-takes Lead In Clean Energy Race from China… But Not For Long

kristyGreen Prosperity

Report: US Re-takes Lead In Clean Energy Race from China… But Not For Long Posted: 19 Apr 2012 01:29 PM PDT Tom Konrad CFA According to the just-released report “Who’s Winning the Clean Energy Race?” from the Pew Charitable Trusts, the United States invested the most in Clean Energy of …

Video of the Day: Charles Eistenstein on Sacred Economics

kristyCommunity Development Solutions, Global Citizen, Wealth of Networks

Video of the Day: Charles Eistenstein on Sacred Economics Directed by Ian MacKenzie ; Produced by Velcrow Ripper, Gregg Hill, Ian MacKenzie “Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity, destroyed community, …

Carbon Markets, Trading Our Future

kristyGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News, Resource Efficiency

“Kudos to our British friends for this clear analysis of why Carbon Markets Failed , as I also reported in my “From Rigged Carbon Markets to Green investing”, Hazel Henderson, Editor CARBON MARKETS, TRADING OUR FUTURE New film and report show failures of carbon markets and foresee their collapse Occupy …

Renewable Energy Ideas Too Good to be True

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Renewable Energy Ideas Too Good to be True Free energy, perpetual motion machines, and solar cells that work in moonlight. Bjorn Lomborg: The Sustainability Critic He’s the economist environmentalists love to hate. CPV Ascendant? Cogentrix Gets $90M Loan Guarantee for 30MW Project Amonix to provide the CPV hardware. ECD’s Bloody …

The Cancun Compacts: Nations of world choose hope in face of climate crisis

Ethical MarketsGreen Prosperity

“Confidence is back,” announced Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon at the conclusion of climate talks in Cancun at 3 am. “Hope has returned.” Restoring hopes crushed by the collapse last year of Copenhagen’s climate negotiations, the nations of the world have rediscovered consensus on addressing global warming pollution tonight in Cancun. …