Gail Tverberg is a remarkably lucid actuary who focuses on resource availability and climate change. This is one of the most succinct and well documented summaries of the growth subject. We;; worth a read and a study. Louis Basile, CEO of Wildflower Bread Company, talks about how you must align your purpose, passion, and people to have a successful organization. When doing... (Louis Basile - "Conscious Capitalism" - "Doing Business and having a Heart! Via Peter McGugan Very informative article by Gail Tverberg explaining why oil supply is tight and prices high.
"On balance, it would appear that at best, oil production in the near future will be virtually flat, leading to more spiking of oil prices and greater world economic problems. Another possibility is that world production will begin to decline. The likelihood of decline would appear to be increased if more oil exporters encounter political disruptions, or if the world enters a major recession leading to an oil price decline." Via Willy De Backer 
More information about the partnership between Starbucks and Conservation International and the Coffee and Farmer Equity Practice (C.A.F.E.) Guidelines - great example of business investing in sustainability. 
Evidence from evolutionary biology and psychology, anthropology and game theory shows our uniquely sophisticated capacity for co-operation is at the heart of our evolutionary success. Science is telling us we are co-operators. 
In Co-op Capitalism Professor Noreena Hertz, one of the most influential economists on the international stage, explains why we are at a critical juncture, where the Gucci Capitalism based on self-interest and profit maximisation of the last 30 years looks set to be replaced by an open source, Co-op Capitalism based on collaborative and shared enterprise. Via Glenis Joyce 
The ironclad economic case for conservation. 
The RSPB (BirdLife in the UK) and Tesco (one of the world's top five global retailers) have announced a ground-breaking partnership called ‘Together For Trees’ to help protect rainforests around the world. Via Gill Mortimer, Anna Pollock 
Shell Canada's exciting new social investment program granting $1m each cycle to environmental projects that improve the state of Canada’s land, air, water. 
This week, Bhutan is hosting a high level conference at the United Nations in New York with the hope of placing happiness, rather than growth, at the heart of the economy. Via Peter McGugan 
With nods to Buddha and Aristotle, a UN expert panel on Monday called for all countries to measure and track the happiness of their people, and to adopt a “a very different model of humanity” oriented toward subjective wellbeing... |
Australians are effectively indifferent to global and societal issues, rating these significantly lower. What we see in these results is a picture of a relatively conservative society concerned with local issues that influence its members' daily lives. People's concerns about industrial pollution, climate change, renewable energy and depletion of energy resources plummeted when compared with an identical study in 2007
A global survey has shed new light on the social enterprise sector, revealing almost a third of Australians are willing to pay more for products and services that give back to society. Via Peter McGugan 
Think of this as taking fracking to the next level so that we can continue to speed along on our highway to hell -- peak oil, and the earth, be damned. Via Willy De Backer 
Young people press for approaches to pursuing progress that can fit on a finite planet.
Interesting post by Andrew Revkin on the frustration of young economy students about their economic studies and professors. Via Willy De Backer 
IKEA, in Partnership with American Forests, Announces the Planting of 2 Million Trees across America... ![Shareable: Sacred Economics with Charles Eisenstein [Interview] | Conscious Travel | Scoop.it](http://img.scoop.it/mhVeuPyG5uXwVLC-y2EVMzl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVaiQDB_Rd1H6kmuBWtceBJ)
Charles Eisenstein is the author of two of my all time favorite books, the Ascent of Humanity and Sacred Economics. He graduated from Yale with a degree in Philosophy and Mathematics and now teaches at Goddard College. He is a well known speaker on the topics of culture, spirituality, economics, gifting, the money system and community currencies. Via Christoph Hensch 
The conversation about water has moved on and is now about the role natural resources play in providing smart, sustainable solutions... Via MoBettaEnv, Gill Mortimer 
Project AWARE is launching a new partnership programme to help PADI Dive Centres integrate ocean protection priorities into their business and fund critical conservation initiatives at the same time. 
Saving biodiversity -- the vast and essential variety of the natural world -- will be expensive, at an estimated $300 billion a year for the next eight years. But losing it would cost even more, in terms of disease, hunger, poverty and diminished resilience to climate change, according to the new chief of the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity. Via Athena Drakou, Gill Mortimer 
As global economic and environmental struggles continue to make headlines, perhaps the world should look toward Costa Rica for answers. In the last 25 years, the country has tripled its GDP while doubling the size of its forests; it has also pledged to become the world’s first carbon-neutral nation by 2021. Via Gill Mortimer 
Research suggests that there is a segment of socially conscious consumers that cause marketers should pay attention to. Who are these socially conscious consumers? What causes are most important to them? 
Sub-Saharan states need to move to renewable energy sources as $15bn in aid is outstripped by $18bn in oil imports, says IEA...
But not only Africa is affected. Europe will suffer competitiveness loss as a result of oil dependence. "...for every $1 that countries do not spend on cleaner fuel, they will have to spend $4.3 within the next two decades to make up, for their reliance on fossil fuels". EU oil bill is more than 550bn per year, the "equivalent of a Greek crisis - very year". Via Willy De Backer |
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