I highly recommend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-a6jzU0YgQ (1:08:49) John Perkins is essentially another whistleblower. His stories are from his own employment as an “economic hitman” for the U.S.. HOWEVER, he has much more to say (listen to the end). We are not in rebellion, overthrowing the scoundrels. He believes that around the globe we are crafting a new way of […]
These 3 youtubes cover the ground on ecological economics very well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d05jEprJxtE “CRASH COURSE” in Ecological Economics (Jon Erickson) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhHH5meSLZI Nate Hagens // From Wall St. to Ecological Economics // Part 1 ] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxfGcwfYlAg Interview, William Rees – The Dangerous Disconnect Between Economics and Ecology. Institute for New Economic Thinking
http://www.cbc.ca/1.3254364 This month, the University of Victoria is launching a very exclusive MBA program — it’s only open to Telus employees. The program will be taught primarily by UVic faculty, but it’s being paid for by Telus. The company also played a role in its design. Dan Pontefract is Chief Envisioner with the Telus Transformation Office, the […]
With thanks to Janet Eaton: Richard Heinberg concludes: It is probably not within the capability of philanthropic foundations to avert all the human impacts that will accompany the end of economic growth, nor the environmental impacts of past growth. Nevertheless, the strategic application of some of society’s accumulated wealth toward solving the problem of systemic adaptation […]
2012-04-01 How the Big Energy Companies Plan to Turn the U.S. (and Canada) into a Third World Petro-State http://sandrafinley.ca/?p=4894 2007-05-19 TARSANDS: Backlash against a whistle-blower Globe & Mail, Andrew Nikiforuk http://sandrafinley.ca/?p=4917 2007-06-06 VIDEO: Help “Get the Shell Out” of the Sacred headwaters. (Add to original: call on CPP to disinvest.) http://sandrafinley.ca/?p=4897 2009-09-26 […]
Related: (2015-04-18) Hundreds of Millions of Dollars already paid out to corporations because of trade deals. It’s about to multiply many times over (TPP, CETA, etc.). (2013-11-09) Contrast: Transatlantic Trade Deals (CETA & TTIP), also TPP vs “We Are Living in the World Occupy Made” (2013-06-11) CETA (also about GMO’s): Canada ready to raise threshold […]
Banksters: Index For More information than below, see: Website, Committee on Monetary and Economic Reform (COMER): http://www.comer.org/ – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Excellent, about COMER: (2015-05-07) Rocco Galati, […]
. . . We’ve gone beyond gross domestic product to more meaningful measures of social well-being, said Anshula Chowdhury, founder of Social Asset Measurements (SAM), a software-as-a-service social impact reporting firm operating out of Ryerson University’s Digital Media Zone in Toronto. The right things http://www.thestarphoenix.com/business/power+transparency/11082894/story.html It began over a pint of beer. Brainstorming business […]
Two sources: Original: http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/New-Silk-Road-Could-Change-Global-Economics-Forever.html I copied it from: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-05-23/new-silk-road-could-change-global-economics-forever-part-1 By Robert Berke Part 1: The New Silk Road Beginning with the marvelous tales of Marco Polo’s travels across Eurasia to China, the Silk Road has never ceased to entrance the world. Now, the ancient cities of Samarkand, Baku, Tashkent, and Bukhara are once again […]
By Sujata Dey Berlin — Yesterday (April 20, 2015), Maude Barlow, national chairperson of the Council of Canadians, challenged the Canada-European Union Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) and other trade deals in a panel discussion with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. During the panel, Chancellor Merkel presented her G7 presidency priorities. “While the themes […]