Rio+20: Making it Happen Volume 2, Issue 8 Highlights UNCSD-CSD Linkages 29_April_2011: Rio+20: Making It Happen, Volume 2, Issue 8, highlights the third workshop on “Green Economy Pathways,” which was co-organized by the UN General Assembly and the Group of Friends on the Thematic Debate on Green Economy, as well …
SJF Institute News April 2011: Green Jobs Award and Cleantech Mentorship Program Accepting Applications
SJF Institute is excited to be announcing its call for applicants for both the Green Jobs Award and the expanded SJF Cleantech Mentorship Program this Earth Week! And we’re thrilled that entrepreneurship has been receiving recognition as a key driver of economic growth and that our areas of focus – …
Time for a SMART Financial Transactions Tax!
A publication from iMFdirect Posted on April 13, 2011 by iMFdirect By José Viñals In various guises, the “Year of Living Dangerously” has been used to describe the global financial crisis, the policy response to the crisis, and its aftermath. But, we’ve slipped well beyond a year and the financial system …
Global Investor Forum Showcases Rising Sustainable Businesses
A publication of the World Resources Institute Investing in a Greener Future Global Investor Forum Showcases Rising Sustainable Businesses . “We have the ability to build companies that are sustainable for the environment and are themselves sustainable,” explained Steven Heller, Chairman of CODA Automotive, at the New Ventures Global Investor …
Rio+20: Making it Happen
Dear Colleagues, Please find attached Volume 2, Issue 6 of our biweekly newsletter Rio+20: Making it Happen, dedicated to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, which is now available online and will also be sent to subscribers. This is a special issue focusing on one of the two themes of …
Multiplier Effect/BerkShares on TV again
Channel Five TV out of Boston, a Hearst station, has a program called Main Streets and Back Roads. On Valentine’s Day they featured the Berkshires. A whole segment was devoted to BerkShares. http://www.thebostonchannel.com/video/26866195/detail.html That¹s BerkShares board member, Will Conklin, describing how when money is spent at local stores, the multiplier …
Enough is Enough – from CASSE
Do you suspect that the idea of perpetual economic growth on a finite planet is folly? Are you searching for ways to solve our profound social and environmental problems? Do you want to know how we can construct an economy that (1) meets our needs without undermining the life-support systems …
State of the Art Technology from our Advisory Board member Gunter Pauli from his new book THE BLUE ECONOMY, which we highly recommend
Today, wind delivers 1.6% of the world’s electricity with a total capacity of about 160,000 Megawatts (MW). In spite of the economic crisis it is expected that the growth in demand over the next decade will maintain double digit rates (12-13 percent). By 2020 as much as 10 percent of …
The Way Out for Ireland’s Economy: Go Green!
NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines click here for main page: http://www.NewEnergyNews.net/ TODAY, 10-6: Convergence in Ireland; Irish innovators are coming together to get the grid ready for renewables YESTERDAY, 10-5: The Celtic Tiger Stalks the Smart Grid
U.S. Energy Policy “Just Stupid” – Ge Ceo
NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines click here for main page: http://www.NewEnergyNews.net/ Things-To-Think-About Friday, 9-24: * U.S. Energy Policy “Just Stupid” – Ge Ceo * The Renewables Standard’s Last Stand * Wind Gets Bonus Tax Benefit * Big $$$ In Serving Smart Grid * The Power In The Air Yesterday * Re-Reading – …