30 June 2014 – As countries ramp up their efforts to achieve the set of anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) ahead of the 2015 deadline, a new United Nations forum seeks to spur them on as well as to help them create the foundation for new …
BREAKING: FCC votes to kill Net Neutrality (for now)
Just moments ago, the Federal Communications Commission voted to consider adopting rules that would end Net Neutrality and give the 1% a fast lane on the internet. They did it in spite of a wave of public outrage towards the idea of a two-tiered internet: In addition to more than …
Four Charts That Prove the Future of Clean Energy Is Arriving
“Ethical Markets confirms this report in our Green Transition Scoreboard® Update 00f August 2013 new total for private green investments since 2007 is $5.2 trillion worldwide – Hazel Henderson, editor “ Four Charts That Prove the Future of Clean Energy Is Arriving “We are living it, and it is gaining …
TheCrowdCafe weekly: A New Startup Financing Model and the Passionate Voices Behind It | Entrepreneur Magazine
TheCrowdCafe weekly • Issue #10 – June 2, 2013 • • Share on Twitter! • Hey all, Happy Sunday—hope you’re enjoying these last few weekends of Spring. Unfortunately, Summer got impatient here in New York. It’s scorching hot! Anyways, here’s a roundup of this week’s investment crowdfunding news. Give me a shout at j@thecrowdcafe.com if you …
Event Summary: A Budget for Growth?
A publication from Aldersgate Group Joan Walley MP, Chair of the Environmental Audit Select Committee opened the meeting, “It’s Budget Day!” She posed the question to the speakers and audience, “how green was the Budget for you?” Dr Gordon Edge, Director of Policy, RenewableUK responded that “there are things in …