Reworking Finance to Serve People and the Environment

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

Reworking Finance to Serve People and the Environment   By Silvia Giannelli FLORENCE, May 21 2013 (IPS) – The wake of the global financial crisis, as many national governments in Europe cut back on services to citizens and used public money to rescue banks, taught many people a valuable lesson. “Nowadays …

Scolding with One Hand and Bribing with the Other

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

     Scolding with One Hand and Bribing with the Other By Thalif Deen May 8 2013 (IPS) – When a Southeast Asian country was riddled with corruption in a bygone era, there were rumours that government officials routinely offered receipts every time they accepted a bribe. Last week, Hamid Karzai, the …

Is American Nonviolence Possible?

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen

        Is American Nonviolence Possible?   By TODD MAY* – The New York Times The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence. – Martin Luther King Jr.   We are steeped in violence.   This past week was of course a searing reminder: Monday’s bombing …

What if women ruled the world?

Jay OwenPoetry by Hazel Henderson

    What if women ruled the world?   Dee Dee Myers* – Viewpoint, BBC  Not so long ago, the idea that women might rule the world seemed slightly ridiculous – like something out of science fiction. But in an essay to mark International Women’s Day, political analyst and former …

Dr. Ikeda’s Peace Proposal 2013

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Sustainability News

  Dr. Ikeda’s Peace Proposal 2013     Other News Dear Reader, We take the unprecedented step to circulate the last proposal for Peace from Dr. Ikeda, the Presiden of Sokka Gakai. We do this, because little progress, if any, the international community has been able to make on the …

A Personal Experience with the American Justice System

kristyReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News, Global Citizen

We at Ethical Markets publish this appalling story because Roberto Savio, as Founding Publisher of InterPress Service, the large global wire service, has published my editorials for the past 20 years! Hi experience with our US banking and legal system is embarrassing! Hazel Henderson, Editor “Other News” is a personal …

Sustainable energies: The easy way to help the economy

kristyResource Efficiency

“Other News” is a personal initiative seeking to provide information that should be in the media but is not, because of commercial criteria. It welcomes contributions from everybody. Work areas include information on global issues, north-south relations, governance of globalization. Roberto Savio //Reproduction in whole or in part without permission …

Nobel Laureates and Students Discuss Role of Women in Human Rights

kristyGlobal Citizen, The Power of Yin

“Other News” is a personal initiative seeking to provide information that should be in the media but is not, because of commercial criteria. It welcomes contributions from everybody. Work areas include information on global issues, north-south relations, governance of globalization. Roberto Savio //Reproduction in whole or in part without permission …

Imposed Austerity vs Chosen Simplicity: Who Will Pay For Which Adjustments?

kristyGlobal Citizen

“Other News” is a personal initiative seeking to provide information that should be in the media but is not, because of commercial criteria. It welcomes contributions from everybody. Work areas include information on global issues, north-south relations, governance of globalization. Roberto Savio //Reproduction in whole or in part without permission …

Japan: Responding Creatively To Crisis

kristyGlobal Citizen

“Other News” is a personal initiative seeking to provide information that should be in the media but is not, because of commercial criteria. It welcomes contributions from everybody. Work areas include information on global issues, north-south relations, governance of globalization. Roberto Savio //Reproduction in whole or in part without permission …