ILSR’s Energy Self-Reliant States: New Report! City Power Play: 8 Practical Local Energy Policies to Boost the Economy

Jay OwenGreentech

It’s out! Check out our latest report featuring 8 Practical Local Energy Policies to Boost the Economy, with examples illustrating the policies in action and links right to the ordinances that made them work.  Also, I just posted a panel presentation I gave to the Society of Environmental Journalists last Friday, …

WorldBlu’s BIG News – Become a Certified Freedom-Centered Leader!

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

It’s been 16 years since I founded WorldBlu, and along the way we’ve launched some major game-changing initiatives such as The WorldBlu Scorecard, the world’s first quantitative tool that measures the level of organizational democracy within a company, and the WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces, the word’s first certification for freedom-centered …

Is Ethical Advertising Finally Gaining Traction?

Jay OwenTrendspotting

Update: Since this article posted, I have been contacted about other positive advertising awards. The Cannes Lion Grand Prix for Good and the D&AD White Pencil are social awareness awards within their larger fields of awards. Agencies submit packages, many with multi-media components, corporate clients and global reach, which creatively …

Profit from the Death of Your Electric Company

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Trendspotting

  Profit from the Death of Your Electric Company By Jeff Siegel | Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 The annual market for distributed generation will reach $12.7 billion in about three years. This figure is based on a recent Pike Research report on microgrids, and has since been shown to be …

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Trendspotting

    Profit from the Death of Your Electric Company By Jeff Siegel | Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 The annual market for distributed generation will reach $12.7 billion in about three years. This figure is based on a recent Pike Research report on microgrids, and has since been shown to …

Earth Policy Release – Dozens of U.S. Cities Board the Bike-Sharing Bandwagon

Jay OwenSustainability News

Dozens of U.S. Cities Board the Bike-Sharing Bandwagon  Janet Larsen http://www.earth-policy.org/plan_b_updates/2013/update113 Earth Policy Release Plan B Update May 14, 2013 When New York City opened registration for its much anticipated public bike-sharing program on April 15, 2013, more than 5,000 people signed up within 30 hours. Eager for access to …