Huhne: Green policy promises GDP boost Energy and Climate Secretary sets out economic case for accelerated action to curb emissions and get off the ‘oil hook’ READ» Conservative prime minister David Cameron David Cameron must speak out on climate change, says top scientist Sir David King, a former chief scientific …
The Biggest Barrier to Teleworking: The Boss
The Biggest Barrier to Teleworking: The Boss By Tilde Herrera Telework still isn’t taking off in any major way, according to a new study of the remote workforce — and management resistance is the No. 1 obstacle….Read More Google Says Energy Innovation Will Pay Off — but When? By Marc …
China tries again at green planning
with thanks to Ellen Brown ,JD of our Advisory Board!! China tries again at green planning By Eve Cary China’s environmental problems are apparent to any visitor, and the statistics are striking: the nation is home to 20 of the world’s 30 most polluted cities, 90% of its rivers and …
Adair Turner on Beyond GDP
Adair Turner, head of their Financial Services Authority on what’s wrong with gdp! Keynote speech to Bretton Woods Conference 2011, Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) Click here to see the video!
Adair Turner on Beyond GDP
Adair Turner, head of their Financial Services Authority on what’s wrong with gdp! Keynote speech to Bretton Woods Conference 2011, Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) http://ineteconomics.org/video/bretton-woods/adair-lord-turners-keynote
Grossly Distorted Picture: GDP Still Misleading
Grossly Distorted Picture: GDP Still Misleading Governments, Banks and Investors by Omitting Asset Accounts By Hazel Henderson, for CSRWire Talkback The GDP results, however revised for the final quarter of 2010, will remain unreliable in charting recovery and progress in Europe, the USA and most other countries. GDP is now …
Continued Public Support for Going ‘Beyond GDP’: Global Poll
Continued Public Support for Going ‘Beyond GDP’: Global Poll (PDF press release) Click here for the survey results (PDF) London, January 21, 2011, 09:00 GMT: A new global poll across 12 countries reveals that more than two-thirds of people polled think that economic statistics like GDP are an inadequate way …
SB 2010 Power of “&” Meets Power of Emerging Measures
Hazel Henderson presented at the Sustainable Brands 2010 conference in Monterrey, California, on Re-Defining the Metrics of Success: The Emerging Measures of Qualitative Growth, presenting some of her newest thinking on why GDP serves poorly as the ultimate measure of progress. In this video of her presentation, she offers a …