THE FUTURIST: Teaching and Learning about the Future

Jay OwenTrendspotting

  August 2014 • Special The September-October 2014 issue of THE FUTURIST is out now, featuring a special report on Futures Education. Members and subscribers should soon be receiving their copies, and may log on at wfs.org for digital access. Here’s an overview of what’s inside the current issue: Futures …

The Turning Point: New Hope for the Climate

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

This forecast agrees with my Mapping the Global Transition to  the Solar Age (2014) which is a freely-downloadable  56-page summary of forthcoming book,Hazel Henderson,Editor     In the struggle to solve the climate crisis, a powerful, largely unnoticed shift is taking place. The forward journey for human civilization will be …

Economic Change via Cultural Change

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

View this email in your browser As a lawyer, as a person of color, and as a concerned citizen, Van Jones is deeply committed to improving racial and economic equality while at the same time mitigating environmental degradation. In his 2007 book, The Green Collar Economy, Jones suggested that invention 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 …

Wrap and Followups – Credit Suisse Impact Investing Forum

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

    Dear Friends, By all accounts so far voiced to me, the impact investing forum with Credit Suisse was successful. Many thanks to all of you for your participation, in person and remotely. Below I have sketched out some of the deliverables that Fund Balance is focused on moving …

Planet under Pressure conference, London, issues final statement

kristyGreen Prosperity, Trendspotting, Earth Systems Science

Embargo: Thursday, March 29, 2012 04:15 EDT / 08:15 GMT / 09:15 British Summer Time Attached is the final conference statement from the 4-day Planet under Pressure conference, London. Live audio stream of the concluding news conference starts at 10:15 GMT (11:15 British Summer Time) , Thursday March 29 http://c3379912.workcast.net/planetunderpressure.html …