Click here to read this mailing online. “P2P Foundation” – 3 new articles 100 Women who are co-creating the P2P Society: Stephanie Rearick of the Mutual Aid Network Cooperatives are breaking into the domain of the sharing economy Pope Francis on the need for structural social change More Recent …
Why Future Generations Will Ask Where You Were on September 21, 2014
Todd Gitlin* – The Nation The People’s Climate March proves the Climate Movement has reached critical mass, like the Civil Rights Movement, Antiwar, feminist and gay movements before it. Less than two weeks have passed and yet it isn’t too early to say it: the People’s Climate March changed the …
PTF Celebrates the International Day of Democracy
PTF Celebrates the International Day of Democracy Supports youth in demanding good governance, transparency, and the rule of law in developing democracies Image by Youth for Social Development Over the past 14 years, the Partnership for Transparency Fund (PTF) has supported civil society activists in developing democracies working to engage …
OUTLOOK TO THE NEXT 10 YEARS
The very latest peace research, news and events from Vision of Humanity. Now, more than ever, the world needs to focus not only on the challenges we face today, but also what lies ahead. Increasingly our research, and the research of others, is focusing on assessing risks we will face …
Companies with Certified Sustainability Practitioners Increase their CSR Performance: 2014
Companies with Certified Sustainability Practitioners Increase their CSR Performance: 2014 Following last year’s study, the Centre for Sustainability and Excellence, CSE, has just completed its 2014 global study on determining Certified Sustainability Practitioners (by CSE) contribution towards the overall Sustainability rating score of the corresponding companies, based on CSRHub …
BREAKING: FCC votes to kill Net Neutrality (for now)
Just moments ago, the Federal Communications Commission voted to consider adopting rules that would end Net Neutrality and give the 1% a fast lane on the internet. They did it in spite of a wave of public outrage towards the idea of a two-tiered internet: In addition to more than …
FTSE Group Develops Fossil Fuel Excluding Index , Ethical Performance,May 2
Ethical Performance Email Alert – If you cannot view this email click here This week in CSR & sustainability… FTSE Group develops fossil fuel excluding index The FTSE Group claims that the move is ground-breaking and will pave the way to implementation of a total exclusion model for fossil fuel-linked …
Suitpossum: Post-crisis Adventures in Financial Subversion
Suitpossum: Post-crisis Adventures in Financial Subversion LSFA: Building a financial hackerspace in 3 phases Posted: 30 Mar 2014 03:41 PM PDT Over the last 5 years I’ve been working on ways to break down the oppressive wall of mystique that shrouds global finance, and to experiment with methods …
World Pulse: Sharing the Success of the 2013 Voices of Our Future Program!
Sharing the Success of the 2013 Voices of Our Future Program! Donate | Subscribe Sharing the Success of the 2013 Voices of Our Future Program! Over the past six months, 31 audacious grassroots women have made the journey of a lifetime to become empowered leaders and loudspeakers for their communities. They …
OTHER NEWS: Big Gap Surfaces in Davos
Big Gap Surfaces in Davos By Ray Smith DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 24 2014 (IPS) – As self-appointed global leaders gather at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos and discuss ‘The Reshaping of the World’, a stone’s throw away non-governmental organisations named this year’s winners for their dreaded …