World Future Council members and RLA laureates denounce limited focus of Nuclear Security Summit

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen

Press Release World Future Council members and RLA laureates denounce limited focus of Nuclear Security Summit Stockholm/Hamburg, March 20, 2014 – In a joint statement 38 recipients of the Right Livelihood Award and members of the World Future Council are calling on world leaders at the Nuclear Security Summit to acknowledge that, …

ETHICMARK® AWARDS HONOR BEST SUSTAINABLE, ENVIRONMENTAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS OF 2013

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

ETHICMARK® AWARDS HONOR BEST SUSTAINABLE, ENVIRONMENTAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS OF 2013   The 24th Annual SRI Conference Partners with World Business Academy to Announce EthicMark® Winners Colorado Springs, CO – October 28, 2013—Royal Philips of the Netherlands and the University of Engineering and Technology (UTEC) in Lima, Peru are the winners …

World Future Council: “An unbearable inheritance to future generations”

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Trendspotting

Press release – for immediate release   “An unbearable inheritance to future generations” Global coalition of “Alternative Nobel Prize” laureates and members of the World Future Council condemn nuclear power expansion plans   Hamburg, July 16th 2013: A global coalition of laureates of the Right Livelihood Award and members of the …

Jay OwenSustainability News, Advisors' Forum

  “A prize proclaiming to be as prestigious as the World Food Prize should carefully evaluate any food technology which uses GMOs, adhering to the Precautionary Principle.  We laud those who call attention to the faulty science and policy outcomes, such as EMM Advisory Board member Ashok Khosla and friends Vandana Shiva …

The World Future Council and Deutsche Welle team up for this year’s Global Media Forum

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News, Beyond GDP

We at Ethical Markets Media ( USA and Brazil)  are happy to promote this important event  and we hope to contribute our own BEYOND GDP surveys with GlobeScan and our  research  in our  GREEN TRANSITION SCOREBOARD®  as well as  access  to our own  TRANSFORMING FINANCE   TV series  at www.ethicalmarkets.com   and for …

TRANSFORMING ADVERTISING: NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR “ETHICMARK” AWARDS HONORING BEST SUSTAINABLE, ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGNS

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Global Citizen

TRANSFORMING ADVERTISING: NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR “ETHICMARK” AWARDS HONORING BEST SUSTAINABLE, ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGNS 2013 EthicMark® Awards Call for Nominations; Winners to be Announced at The SRI Conference, October 28, 2013 Boulder, CO – April 8, 2013 – Nominations are open until May 15 for the 2013 EthicMark® Awards for ads and …

GEN Spring Newsletter 2013

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Sustainability News

      Welcome to the GEN Spring Newsletter of 2013 ! Thank you for taking time to read the news of ecovillages around the world. Editorial by Kosha Joubert and Leila Dregger Looking at our world today, it is unclear whether humanity is waking up in time to collectively change …

Time to internalize those externalities and get prices right

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, Articles by Hazel Henderson

Time to internalize those externalities and get prices right By Hazel Henderson (http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2012/12/21/time-internalize-those-externalities-and-get-prices-right)   An “externality” is code in economics jargon meaning any cost of producing a product that can be omitted (i.e., externalized) from the producer’s balance sheet and passed on to taxpayers, the public or hidden in the environment …

Asia-Pacific Cannot Afford to Grow Without Addressing Environmental Concerns

kristyGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News, Beyond GDP

ASIA-PACIFIC CANNOT AFFORD TO GROW WITHOUT ADDRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS — UN New York, May 10 2012 9:05AM Countries in the Asia-Pacific region must find ways to continue to grow economically and lift millions out of poverty while also responding to climate change and environmental concerns, according to a United Nations …