China Eyes Global Aviation With Avaolon Bid

Jay OwenWealth of Networks

                                                     DAILY NEWSLETTER                                                        August 12, 2014 China Eyes Global Aviation With Avaolon Bid After a failed bid at buying the world’s largest aircraft leasing company last year, China appears to be gearing up for a second attempt to enter the lucrative space with plans to bid for European giant …

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News: Trees save lives, reduce respiratory problems

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News Trees save lives, reduce respiratory problems Posted: 25 Jul 2014 01:35 PM PDT In the first broad-scale estimate of air pollution removal by trees nationwide, scientists have calculated that trees are saving more than 850 human lives a year and preventing 670,000 incidences of acute respiratory …

Can Smartphone replace Voting in Democracies | SMART PLANET DAILY

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen

SmartPlanet Daily Yes !  I wrote about this possibility in  FORUM 70, an early computer magazine in the USA titled “ Citizens + Computers +Communications + Community “ ~ Hazel Henderson, Editor ( see my archives at www.hazelhenderson.com  and my book Creating Alternative Futures (1978) www.ethicalmarkets.com) MANAGE |READ ONLINE |PREVIOUS SmartPlanet Daily …

Why Potential Trillion dollar Carbon Bubble Grows Daily |Smart Planet Weekly

Jay OwenTrendspotting

SmartPlanet Weekly   MANAGE |READ ONLINE | PREVIOUS SmartPlanet Weekly A WEEKLY PREVIEW OF OUR CURRENT ISSUE, DELIVERED EVERY SUNDAY. June 15, 2014 FROM THE DESK OF … Want to have a say in legislation? In Argentina, there’s an app for that. We talk to the woman behind a new …

SMARTPLANET DAILY: Top 10 U.S. cities to start a new business

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Trendspotting

  MANAGE | READ ONLINE | PREVIOUS   SmartPlanet Daily A DAILY BRIEFING OF THE NEWEST STORIES ON SMARTPLANET, FIVE DAYS A WEEK. May 09, 2014 FROM THE DESK OF … Number three is Omaha, NE and two is Miami, FL. You’ll (probably) never guess the number one U.S. city …

ExxonMobil’s climate change risk | SAP aims for 100% renewable energy

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

    26 March 2014 Share                   In the news           Exxon Mobil responds to investor concerns Company bows to pressure to report on preparations for climate regulation, but could this just be the start?       …

What’s in your smartphone? | ExxonMobil’s climate change risk | SAP aims for 100% renewable energy

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

          26 March 2014 Share     I often think of something that our editor-at-large Marc Gunther once pointed out: all of us have supply chains, and most of us don’t know what’s in them. Guardian Sustainable Business decided to take a deep dive into the …

The Naked Future: What Happens in a World That Anticipates Your Every Move?

Jay OwenTrendspotting, Wealth of Networks

Because you are a subscriber to Futurist Update, we thought you might be interested in news on an upcoming book release related to the future and to foresight. Announcing: The Naked Future: What Happens in a World That Anticipates Your Every Move? To be published on March 6, 2014 from Current Books (a …

SmartPlanet Daily: Will future college degrees be based more on experience than classroom time?

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Wealth of Networks

Manage my newsletters  |  Trouble viewing this mail? Read it online.  |  Previous Edition     SmartPlanet Daily November 07, 2013 Your must-read morning briefing from SmartPlanet, delivered five days a week.   From the Desk of … Think MOOCs are disruptive? What if students could obtain degrees just by passing a series of …

Young’s China Business Blog – Oct 11th

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

                        YOUNG’S CHINA BUSINESS BLOG ?????????                                                         DAILY NEWSLETTER                                                      October 11, 2013       Shunfeng: China’s Emerging Solar Heavyweight?  ????? ??????????   China’s solar retrenchment has taken a big step forward with word that a bankruptcy court …