The Naked Future: What Happens in a World That Anticipates Your Every Move?

Jay OwenTrendspotting, Wealth of Networks

Because you are a subscriber to Futurist Update, we thought you might be interested in news on an upcoming book release related to the future and to foresight. Announcing: The Naked Future: What Happens in a World That Anticipates Your Every Move? To be published on March 6, 2014 from Current Books (a …

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News: Two for one in solar power: New process could revolutionize solar energy harvesting

Jay OwenGreentech, Earth Systems Science

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News     Two for one in solar power: New process could revolutionize solar energy harvesting Posted: 17 Nov 2013 12:57 PM PST A process that could revolutionize solar energy harvesting has been efficiently demonstrated in solution for the first time. Near-future heat and precipitation extremes predicted …

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News: Effects of interannual climate variability on tropical tree cover: Satellite data reveal how tropical ecosystems may respond to climate extremes

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News Effects of interannual climate variability on tropical tree cover: Satellite data reveal how tropical ecosystems may respond to climate extremes Acidifying oceans could spell trouble for squid North Atlantic hurricane forecast predicts above-average season Microbial changes regulate function of entire ecosystems  The greatest place to be …

Stuffed and Starved round two: Raj Patel talks to Jonny Gordon-Farleigh about our crazy global food system

Ethical MarketsReforming Global Finance, Earth Systems Science

We at Ethical Markets  highly recommend this interview with Raj Patel, relating our food crises with the new levels of speculation in financial markets, brought to our attention by Allan Savory  , pioneer in restoring land  and a member of our Advisory Board, – Hazel Henderson, Editor by Jonny Gordon-Farleigh …

Climate Impacts on Energy Systems

kristyResource Efficiency

Authors: Ebinger, Jane; Vergara, Walter Add to favorites Share: While the energy sector is a primary target of efforts to arrest and reverse the growth of greenhouse gas emissions and lower the carbon footprint of development, it is also expected to be increasingly affected by unavoidable climate consequences from the …