WHO WILL FEED CHINA?

Jay OwenSustainability News, Earth Systems Science

WHO WILL FEED CHINA? www.earth-policy.org/blog/who_will_feed_china Earth Policy Release September 24, 2014 Twenty years ago, Lester Brown published an article in World Watch magazine entitled “Who Will Feed China?” A year later, he followed with a book of the same name. The article and book generated an enormous outcry from China …

Santa Fe Seeks Feasibility Study Consultants

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, Community Development Solutions

Hi  – Join us for the monthly coalition call every second Friday at noon! Click here to sign up. Santa Fe Seeks Feasibility Study Consultants Late last week, the City of Santa Fe issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for consultants who are interested in assisting the city with an feasibility study …

Earth Policy Release – Eroding Soils Darkening Our Future

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

Chapter 5. Eroding Soils Darkening Our Future  Lester R. Brown www.earth-policy.org/books/fpep/fpepch5   Over the next several weeks, we will be releasing Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity by Lester R. Brown in installments. Look for a new chapter about every other week. Supporting data, videos, and …

TheCrowdCafe weekly:Crowdfunding’s Disruptive DNA: The Why, How and Who

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Curated investment crowdfunding news, delivered weekly. TheCrowdCafe weekly • Issue #7 – May 4, 2013 • • Share on Twitter! • Selected Articles Crowdfunding’s Disruptive DNA: The Why, How and Who | TheCrowdCafe Crowdfunding is disruptive. But not just for the reasons we’ve heard ad nauseum. There’s more to it. Talking Real Estate Crowdfunding …

Jay OwenWealth of Networks

  News of the movement for April 11, 2013     National Conference for Media Reform Taking on Murdoch, SOPA and the FCC From the digital divide to media consolidation to Net Neutrality, Craig Aaron, president and CEO of Free Press, is on the front lines of media reform. BillMoyers.com …

FAULTY OR INCOMPLETE ANALYSIS SKEWS NUMBERS AND CONCLUSIONS

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

FAULTY OR INCOMPLETE ANALYSIS SKEWS NUMBERS AND CONCLUSIONS   By Scott Sklar, for REW   Analyst Matthew Strep’s analysis of an NREL Renewables study appeared here and in The Washington Post on April 5th . His commentary on the potential for renewable energy to meet climate change reductions was limited to …

Transition to Clean Energy Well Underway; U.S. Geothermal Growth Continues; All New 2013 Capacity From Renewables

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here 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. It’s Rocky, but Our Transition to Clean Energy is Well Underway by Clint …

Is Free Public Wi-Fi Possible?

Jay OwenWealth of Networks, Information Technology Issues

News of the movement for February 7, 2013   Future of the Internet Is Free Public Wi-Fi Possible? The noisy response to a front-page Washington Post story about an alleged government plan to create free public Wi-Fi networks indicates public enthusiasm for cheaper Internet access in America. If only it were so …

Sharing – Not Ownership?

kristyCommunity Development Solutions

Citiwire.net 19 October 2012 “Welcome to Citiwire.net! This week both columns – from Neal Peirce and from former Ventura, Calif., Mayor Bill Fulton – challenge old assumptions. Neal describes how, led by young adults’ preference for sharing over ownership, bike- and car-sharing programs are mushrooming. And Bill makes the case …

Neal Peirce on Green Philadelphia, Edward T. McMahon on Density Development

Ethical MarketsCommunity Development Solutions, Sustainability News

Water Plan for the Century: Philadelphia’s Breakthrough By Neal Peirce Density Without High-Rises? By Edward T. McMahon For Release Sunday, May 20, 2012 (c) 2012 Washington Post Writers GroupWASHINGTON — Could it be serious — a major American city makes water conservation the linchpin of its 21st-century planning, the ticket …