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 …

AUSTERITY IS DESTROYING OUR NATION

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

 Dear Friends of the American Monetary Institute, AUSTERITY  IS   ATTACKING  THE   NATION The “austerity” budgets around the World are having exactly the intended effect – they are making people even more dependent on the immoral banking systems in place, thus increasing the power of the ruling financiers, and making it more …

Strong move in the UK

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

     Subscribe  /  Unsubscribe  /  Membership                                                       EFES NEWSLETTER – JUNE 2014 Strong move in the UK High fiscal incentives are the base of the successful policy to promote employee ownership through ESOPs (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) in the USA. In contradiction with Europe, this allowed American public …

BQE: Bilateral Currency Swaps , Planck Foundation

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

BQE: Bilateral Currency Swaps Ethical Markets  thanks the Planck Foundation for permission to  post this useful new approach –  Hazel Henderson, Editor   BQE: Bilateral Currency Swaps Traditional QE only leads to carry trade (a money flow to high yield / high risk foreign financial markets) and thereby does nothing …

Calvert Foundation: 2013 Annual Report | Microfinance in Kyrgyzstan | Diaspora learnings

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

2013 Annual Report, microfinance in Kyrgyzstan, and diaspora learnings.           Investments for social good       Share this email:     Like     Tweet     Forward           Newsletter May 2014               Note to …

@IISDRS Summary of #WMF 2014 now available

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Earth Systems Science

 World Mountain Forum (WMF) 23-24 May 2014 | Cusco, Peru    http://www.iisd.ca/mountain/wmf/2014/    The summary of this meeting is now available in PDF format at http://www.iisd.ca/download/pdf/sd/crsvol194num4e.pdf and in HTML format at http://www.iisd.ca/mountain/wmf/2014/html/crsvol194num4e.html      The World Mountain Forum (WMF) took place from 23-24 May 2014 in Cusco, Peru. Gathering over 200 participants, the …

New facts about employee ownership in May 2014

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

                                           EFES NEWSLETTER – MAY 2014 Transparency It is usually considered in large European companies that employee share ownership has to be developed, leading to better performances and better governance. …

Shareable: 3 Platforms to Start Your Own Sharing Service

Jay OwenCommunity Development Solutions

Conversations Important mainly because of your interaction with messages in the conversation. Click to teach Design Extensions Mail this conversation is not important. Debdeep Ghosh (Basecamp) Re: (Reflections – J) Add a review tab and a gallery tab – Write ABOVE THIS LINE to post a reply or view this on Basecamp …

New facts about employee ownership in April 2014

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

EFES NEWSLETTER – APRIL 2014 Listed and non-listed companies It was sometimes told, based on the observation of specific examples, that non-listed employee-owned companies could have been more resilient than others through the financial crisis. Employee-owned companies might have fared better. This idea is even a cornerstone of the British …

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?       …