http://www.ecogeos.com/ Ecological Citizenship and Ethical Investment]]> en 2010-03-10T14:07:27+00:00 http://www.ecogeos.com/network_for_sustainable_financial_markets_nsfm_participant_matt_-archive.html [Network for Sustainable Financial Markets] Mercer’s responsible investment (RI) team is seeking to hire an Associate or Senior Associate to evaluate investment managers of alternative thematic investment products and contribute to RI client projects. The successful candidate will be expected to lead research across alternative investment strategies, with a special focus on thematic funds including (but not limited to) cleantech, microfinance, sustainable forestry, carbon trading, social infrastructure and sustainable property.

]]> Entry admin 2010-03-10T14:07:27+00:00 http://www.ecogeos.com/socially_responsible_investment_and_an_improving_market-archive.html [Fiscal Fizzle] One of the reasons that I wrote Socially Responsible Investing for Dummies is that people need to take charge of their own finances, but some people seem afraid to in part because they think it’s immoral or something. We have a lot of conflicts about money and wealth in our culture, and few people want to think that they are getting rich while making the world worse!

]]> Entry admin 2010-03-10T14:02:26+00:00 http://www.ecogeos.com/matthew_yglesias_a_better_poverty_measure-archive.html [Matthew Yglesias] So was T.H Marshall, whose definition accepts that, while there are national variations in living standards, that there is a common standard of how people should live relative to others in their society – note that his definition also includes “a modicum of social and economic security”

]]> Entry admin 2010-03-06T09:05:30+00:00 http://www.ecogeos.com/debate_on_dual_citizenship_for_exiles_nehanda_radio-archive.html [Nehanda Radio] Protagonists of dual citizenship on the other hand point that dual citizenship jeopardise national security and sovereignty. According to a report by the Australian Parliament on the advantages and disadvantages of dual citizenship, opponents of dual citizenship argue that “a person should be totally committed in a legal and emotional sense to one country”

]]> Citizenship admin 2010-03-06T09:03:13+00:00 http://www.ecogeos.com/real_estate_investing_in_multifamily_apartments_dave_lindahl-archive.html [Ethical Foreclosure Fortunes] www.fortunebuilders.com www.apartmentriches.net http Than Merrill interviews Dave Lindahl on how to invest in multi family, apartments and commercial real estate safely & without dealing with tenants.

]]> Entry admin 2010-03-03T14:04:01+00:00 http://www.ecogeos.com/investing_faq_alternative_energy_mutual_funds-archive.html [Alternative Energy Mutual Funds] In order for me to stretch out a spousal Roth IRA for myself, does my husband also have to approachable one for himself? I’m confused by this line from the disclosure statement: “You are eligible to spawn a spousal IRA contribution for…

]]> Entry admin 2010-03-03T14:03:33+00:00 http://www.ecogeos.com/ethical_investment_student_opportunities_news_events_home_-archive.html [UWESU Latest News] You will meet to discuss UWESU’s new ethical and social responsibility policy, reviewing its investments, sponsorship and purchases to see if they are suitable and in line with the policy and then offer recommendations to the Students’ Union’s Finance and General Purposes Committee, which is a sub-committee of the Board of Trustees, and decides how the Union’s money is spent.

]]> Ethical admin 2010-02-27T09:05:18+00:00 http://www.ecogeos.com/health_bosses_and_gloucestershire_councils_invest_millions_in_-archive.html [Cheltenham News feed - This Is Gloucestershire] He said: "It also strikes me as a pretty poor long-term investment, given the risks associated with the tobacco industry." A spokesman for NHS Gloucestershire gave no indication it would demand ethical investment from the fund.

]]> Entry admin 2010-02-27T09:02:40+00:00 http://www.ecogeos.com/leeds_city_council_news_migration_and_citizenship_in_a_changing_-archive.html [Leeds City Council News] Migration and Citizenship in a Changing Community has been organised by the Leeds Social Care Community Forum, in partnership with Europe Direct, and will be held at the Ramgarhia Sports and Leisure Centre on Tuesday 2 March, 9.30am to 4pm.

]]> Citizenship admin 2010-02-24T14:05:54+00:00 http://www.ecogeos.com/unsw_the_university_of_new_south_wales_sydney_australia_news_-archive.html [University of New South Wales - Latest news] disability and mental illness (including ”˜Policies for Participation: A History of Disability in the Australian Social Security System’ - Bettina Cass, UNSW and Sarah Parker University of Illinois)

]]> Entry admin 2010-02-24T14:04:29+00:00 http://www.ecogeos.com/ethical_business_ethics_sometimes_its_not_just_about_the_money-archive.html [Ethical Business Ethics] In an interview with ABC News' Christine Brozyna, Moore said, "There's a lot of negative stuff going into business today....It's a good old basic Bible lesson -- love of money is the root of all evil.

]]> Entry admin 2010-02-20T09:09:20+00:00 http://www.ecogeos.com/kevin_smith_not_too_fat_to_fly_on_southwest_air_celebrity_twitter_-archive.html [Suite101: Ethical Business Management Articles] They refunded his tickets, they gave him a travel voucher, they thought that more than made up for the face that Smith did not get to take the flight he wanted to take to Burbank that day, the disruption they created in his life, or the fact that they have not once gone back on their determination of his size being too large to fly in a single seat.

]]> Entry admin 2010-02-20T09:03:19+00:00 http://www.ecogeos.com/do_or_die_year_for_agriculture_resources_research-archive.html [Resources Research] These points are made at a time when India (or rather the central government and key ministries) still places economic growth as a priority rather than ecologically sustainable existence which is mindful of cultural traditions and which builds on extensive systems of traditional knowledge to take a human development route that is climate neutral. From 2007 onwards, there have been major intergovernmental and international studies on the impacts of climate change (including on agriculture).

]]> Entry admin 2010-02-17T14:04:22+00:00 http://www.ecogeos.com/research_delegation_environmental_protection_and_sustainable_-archive.html [Repeating Islands] This research delegation is an opportunity to learn about Cuba’s accomplishments, struggles, developing policies and programs in organic agriculture, urban gardens, energy self sufficiency, management of protected areas, environmental education, and other related areas of ecological interest.  The delegation will meet with representatives from Cuban environmental NGO’s, government ministries, and educational institutions.  The group will visit sites of environmental significance and see firsthand how Cuba has become a possible model of sustainable development for the developing world.  

]]> Entry admin 2010-02-17T14:02:49+00:00 http://www.ecogeos.com/chip_ward_essays_chip_ward_essays-archive.html [Chip Ward Essays] Ultimately, the health of our natural/physical environment is directly related to the vitality of our civic environment. And if you dig deeper, environmental crises are also about our disconnection from nature and from each other.

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