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The Promise of Ethical Consumption from Ideas Matter

Uploaded on Nov 14, 2011

November 3, 2011 - Cambridge, MA
"Buy local," "buy green," "buy organic" . . . we cannot buy anything without considering its moral implications. How has consumption become suffused with right and wrong? How effective has the ethical-consumption movement been in changing market behavior?

Ideas Matter, a joint project of Boston Review and MIT's Political Science Department, is a lecture series that brings our writers together with other experts and practitioners for substantive debate on the challenges of our times.

Date unknown Format Length unknown Keywords SustainabilityMember of Special Collection Ethical Sourcing More Details

Joan Bavaria Award to Geeta Aiyer

Published on Jun 23, 2015

Geeta Aiyer, sustainable investing entrepreneur and Founder and President of Boston Common Asset Management, has been awarded the seventh-annual Joan Bavaria Award for Building Sustainability into the Capital Markets. The announcement was made at the Ceres Conference 2015.

EarthSayer Geeta Aiyer
Date unknown Format Awards
Length unknown Keywords SustainabilityMember of Special Collection Ceres Annual Conferences More Details

Setting Sail: Navigating the Circular Economy by Ellen MacArthur

Published on Jun 23, 2015

Sailing solo around the globe necessitates careful use of life sustaining resources such as food and water, and serves as a micro example of the massive resource challenge facing humanity today. Dame Ellen MacArthur shares the inspiring story of her journey as a record breaking yachtswoman to an international champion for the circular economy a system change in which we stop selling one-way consumption and instead focus on models that retain the value of our vital, finite resources.

Her story is followed by a QA with Jack Ehnes, Chief Executive Officer, California State Teachers Retirement System and Ceres Board member.

EarthSayer Ellen MacArthur
Date unknown Format Speech
Length unknown Keywords SustainabilityMember of Special Collection Ceres Annual Conferences More Details

Keynote, Ceres Conference of 2015 by Gina McCarthy of EPA

Published on Jun 23, 2015

EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy delivers the keynote address at the Ceres Conference 2015, discussing the Clean Power Plan, Climate Change and how businesses and investors can support the transition to a clean energy economy.

EarthSayer Gina McCarthy
Date unknown Format Speech
Length unknown Keywords SustainabilityMember of Special Collection Ceres Annual Conferences More Details

Mapping the Gap: The Road From Paris with Michael Leibreich

Published on Feb 4, 2016

Ceres and Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) teamed up to release "Mapping the Gap: The Road from Paris", which seeks to underscore how the global transition to clean electric power can be financed. This special presentation by Michael Liebreich (BNEF) was made at the 2016 Investor Summit on Climate Risk at the U.N. headquarters in NYC. A sneak peak: the global renewable energy investment opportunity in the electric sector is massive, at $12.1 trillion over the next 25 years.

To download the report and to learn more about Ceres' Clean Trillion initiative, visithere.

To learn more about the Investor Summit on Climate Risk, visit here.

EarthSayer Michael Liebreich
Date unknown Format Speech
Length unknown Keywords SustainabilityMember of Special Collection Renewable Energy & The Smart Grid More Details

Ecuadorian Indigenous Peoples opposed to oil development

Published on Feb 2, 2016

On January 28, the leaders of different indigenous nationalities directly affected by the contract between Ecuador and Andes Petroleum held a press conference in Quito to publicly announce their position that the government process of consultation has been illegal and illegitimate and that they reject the plans for oil exploration and exploitation in blocks 79 and 83 and reject plans for additional oil development in the South-Central region. Read more here on the Pachamama website, the publishers of this video on their YouTube channel.

This is the testimony of Manari Shigua of the Sapara people of the Ecuadorian Amazon.His testimony addresses the designation of the Sapara peoples culture a masterpiece of the Oral heritage of humanity by UNESCO which acknowledges that all resources in t heir territory (trees, mountains, oil +) are the world's heritage. The Ecuadorian government wants to exploit these resources and must understand they are required to consult the world as no resources can be exploited in their territory especially those the people oppose.

EarthSayer Manari Ushigua
Date unknown Format Testimony
Length unknown Keywords SustainabilityMember of Special Collection High Risk Energy Sources More Details

Blood Oil by Leif Wenar

Published on Jan 30, 2016

Talk by Leif Wenar author of "Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules That Run the World" recorded January 27, 2016 at Town Hall Seattle. "Might makes right" is a rule that needs to be retired. Leif Wenar holds the Chair of Philosophy Law at King College London. After earning his Bachelor'a degree from Stanford, he went to Harvard to study with John Rawls, and wrote his doctoral thesis on property rights with Robert Nozick and T.M. Scanlon. He has worked in the UK since 1997. Visit CleanTrade.org.

You may purchase his book through Amazon by clicking on the image or visit your local bookstore. Thank you.

EarthSayer Leif Wenar
Date unknown Format Lectures
Length unknown Keywords SustainabilityMember of Special Collection Clean Trade More Details

The Rich Don't Always Win by Sam Pizzigati

Published on Nov 19, 2012

Sam Pizzigati, Associate Fellow at the IInstitute for Policy Studies, discusses his new book, "The Rich Don't Always Win: The Forgotten Triumph Over Plutocracy That Created the American Middle Class, 1900-1970." He is editor of the blog, Too Much.The Institute for Policy Studies Youtube channel is here.

To order his book from Amazon, click on the image or visit your local bookstore. Thank you.

EarthSayer Sam Pizzigati
Date unknown Format Blog
Length unknown Keywords SustainabilityMember of Special Collection Transforming Our Economy More Details

Automotive Revolution 2030

Published on Jan 17, 2016 by McKinsey & Company

Technology-driven trends will revolutionize how industry players respond to changing consumer behavior, develop partnerships, and drive transformational change.
Learn more here.

Date unknown Format Corporate
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Are Cars a Necessary Purchase for Gen X? Hector De La Torre

Hector De La Torre from the Air Resources Board discusses with Climate One how

the changing generations are evolving their use of vehicles

Published Climate One on January 14, 2016

EarthSayer Hector De La Torre
Date unknown Format Panel
Length unknown Keywords SustainabilityMember of Special Collection Climate Change More Details

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