Campaign Lab 3: Return Of The Movement

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

Applications Open – Campaign Lab 3 Campaign Lab 3: Return Of The Movement Big news! Applications are now open for Campaign Lab – our 6 month training programme for economic, environmental and social justice campaigners. The programme is run by a collaboration between The Finance Innovation Lab, New Economics Foundation and Public Interest …

An All Local Grocery Store and Deli plus an Education and Distribution Hub

Jay OwenSustainability News

Greeti Greetings! Since Blessing the Hands that Feed Us came out in January, I’ve gone from author to activist with a passion for restoring regional food systems so we-the-eaters can have more fresh, local food and our food producers can have more fresh money in their pockets. Especially exciting is …

GLOBE World Summit of Legislators Resolution Urges Climate Action

Jay OwenSustainability News

  A compilation of items recently posted to the Sustainable Development Policy & Practice knowledgebase Latest News – 11 June 2014 GLOBE World Summit of Legislators Resolution Urges Climate Action 9_June_2014: Participants at the Second World Summit of Legislators, organized by the Global Legislators Organisation (GLOBE), agreed on a Legislators …

World Pulse: SPEAK OUT NOW ON DIGITAL LITERACY

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen

Speak out now on digital access One Week Left! SPEAK OUT NOW ON DIGITAL LITERACY With over 200 submissions, our WWW: Women Weave the Web Campaign is generating a huge buzz in our community and around the world! We have received powerful recommendations on Digital Literacy, but there is one …

SPEAK OUT NOW ON DIGITAL LITERACY

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen

One Week Left! SPEAK OUT NOW ON DIGITAL LITERACY With over 200 submissions, our WWW: Women Weave the Web Campaign is generating a huge buzz in our community and around the world! We have received powerful recommendations on Digital Literacy, but there is one voice still missing: YOURS! Haven’t made …

KOSMOS NEWS: Is Sharing for Sale?

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Global Citizen

MAY 27, 2014 NEWSLETTER Is Sharing for Sale? Dear Readers, Our featured author this week is Elisabet Sahtouris, an eloquent teacher of evolution biology and also a futurist. Like many of us, she senses that global transformation is underway in our hearts and minds, our communities, and slowly in our social …

World Pulse: Women Weave the Web / $20,000 to Bring Your Vision to Life

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen

  Donate  Subscribe $20,000 to Bring Your Vision to Life!  A PRIZE LIFTING NEW VISIONARY VOICES world pulse is honored to announce the inaugural Lynn Syms Prize in partnership with sculptor and philanthropist Lynn Syms. In 2014, the prize will be awarded to an outstanding grassroots woman and visionary voice using digital tools to effect change and advance …

World Pulse: Sharing the Success of the 2013 Voices of Our Future Program!

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen

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 …

Further Your Activism: Toolkits, Grants, and Volunteer Opportunities on World Pulse

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen

October 2013: World Pulse Community Opportunities          Act Quickly! Free Film Screening Kits October marks the 13th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, the UN’s landmark commitment to women in conflict situations. Resolution 1325 makes clear that peace and equality between men and women are inextricably …

ILSR’s Energy Self-Reliant States: Minneapolis City Council Unanimously Votes for a Better Energy Future

Jay OwenCommunity Development Solutions

Grassroots pressure makes a difference, as Minneapolis’ city council unanimously adopts a framework for advancing local energy goals thanks to work of the Minneapolis Energy Options campaign (ILSR a leading partner).  For more on the local energy effort, check outmy published commentary on the city of Minneapolis’ flirtation with a municipal electric utility at the …