Don’t hesitate to get in touch! j@thecrowdcafe.com Visualizing the Global Crowdinvesting Industry May 22, 2013 10:37 am | Jonathan Sandlund |View Original Post| Investment crowdfunding, crowdfund investing, crowdinvesting—I’m at ends!—whichever your preferred term, one thing’s for sure: it’s taking off globally. Platforms are expanding throughout Europe like wildfire. Just …
New eceee paper highlights the real issue on energy and competitiveness
New eceee paper highlights the real issue on energy and competitiveness A discussion paper on competitiveness and energy efficiency published by eceee today argues that the EU debate wrongly focuses on high energy prices rather than looking at strategies for getting the costs down. The paper explores how energy efficiency …
Reworking Finance to Serve People and the Environment
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 …
European banks and pension funds fuel land-grabs in Uganda
Partner of European banks and pension funds fuel land-grabs in Uganda Palm oil giant Wilmar International linked to community displacement and deforestation Brussels, May 21, 2013 European banks …
Ethical Markets Welcomes Head of Carbon Disclosure Project to Advisory Board
Paul Dickinson is founder and Executive Chair of CDP, an independent non-profit organization that exists to transform the global economic system to prevent dangerous climate change and value our natural resources by putting relevant information at the heart of business, investment and policy decisions. CDP does this by acting on …
AltAssets Daily Newsletter: Record-breaking Kickstarter computer console gains $15m venture funding
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NewNet Daily Newsletter:Smart-thermostat company Nest Labs acquires MyEnergy
NewNet Daily Newsletter 8 May 2013 Sign up to a NewNet premium subscription to stay up-to-date with all the latest green venture rounds Deal News Sweetwater brings in S&C Electric to upgrade 585MW Texas wind farm Centrosolar sells solar glass unit to Ducatt EIB lends Nepal €55m for hydropower plant MaRS Cleantech …
We did it — Europe just banned bee-killing pesticides!!
We did it — Europe just banned bee-killing pesticides!! Mega-corporations like Bayer threw everything they had at this, but people-power, science and good governance came out on top!! Bee “die in” at Bayer’s headquarters, Cologne Vanessa Amaral-Rogers from the specialist conservation organisation Buglife, says: “It was a close vote, but thanks …
ScienceDaily: Top Environment News: Strengthening legumes to tackle fertilizer pollution
ScienceDaily: Top Environment News Strengthening legumes to tackle fertilizer pollution Big ecosystem changes viewed through the lens of tiny carnivorous plants Asian monsoon is getting predictable: Strong correlation between summer monsoon and preceding climate pattern Wildfires can burn hot without ruining soil Source of organic matter affects Bay water …
The Resilience Imperative: Cooperative Transitions to a Steady-state Economy
by Michael Lewis & Patrick Conaty, New Society Publishers, 2012, ISBN: 9780865717077 Review by Shann Turnbull, EMM Advisory Board member and source of some of the ideas cited in the book. The Resilience Imperative is a must read for both leaders and followers seeking survival of society. The book …