Green Economy

Green Sustainable Prosperity or Das Kapital?

Below the video is information from the Worldwatch Institute who would be deemed credible international experts on environmental issues. 

If you wish to learn more about Das Kapital a 19th century critique of capitalism then visit Wikisource Das Kapital

 

The video is entitled Michael Renner Presents “Making the Green Economy Work for Everybody”.… Continue reading

UNDP: Sustainable Energy

 

Anything is possible, it is possible to be anything!  Focus on what you want, what you focus on expands.

http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/ourwork/environmentandenergy/focus_areas/sustainable-energy.html

Sustainable Energy

Photo: Eskender Debebe / UNDP

Energy is central to sustainable development and poverty reduction efforts. It affects all aspects of development — social, economic, and environmental — including livelihoods, access to… Continue reading

Ban Ki-Moon: Sustainable Energy Is A Fundamental Paradigm Shift

 

Ban Ki-Moon outlines his childhood experience of energy poverty and his vision for energy for all people.  He makes clear he sees this as sustainable energy.

Here is a Youtube video of his perspective.  

 

 

Where there is a will there is a way.  Another possibility in my view… Continue reading

The Free World Charter Is A Sign of Change

The Free World charter is an example of the shifting consciousness.

 

Visit to sign  http://www.freeworldcharter.org/en/charter

Read and sign the Charter

Here is the full text of The Free World Charter. Please read it carefully and check the box beside each principle if you agree with it. Then enter your name, email, country and… Continue reading

Stiglitz Report: From Production to Wellbeing

This report was produced by:

Professor Joseph E. STIGLITZ, Chair, Columbia University
Professor Amartya SEN, Chair Adviser, Harvard University
Professor Jean-Paul FITOUSSI, Coordinator of the Commission, IEP

It can be found at http://www.stiglitz-sen-fitoussi.fr/en/index.htm

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Why has this report been written?

1) In February 2008, the President of the French Republic, Nicholas Sarkozy, unsatisfied
with… Continue reading

Al Gore: Sustainability As Best Practice

 

 I recall in Al Gore’s movie an Inconvenient Truth, he speaks of his realisation of his mission. It was not bad luck he lost the Presidential election, it was good luck as he was able to focus on what was important, leadership without the hindrance of government. He is indeed a peacemaker and… Continue reading

Mohandas Gandhi

“If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.”

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