“A prize proclaiming to be as prestigious as the World Food Prize should carefully evaluate any food technology which uses GMOs, adhering to the Precautionary Principle. We laud those who call attention to the faulty science and policy outcomes, such as EMM Advisory Board member Ashok Khosla and friends Vandana Shiva …
ScienceDaily: Top Environment News: Studying meteorites may reveal Mars’ secrets of life
ScienceDaily: Top Environment News Studying meteorites may reveal Mars’ secrets of life Startling survival story at historic Jamestown: Physical evidence of survival cannibalism Soil may harbor answer to reducing arsenic in rice Health defects found in fish exposed to Deepwater Horizon oil spill, three years later Seahorse’s armor gives engineers …
Betting on Hunger: Is Financial Speculation to Blame for High Food Prices?
We at Ethical Markets agreed with this analysis by Prof Bar-Yam and his team at NECSI and we are fortunate that Dr. Bar-Yam is a member of our Advisory Board, Hazel Henderson, Editor Remember the food crisis of 2007 and 2008, when rapid and extreme increases in global food prices …
A deepening systemic crisis and rising social response
A deepening systemic crisis and rising social response In the third quarter of 2012, several climate records were broken, in the US, India, the Arctic and many other parts of the world. The economic crisis has gotten worse in Europe and has begun to knock on the doors of the …
New report: European banks fuelling food price volatility and hunger
PRESS RELEASE Brussels, 12 January 2012 From: Friends of the Earth Europe NEW REPORT: EUROPEAN BANKS FUELLING FOOD PRICE VOLATILITY AND HUNGER European banks, pension funds and insurance companies are increasing global hunger and poverty by speculating on food prices and financing land grabs in poorer countries, according to a …
The Cause Of Riots And The Price of Food
If we don’t reverse the current trend in food prices, we’ve got until August 2013 before social unrest sweeps the planet, say complexity theorists kfc 08/15/2011 What causes riots? That’s not a question you would expect to have a simple answer. But today, Marco Lagi and buddies at the New …
Global CSR Summit 2011 Philippines
Global CSR Summit 2011 Philippines Ethical Markets is a media partner with the Global CSR Summit 2011, being held in Cebu City, Philippines, August 11-12. Asia’s most prestigious event on corporate social responsibility, The Global CSR Summit & The Global CSR Awards are in their third successive year. This year, …
UN Pleads for Curbing Speculation in Food Commodities
BERLIN (IDN) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food has criticised the European Union (EU) for not acting as boldly as the U.S. and striving to keep in check speculation in food commodities that led to the 2008 global food price crisis, which affects many developing countries …