Earth Policy Institute. January 3, 2008. Advance look at a new book by Lester R. Brown Plan B is shaped by what is needed to save civilization, not by what may currently be considered politically feasible. Plan B does not fit within a particular discipline, sector, or set of assumptions. …
Bad Week for Biodiesel: Inside CleanTech
A big biodiesel IPO goes sour and heads back to the bench, but another biofuel company manages to pull in some high-profile cash for its sugary-sweet ethanol mix, and nano-engineered polymers get some funding as well. Full Story Free newsletter, every week, from Cleantech.com
Canada uses Canadian Index of Wellbeing to measure genuine progress
The Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW) is a new and transformational initiative that will report on the wellbeing of Canadians. It is hoped that the CIW will soon become Canada’s principle means of measuring genuine progress. Indicators are very powerful. What society counts, measures and reports often drives the understanding …
Diane Bowers: An Investor With A Yin Perspective
Diane Bowers is co-founder of consulting firm Paladin Global Partners, which works with entrepreneurial companies with rapid growth, capital management, and various other financial services. She is also the vice president of the Gold Coast Venture Capital Association download naqoyqatsi life as war , a 24-year-old non-profit organization that provides …
Letter from the Director of Communications
On June 16, 2007, I visited Hazel Henderson in St. Augustine. I told Hazel about Miami, the city I had been living in for the past four years, where women are still caught in a 1970s battle for civil rights. It is so different from San Francisco, Denver, Ann Arbor, …
Covalence Ethical Ranking 2007
Geneva (Switzerland), 2 January 2008 Geneva-based Covalence is publishing today its third annual ethical reputation ranking, giving the best ranked companies as well as those companies which have made the most progress in 2007. An overview of emerging and decreasing topics is also given (click here).
The Power of Yin Series: Women in Business
Celebrating Female Consciousness A book by Hazel Henderson, Jean Houston and Barbara Marx Hubbard This monthly newsletter will feature excerpts from “The Power of Yin,” plus short Q&As with women investors making a difference. Your logo in 1 issue: $250. Sponsor all 12 issues for $2,400. Contact Kemila Velan, director …
European Federation of Employee Share Ownership
January 2008. A lot of things seem promising for a new political impulse to employee ownership across Europe. Germany is going fast to a new legislation, Austrian Government is working hard, Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker of Luxemburg launched a call some weeks ago, the new All Party Parliamentary Group on …
Global Marshall Plan News
Organized Globalization European Council Speaks out on Globalization MiakWadang – the Future A development project in south Sudan The expanded Coordination Office New additions to the team Plant-for-the-Planet News January Succes of 2007 will be continued in 2008 Press room News articles on the Global Marshall Plan and Plant-for-the-Planet
Introduction: The convergence of three remarkable female minds
Buy the book.Subscribe to the monthly newsletter This book is the outcome of an extraordinary convergence of three remarkable female minds: Hazel Henderson — world-renowned futurist, evolutionary economist and consultant on sustainable development; Jean Houston — advisor to UNICEF in human and cultural development; Barbara Marx Hubbard — president of …