Provided by www.EarthDayTV.net Focus the Nation The 2% Solution – On Jan. 30, Focus the Nation held a live, interactive webcast featuring Stanford University climate scientist Stephen Schneider, sustainability expert Hunter Lovins, green jobs pioneer Van Jones and youth climate leaders, discussing global warming solutions. They reached over a million students on one day! (~ 70 minutes)
Elisabet Sahtouris Part 2 – Elisabet
Sahtouris, evolution biologist, author of GAIA: The Human Journey from
Chaos to Cosmos, Continues the conversation with Hazel Henderson
discussing the planet as a living system as in the Gaia Theory: the
whole biosphere is one interactive living system of which humans are a
part.
The Possible Human – Dr. Jean Houston and Hazel Henderson speculate on the far reaches of human potential – how we can tap more of the mere 10% of our brains’ capacities that we use today.
Caroline Casey – Ireland – The Aisling Foundation – promotes positive image of disablity. “You don’t need eyes to have a vision!”
Van Jones Against Ethanol July 2008 – provided by IPB; Van Jones of Green For All, building an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty, explains why ethanol technologies are not good for people, communities or the environment. (4 min)
Global Corporate Citizenship – More ethical “corporate citizenship” now seen as a must by many leaders and critics. Best practices of corporations in consumer and environmental protection, human and workplace rights. (~ 27 minutes)
RETHINKING GLOBALIZATION a series produced by Hazel Henderson with guests Dee Hock, Oscar Motomura and Don Beck
Berkshares — provided by WCBV TV Boston; BerkShares board member, Will Conklin, describes how when money is spent at local stores the multiplier effect on the local economy is much deeper and wider than money spent at chains or on the internet. The film visits Berkshire Bank and Tom’s Toys to explore the topic.
“Nurturing Sustainable Local Communities Worldwide” – Interview with Steven Lovink – Founder/CEO, Planet2025 Network and Power of One; Ethical Markets Transforming Finance Series 2013
In this program, Hazel Henderson and Asian Markets Sustainability Analyst Matthew McGarvey, both China experts, review the new challenges China poses to Western economies as well as from other emerging economies in Asia. Western economists misunderstand the restructuring in China from exports toward domestic goals and shifting from polluting coal to wind, solar and the “circular economy” and their “Green GDP.” The new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIG) led by China has attracted members like Britain and other European countries, as well as the IMF. Yet, the US Congress refused to join and is now out in the cold. The rush to new mega-trade deals in Asia and the need for new rules and metrics are explored.
In this program, Hazel Henderson explores with award-winning civic leader, recognized in Brazil by the UN, Thais Corral, co-author of Leadership Is Global, her personal story. Thais and her family came to Brazil from Spain, bringing their entrepreneurial skills and creativity. Thais, a lifelong learner, spent years studying in Italy, other European countries, and the USA at the University of Chicago and Harvard. She innovated 400 radio programs broadcasted to empower women across Brazil and became a co-founder of the global Women’s Environment Development Organization (WEDO) with US Congresswoman Bella Abzug. Thais then founded the learning and leadership programs at Sinal do Vale, a large estate 30 minutes from Rio De Janeiro’s mains airport, where participants learn all the tools of transition management first hand. Ethical Markets is partnering with Thais in this new educational program since Thais is a member of our global Advisory Board. Ethical Markets Transforming Finance Series, @2015
Up Close China – Hazel Henderson is interviewed by Cheng Yi on Taiwan’s premier weekly newsmaker show. They discuss globalization, creating more ethical business investments and new indicators such as the Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators.
Elisabet Sahtouris Part 1 – Elisabet Sahtouris, evolution biologist, author of GAIA: The Human Journey from Chaos to Cosmos, and Hazel Henderson discuss the planet as a living system as in the Gaia Theory: the whole biosphere is one interactive living system of which humans are a part.
He And She Futures – James Robertson and Hazel Henderson discuss gender politics and how societies are changing as women move into partnership with men in all aspects of society.
Mathias Craig – blueEnergy – provides low-cost, sustainable energy to marginalized communities through the construction of wind turbines and installation (and maintenance!) of hybrid wind and solar electric systems.
