MIT issues green property bonds to refinance green buildings, $370m, 24 yr, 3.959% coupon, Aaae. We like!

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

  MIT issues green property bonds to refinance green buildings, $370m, 24 yr, 3.959% coupon, Aaae. We like! I’ve been in Montreal today discussing the prospects for green property bonds and arguing it’s as much about re-financing as new projects. We want an owner of a green hotel chain to be …

Gross National Wholeness

Jay OwenAdvisors' Forum

Gross National Wholeness By Martin Ping, Executive Director, Hawthorne Valley; EMM Advisory Board member By Martin Ping Few things in life elicit more happiness and joy than the first signs of spring. Especially after experiencing a genuine winter that seemed oblivious to the calendar and in no hurry to depart. …

Review Of ‘The Second Machine Age’

Jay OwenBooks and Reviews, Articles by Hazel Henderson

Summary Hazel Henderson’s perspective on the recently published book, ‘The Second Machine Age’ by Erik Byrynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee, authors of Race Against the Machine. Explores the role of digitization in finance, economics and the economy. Lauds authors’ break from traditional “economism” while questioning their faith in silicon valley. Erik …

A Message from Cynthia Parker

Jay OwenCommunity Development Solutions, Sustainability News

BRIDGE on the Move BRIDGE’s san francisco headquarters moves on March 31! Our new address is 600 California Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94108. The flexible, open-plan space will help us accommodate the growth goals of our five-yearStrategic Plan. To learn about BRIDGE’s strategies for the future, hear President & …

World First E-Waste Map Reveals National Volumes, International Flows

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

For release: 07:00 GMT Sunday December 15, 2013 The first “E-Waste World Map” has been created by UN organizations, industry, governments, non-government and science organizations through their “Solving the E-Waste Problem (StEP)” initiative. By 2017, world volumes of end-of-life e-products is expected to be 33% higher than 2012 and weigh the …

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 …

Alternative Energy: Wind Farm Energy Innovation in the UK

Jay OwenGreentech

Alternative Energy Wind Farm Energy Innovation in the UK Forecast: Cost Of PV Panels To Drop To $0.36/Watt By 2017 Wind industry declares it’s had enough of anti-wind nonsense Lifesaving Solar Power For Army’s “Firefly” Sniper Detection System Germany Opens Another Hybrid Wind Power Plant MIT’s Mapdwell Project Tracks Sustainable …

Alternative Energy: Improved Concrete Via Use Of Sunflower Seed Husks

Jay OwenGreentech

Alternative Energy Improved Concrete Via Use Of Sunflower Seed Husks Germany’s Nuclear Energy Phaseout: The Timetable Improved Transmission To Aid Wind Power In Australia eV2g Marks Milestone, Selling Electricity From EV Test Fleet To PJM Grid Hydraulic Fracking & Water Pollution Virginians’ Renewable Energy Wishes Being Quashed by Dominion Power …