In the movie ‘Home’, by Yann Arthus-Bertrand a beautiful image of our earth is given. The movie starts of from how live began on planet earth and how only by a perfect balance between every form of life and every resource, the earth as it is today can be the way it is. This balance [...]
Kickstarter is a funding platform for artists, designers, filmmakers, musicians, journalists, inventors, explorers etc. On this platform, creative projects can be displayed and a funding can be requested. People have to explain what they want to do and how much money they need. It’s close to the platform designed in one of the scenarios how [...]
Marketplaces of the 21st century are increasingly conscious, the information society provides more transparency. With this the demand for more ethical business processes and actions.
February 10th, over fifty charity organisations (among which Christian Aid, Comic Relief and UNICEF) proposed a global tax to raise money, basically to do good. This tax will affect mostly banks but also various types of financial dealings (such as stock and bonds dealings). Getting money from ‘the rich’ to support ‘the poor’ gives this [...]
Back in 1978, James Tobin proposed a small tax (the Tobin Tax) – these days the suggestion is 1/10 percent – on all foreign exchange (forex) dealings, average daily turnover in global foreign exchange markets is estimated at $3.98 trillion as of April 2007. After that many discussions about tobin tax arose, but up until now [...]
Tonight at the Eco-Currency Night four programs will be shown about inspirations, backgrounds and economical scenarios. Tonight we will show:
The Ecosystem Marketplace, a project of Forest Trends, is a leading source of news, data, and analytics on markets and payments for ecosystem services (such as water quality, carbon sequestration, and biodiversity). We believe that by making accessible information on policy, finance, regulation, science, business, and other market-relevant factors, markets for ecosystem services will one day [...]
Yochai Benkler explains using many examples emerging on the internet that collaboration is much stronger than traditional organizations. In an information economy in which we live, it’s a very powerful fact that almost anyone in this most advanced economy has a computer. Benkler argues that a computer is in fact the one most important building [...]
“We must not fail the billions who look to the international community to fulfill the promise of the Millennium Declaration for a better world. Let us meet in September to keep the promise.”
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
A new agenda by Ban Ki-moon shows what steps to take to reach the Millennium goals by 2015. Estimated is [...]
As E.O. Wilson accepts his 2007 TED Prize, he makes a plea on behalf of all creatures that we learn more about our biosphere — and build a networked encyclopedia of all the world’s knowledge about life. Watch video on TED.com
With the majority of the world’s spicies not yet discovered, E.O. Wilson states we are [...]