Janine Benyus – 12 sustainable design ideas from nature Provided by TED.com; In this inspiring talk about recent developments in biomimicry, Janine Benyus provides heartening examples of ways in which nature is already influencing the products and systems we build. (24 mins)
Redefining Success – Changing scorecards of countries’ “progress” beyond money and Gross National Product (GDP) to new indicators of Quality of Life and Gross National Happiness. (~ 27 minutes)
Worth Quoting TV seriesCommentaries and dialogues, many with Hazel Henderson, which stand the test of time, including a rare interview with Aurelio Peccei, late founder of the Club of Rome; also Barbara Marx Hubbard, Fritjof Capra, Frank Bracho, James Robertson, Frederick Hayek and others.
Prof. Jerome Glenn: Global Framework, Future Prospects and Strategies provided by the European Futurist Club; Glenn discusses edgier options for preventing global climate change .(~32 min)
The Story of Citizens United v. FEC — provided by StoryofStuff.org; Annie Leonard brings her unique insight to the world of corporate influence on American politics.
“Fostering Homegrown Reliable Economies”
Stuart Valentine – Principal, Centerpoint Investment Strategies, Ethical Markets Transforming Finance Series 2013
In this program, Hazel Henderson and Asian Markets Sustainability Analyst Matthew McGarvey, who has lived in China, Vietnam and regularly visits Asia, discuss trends toward new values beyond Western GDP-measured economic growth. Asian economics’ models tend toward the Chinese view that “markets are good servants but bad masters.” Government rule-setting and oversight are favored and often authoritarian. Matt McGarvey recounts his personal journey from growing up in America’s heartland to learning Chinese and working in Beijing, and his experiences in Vietnam and other Asian countries.
In this program, Hazel Henderson interviews her longtime associate Alice Tepper-Marlin, president-emeritus of SAI International and key founder of the pioneering transition management example: the socially responsible investment movement. They reminisce on the evolution of this form of accounting which screened portfolios and companies for their ethical, social and environmental performance. Tepper-Marlin founded the pioneer group, the Council on Economic Priorities (CFP) in the 1960s and Henderson became a board member, along with famed economist Robert Heilbroner, author of The Worldly Philosophers (1999). Tepper-Marlin recounts the first study by CEP of pollution in 24 pulp and paper companies and how the companies stalled at first but eventually provided data. CEP’s consumer guide, Shopping for a Better World, sold over 1 million copies and catapulted CEP into creating this new branch of accounting and securities analysis – and Tepper-Marlin into widespread media recognition. Another successful model of positive transition management! Ethical Markets Transforming Finance Series, @2015
Credit Crunch-Provided by Bremner, Bird and Fortune, Vera Productions; John Bird and John Fortune brilliantly and accurately describe the mindset behind the credit crunch with this satirical interview of George Parr. {@7 min}
Vicki Robin: The Micro-economics of Caring – provided by EON: the Ecological Options Network; Vicki Robin, co-author of Your Money or Your Life, discusses the micro-microeconomics of daily living – becoming aware of what needs you have that can be satisfied with money and which require one to disassociate from being only a financial being. (11 mins)
Peter Russell Part 2 – Hazel
Henderson and U.K. physicist Peter Russell, author of The White Hole in
Time, continue discussing future trends in human consciousness and how
these will transform human societies.
The Possible Society – Hazel Henderson and Dr. Jean Houston discuss evolutionary scenarios for humanity: how our minds are expanding and new awareness opens up new possibilities for our future.
Ayeleen Ajanee – Pakistan – Acumen Fund Fellow – working with woman enterprenuers who make less than $4 per day.
Texas Wind Power – provided by National Public Radio; Ex-farmer Cliff Ethridge is giving new life to a dying town through the power of wind. (3.5 min)
Ethical Markets(SM) – is a financial lifestyle TV magazine produced by Hazel Henderson redefining success globally through a positive look at what is possible and illustrating “triple bottom line”: respecting people and the environment while earning a healthy profit.
The Social Entrepreneur – Provided by groups like the Skoll Foundation, Social Edge and even mainstream media, these videos highlight the efforts of social entrepreneurs, many describing in their own words their method of socially responsible investing.
Homero Santos provided by Mercado Ético; Christina Carvalho Pinto, president of Mercado Ético, interviews Homero Santos, professor and consultant.
