Friday Night at the Movies is pleased to present the final episode in a series of four videos from Ethical Markets Media, an independent media company covering the emergence of a sustainable, green, more ethical and just economy worldwide.
The Ethical Market Series
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Green Building & Design
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Clean Food
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Renewable Energy
4.
Health & Wellness
Episode 4. Health & Wellness
Industrialized medicine has [...]
All your personal efforts to live more sustainably do not make any difference to the world’s environment.
That’s the assertion environmental writer Derrick Jensen makes in his recent article “Forget Shorter Showers,” published in Orion magazine.
The industrial economy is so large, and so much the source of our planet’s environmental woes, Jensen argues, that even if [...]
The near absence of fresh water for the human population is already beginning to impact many sectors of the world, notably with the current situation in India.
By the year 2020, most major Indian cities are projected to run dry, according to data from the World Bank. Severe water shortage had already led to a growing [...]
Friday Night at the Movies is pleased to present the third in a series of four videos from Ethical Markets Media, an independent media company covering the emergence of a sustainable, green, more ethical and just economy worldwide.
The Ethical Market Series
1.
Green Building & Design
3.
Clean Food
2.
Renewable Energy
4.
Health & Wellness
Episode 3. Clean Food
Concerns about the industrialization of [...]
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has steadfastly confirmed the growing need for low carbon biofuels to increase global energy security and reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) relative to petroleum.
“Energy needs to be used more efficiently and the carbon content of the energy we consume must be reduced, by switching to low- or zero-carbon sources,” says [...]
Friday Night at the Movies is pleased to present the second in a series of four videos from Ethical Markets Media, an independent media company covering the emergence of a sustainable, green, more ethical and just economy worldwide.
The Ethical Market Series
1.
Green Building & Design
3.
Clean Food
2.
Renewable Energy
4.
Health & Wellness
Episode 2. Renewable Energy
The great transition from fossil [...]
The United Nations has proclaimed 2010 The International Year of Biodiversity. At the launch ceremony in Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel cautioned that the world will face “enormous costs” if no action is taken against climate change and securing biodiversity.
Humans are obviously an integral part of the natural balance. Our fate is inextricably linked with [...]
A major, 7.0 earthquake struck the island nation of Haiti on Tuesday afternoon, collapsing buildings, cutting power, water, communications, and leading to a humanitarian disaster and what is expected to be significant loss of life.
The Red Cross estimates that up to 3 million in the impoverished nation of 10 milion are likely to have be [...]
Antarctica’s glaciers are melting more rapidly than previously thought because of climate change, according to new information from US Geological Survey (USGS) through collaboration with the British Antarctic Survey (BAS).
One ice shelf, the Wordie Ice Shelf along the western coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, has completely disappeared. Another, the Larsen Ice Shelf extending along the [...]
Late-Night Teens Face Greater Risk of Depression
The BBC.co.uk reports on a study from the Columbia University Medical Center in New York:
Of 15,500 12 to 18-year-olds studied, those who went to bed after midnight were 24% more likely to have depression than those who went before 2200 [2 a.m.]. And those who slept fewer than five [...]
Friday Night at the Movies is pleased to present the first in a series of four videos from Ethical Markets Media, an independent media company covering the emergence of a sustainable, green, more ethical and just economy worldwide.
The Ethical Market Series
1.
Green Building & Design
3.
Clean Food
2.
Renewable Energy
4.
Health & Wellness
Episode 1. Green Building & Design
Today’s green buildings [...]
You’ve likely made, and perhaps already broken, a New Year’s Resolution or two in 2010. Set an environmental intention instead. An intention is an invitation for transformation.
Here are 10 suggestions to consider:
1. Spend more time in nature. There’s nothing like an expanding appreciation of nature to fortify other environmental intentions. Take a walk every day, [...]
