MoneyWeek Roundup: The Bank of England threatens democracy…

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

The Bank of England threatens democracy… Buy Turkey!… Everything you ever wanted to know about fracking… From Matthew Partridge, across the river from the City The Bank of England undermines democracy This week, our editor-in-chief, Merryn Somerset Webb, looked at how the Bank of England’s interest rate policy is hurting savers. …

Earth Policy Institute: Moving Up the Food Chain

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Sustainability News, Trendspotting

Moving Up the Food Chain  Lester R. Brown www.earth-policy.org/books/fpep/fpepch3 Earth Policy Release Full Planet, empty plates November 25, 2013 For most of the time that human beings have walked the earth, we lived as hunter-gatherers. The share of the human diet that came from hunting versus gathering varied with geographic …

Supercharging Japan’s Clean Energy Economy; Patent Index Update; Kior’s $100M Haul, and Much More

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

research / reports / webinars / stock indexes / book / about Cleanwatch The e-Letter on Clean Technology from Clean Edge Welcome to Cleanwatch. Each issue offers the latest news, events, and other resources on clean energy, transportation, water, and materials. Lessons from Japan: How the Nation Can Supercharge its Clean-Energy Economy By Ron Pernick Two and a half years …

To Expand Offshore Power, Japan Builds Floating Windmills

Jay OwenGreentech

To Expand Offshore Power, Japan Builds Floating Windmills Yoshikazu Tsuno/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images An offshore wind turbine off the coast of Fukushima. By HIROKO TABUCHI Published: October 24, 2013 OFF THE COAST OF FUKUSHIMA, Japan — Twelve miles out to sea from the severely damaged and leaking nuclear reactors at …

Ethical Markets Honors Co-founding Officer

Jay OwenAdvisors' Forum

Saint Augustine, FL, October 15, 2013 – Ethical Markets Media is proud to name Alan F. Kay (1925-), as Honorary Chair of the Ethical Markets Advisory Board.  Alan F. Kay, PhD, retiring as treasurer, has served Ethical Markets since 2003, providing leadership to the company and untiring support to Hazel …

Only Three More Days to Tell Your Friends About Mosaic

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Crowdfunding

Only Three More Days to Tell Your Friends About Mosaic Do you have friends or family who’d be interested in investing at Mosaic? Send them to http://mos.ai/sun_bonus to claim their $10 new investor bonus! From clean energy ending India’s blackouts to America’s new “Green Elephants”, Mosaic’s October Newsletter brings you the top …

AMI 9th Annual Conference Report – An Important Conference

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

Dear Friends of the American Monetary Institute, Three areas to discuss: * First, a report on the 9th Annual AMI Monetary Reform Conference by Jamie Walton. * Second, a link to our Google Group posting of a “Gem” of an article organized and written by first time conference participant, Nick …

What We Could Do with a Postal Savings Bank: Infrastructure that Doesn’t Cost Taxpayers a Dime

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, Community Development Solutions

We at Ethical Markets  fully support    restoring this  savings bank function to  our US Post Office  and funding new infrastructure at no cost to taxpayers, as in many other countries in Europe and  in Japan . –  Hazel Henderson, editor  What We Could Do with a Postal Savings Bank: Infrastructure …

The Globalist: How Young People Transform the World

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen

August 23, 2013 Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Google+     How Young People Transform the World The New Globalists: Meet the Transformers Joseph Quinlan | Who are the faces of the rising global middle class? The New Globalists: The Road Ahead Joseph Quinlan | As global economic activity shifts from the West, …