Partying on a Trace of CO2 — provided by TEDxPentagon; Rear Admiral David Titley, USN, explains climate change and link to national security
“Permaculture, Eco-forests Developing Green Economies”
Terry Mock – Co-founder, Champion Tree Project International and the Sustainable Land Development Initiative; Ethical Markets Transforming Finance Series 2013
In this program, Hazel Henderson and NASA Chief Scientist Dennis Bushnell discuss the new alarms raised by Bill Gates, Google’s Eric Schmidt, Space-Ex and Tesla’s founder Elon Musk and physicist Stephen Hawking that intelligent machines like IBM’s Watson may soon outsmart humans. These computer pioneers believe this could pose existential danger to human civilization – because they may not share human values and may cause us great harm. Bushnell cites all the areas where computers are already smarter and more efficient than humans: in law, medicine, accounting and will be needed in NASA’s space program. Henderson worries about the societal impacts as ever more sectors of modern economies are digitized, now displacing white collar jobs beyond earlier manufacturing automation since the 1960s. While futurists envisioned “leisure societies,” shorter work weeks, guaranteed basic incomes and flowering of culture, art and human potentials – what we got was unemployment, stagnant wages and longer work hours.
In this program, Hazel Henderson discusses with Alice Tepper-Marlin, president-emeritus of SAI International and founder of 10-Squared, the future of accounting for ethical, social and environmental performance of portfolios, companies and governments. This important tool of transition management is full-spectrum accounting, a multi-disciplinary method. This goes beyond the earlier money-based models evaluating life-cycle costs and recognizing 6 kinds of capital: financial, built facilities, intellectual, social, human and natural capital. These broader metrics are now promulgated globally by the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and in the USA by Sustainable Accounting Standards Board (SASB), chaired by Michael Bloomberg. At last, the obsolete models in traditional economics permitting social and environmental costs to be “externalized” is exposed as irresponsible. Tepper-Marlin describes her latest venture 10-Squared, another transition management innovation and management tool for companies to achieve better social and environmental performance goals. Ethical Markets Transforming Finance Series, @2015
Subprime Crisis-Provided by Bremner, Bird and Fortune, Vera Productions; John Bird and John Fortune brilliantly and accurately describe the mindset of the investment banking community in this satirical interview. {@9 min}
Jane Goodall: Helping humans and animals live together – provided by TED.com; The legendary chimpanzee researcher Jane Goodall talks about TACARE and her other community projects which help people in booming African towns live side-by-side with threatened animals. (24 min)
Peter Russell Part 1 – Hazel Henderson and U.K. physicist Peter Russell, author of The White Hole in Time, discuss future trends in human consciousness and how these will transform human societies.
The Turning Point – Dr. Fritjo Capra discusses with Hazel Henderson how worldviews in science are changing from mechanistic models toward more holistic, ecological models and how these shifts in perspective are changing business practices.
Solar Power in Spain – This example of solar power in Spain uses an array of mirrors to provide clean energy on a large scale. (2.5 min)
Provided by www.MoneyAsDebt.net Money as Debt – This is a must see video that sparks great conversations in any group who views it.
Debt-gov’t, corporate, & household has reached astronomical proportions. Where does all this money come from? How could there BE that much money to lend? The answer is… there isn’t. Today, MONEY IS DEBT. If there were NO DEBT there would be NO MONEY! If this is puzzling to you, you are not alone. Very few people understand, even though all of us are effected. This fast-paced and highly entertaining animated feature explans today’s magical perverse DEBT-MONEY SYSTEM (~ 47 minutes)
Rethinking Globalization – a series produced by Hazel Henderson with guests Dee Hock , Oscar Motomura and Don Beck
Ladislau Dowbor provided by Mercado Ético; Christina Carvalho Pinto, president of Mercado Ético, interviews Ladislau Dowbor, professor of economics, Catholic University of Sao Paulo PUC.
23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism — provided by TheRealNews.com; The front cover ofNewsweek said we’re all socialists now. So what about the future of the capitalist system? Are we facing another major depression? Are we facing a global meltdown? And is there a more rational way to have a capitalist system? TRNN talks about all of this with Ha-Joon Chang. He’s the author of the book 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism and on the Faculty of Economics of Cambridge University. See the entire series on all 23 points on TRNN.
“Green Banking and Investing” – Interview with Ken La Roe – Founder, CEO and Chairman, First Green Bank, Florida; Ethical Markets Transforming Finance Series 2013
In this program, