October 9, 2014 Here’s your Heartland E-Journal Thursday Morning Espresso! This morning we bring you a new series on Economic Impacts of Workers’ Capital: Economic Impact Investors’ Corner Workers’ capital is the retirement savings and pension funds invested in global capital markets to provide long-term financial returns to worker …
GGKP announces Annual Conference call for abstracts
Conversations Important mainly because of your interaction with messages in the conversation. Click to teach Design Extensions Mail this conversation is not important. Hazel, Katherine (2), FW: Criterion and Gender Lens Investing, 8:53 am, Thank you Hazel! So glad to be part of your network! KC On Tuesday, August 12, …
Please join message to World Leaders on climate change, DDPP report launched
It is Time to Act: 2 Degrees is the Limit This is your moment as a global citizen and leader to raise your voice to head off disastrous climate change. By clicking here you can add your name with many of the world’s leading scientists and climate experts to an urgent …
Green growth practitioners workshop to be held in Kinshasa, DRC
Knowledge Update Issue 2014-3 March 21, 2014 Green …
The Advance of Democratic Energy
The #1 solar utility – in Iowa? Check out the latest from our Local Energy Rules podcast, where we interview the general manager of a small cooperative utility that’s setting records for solar per customer, and customer participation in local clean energy. Also, I was on KFAI radio in Minneapolis this morning …
Following Tradition: Top Examples of Indigenous Knowledge Preserving Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services
UN Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Following Tradition: Top Examples of Indigenous Knowledge Preserving Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services IPBES experts cite importance of ‘co-production’ of information with indigenous people With the planet losing species 100 to 1,000 times faster than the natural extinction rate, …
Inventory Finds Increase in Consumer Products Containing Nanoscale Materials
Inventory Finds Increase in Consumer Products Containing Nanoscale Materials Re-launched Inventory Seeks Input to Address Scientific Uncertainty WASHINGTON — The updated Nanotechnology Consumer Products Inventory now contains 1,628 consumer products that have been introduced to the market since 2005, representing a 24 percent increase since the last update in 2010. In addition …
Plants Warn One Another of Pest Attack through Mycorrhizal Fungal Network
======================================================== ISIS Report 28/10/13 Plants Warn One Another of Pest Attack through Mycorrhizal Fungal Network ######################################################################### Exquisite inter-species relationships between plants and fungi threatened by industrial farming. Dr Eva Sirinathsinghji Underground intercom between plants A network of the soil microorganism – arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi – act as an underground intercommunications …
Rio+20: Making it Happen Volume 2, Issue 8 Highlights UNCSD-CSD Linkages
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 …
Towards a Green Economy. Pathways to sustainable development and poverty eradication
UNEP’s Green Economy Report, entitled Towards a Green Economy, aims to debunk several myths and misconceptions about the economics of “greening” the global economy, and provides timely and practical guidance to policy makers on what reforms they need to unlock the productive and employment potential of a green economy. February …