ScienceDaily: Lightning reshapes rocks at the atomic level

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News     Lightning reshapes rocks at the atomic level   Posted: 05 Aug 2015 04:17 PM PDT A lightning strike can reshape a mineral’s crystal structure, according to a new study. Researchers once believed only meteorites could do so. From a million miles away, NASA camera …

Green Buzz: Taking Care of Business

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

Taking Care of Business By Joel Makower Chairman & Executive Editor On April 28, we’ll be holding another in our series of VERGE Salons — high-energy, day-long events focused on unlocking the business opportunities at the convergence of technology and sustainability. The focus of VERGE Salon London is Supply-Chain Transparency and …

The Business Need for Ethics & Compliance Professionals is Huge. We Provide the Gold Standard in Training.

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

 The Business Need for Ethics & Compliance Professionals is Huge. We Provide the Gold Standard in Training. For two decades the Center for Business Ethics at Bentley University and the Ethics & Compliance Association (ECA) have been pioneers in providing the leading executive education program in ethics and compliance. That …

Real Estate Crowdfunding Stays Hot as RealtyShares Raises $10M

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Wednesday, April 8 Top Stories Visit Our Site Follow Like RSS RealtyShares Raises $10M in Series A Round — RealtyShares, a real estate crowdfunding platform for accredited investors, announced yesterday that it’s raised $10 million in a Series A round from Menlo Ventures and General Catalyst Partners. The company has …

Economists calling for “QE for the people”

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

We at ethical markets agree and have also  called for more democratized  and future-focused  ways of  designing quantitative easing :  “ the trickle up “ approach  proposed by Milton Friedman  of just taking cash up  in helicopters and throwing it out the windows “  ( seriously supported  in FOREIGN AFFAIRS …

The coffee pod craze | Cute animals & conservation | The circular economy in Asia

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

Ethical Markets  applauds this ECO-BUSINESS  publication based in Singapore for enriching our understanding of the progress on achieving the circular economy  worldwide .We are happy to  see they quote several  of our global  Advisory Board members  :  Bill McDonough  and Michael  Braungart  ,  Gunter Pauli  , as well as  my …

The Core Mission of Crowdfinance

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Let’s talk Reg A+, liquidity, data bubbles & the heart of crowdfinance The Core Mission of Crowdfinance March 10, 2015 By Dara Albright I spend many waking hours advocating for crowdfinance and preaching about the economic repercussions of an unjust financial system that inhibits entrepreneurs from procuring growth capital and …

The World Future Society transformation has begun: An autumn letter from WFS CEO Amy Zalman

Jay OwenTrendspotting

    October 10, 2014 Dear Fellow Futurists,   I hope that your autumn has started happily.    Here at the World Future Society, we have been busy laying the groundwork for a multi-year transformation of our organization into the world’s premiere platform for nurturing and empowering futurists.    Today, I’m writing …

A new series on Economic Impacts of Workers’ Capital:

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

  October 9, 2014 Here’s your Heartland E-Journal Thursday Morning Espresso!  This morning we bring you a new series on Economic Impacts of Workers’ Capital: Economic Impact Investors’ Corner Workers’ capital is the retirement savings and pension funds invested in global capital markets to provide long-term financial returns to worker …

We are pleased to announce that Katovich & Kassan Law Group is now Cutting Edge Counsel.

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

  We are pleased to announce that Katovich & Kassan Law Group is now Cutting Edge Counsel.   Katovich & Kassan Law Group (K2 Law Group for short) was founded in 2001 to focus on clients that care about social, environmental, and corporate responsibility. For 13 years we have provided a low-overhead …