KATERVA AWARDS Innovation for sustainable development

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News, Global Citizen

” Ethical Markets congratulates Bioneedle  and Safe World Women  on winning these global  KATERVA AWARDS” ,  Editor. Hi Felix and All :  I’m honored to  be a part of the judging process for KATERVA AWARDS ! Warm wishes , Hazel Henderson KATERVA AWARDS Innovation for sustainable development If the Nobel …

Our infrastructure isn’t ready for climate change

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

  Commentary: We need to spend $3.6 trillion to upgrade, modernize By Ed Maurer and Eugene Cordero, April 29, 2013, 11:11 a.m. EDT SANTA CLARA, Calif. (MarketWatch) — Recently, the American Society of Civil Engineers released its latest Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, a measure of the condition, capacity, and maintenance …

Friday Video: Caroline Lucas, Green Party MP on Positive Money

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

Positive Money Conference “Modernising Money” on 26th January 2013 in London       Speaking at the “Modernising Money” Conference, Caroline Lucas, MP, states:     “The debate that Positive Money has started is an incredibly important one. We all need to better understand the role that money and its creation …

Today’s Top Stories from GFI: When capital flies, but corruption stays behind

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

  Friday March 29, 2013 No More Shifty Business: Campaigners Call for New Tax Rules Farming for Rats: Perverse Incentives and Illicit Financial Flows Illicit Wealth and Enormous Tax Dodging Fuel Inequality Task Force Recommendations to the BRICS Summit 2013 Taxcast Episode #15: March 2013 HSBC by the Numbers Clips …

A Safe and a Shotgun or Publicly-owned Banks? The Battle of Cyprus

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

A Safe and a Shotgun or Publicly-owned Banks? The Battle of Cyprus Posted on March 21, 2013 by Ellen Brown If these worries become really serious, . . . [s]mall savers will take their money out of banks and resort to household safes and a shotgun. – Martin Hutchinson on the attempted EU raid on …

South American Glaciers In Historic Retreat

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

Study: South American Glaciers In Historic Retreat By Jeff Spross on ThinkProgress.org/climate, Jan 24, 2013 at 5:04 pm One of the more dramatic effects of global warming is shrinking glaciers around the globe. 10 to 20 percent of glacier ice in the European Alps, for example, has been lost in less than two decades, and …

RESPONSIBLE INVESTOR , January 15: ESG news from around the web

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

  RI Alert – January 15th, 2013 RI Extra: › Illinois lawsuit says United Airlines runs ‘sham’ to evade tax ? Reuters › Tidal Energy Can Meet 20 Percent Of UK Electricity Needs, Report Says ? Yale Environment 360 › Poll: Europeans overwhelmingly favour renewables over shale gas ? Business Green › UK: FTSE100 …

Hazel Henderson Wins Award for Outstanding Contribution to Development of ESG & IMPACT Investing

Ethical MarketsSRI/ESG News

A special congratulations to Hazel Henderson for winning the Award for Outstanding Contribution to Development of ESG & IMPACT Investing.  All your work and leadership is deeply appreciated.  – Ethical Markets Media Team FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Zürich, November 9, 2012 People, Planet and Profit – a winning mix! Fourteenth edition …

Youth blast Rio+20 deal as ‘pathetic’

kristyGlobal Citizen

Youth blast Rio+20 deal as ‘pathetic’ Sat, 23 Jun 2012 03:24 GMT Source: alertnet // Roli Mahajan Youth display the American flag, with symbols of multinational brands to protest against current economic policy, during the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro on June 21, 2012. …

‘Festive, Righteous Anger’: Occupy Makes May-Day Comeback With Massive Demonstrations

kristyGlobal Citizen

Occupy is back! Get involved in the American Spring! Join us at the next OWS Orientation every Saturday at 2pm at the Gandhi statue in the southwest corner of Union Square. Can’t make it? Email Tascha and the rest of the crew at orientation@nycga.net and we’ll do our best to …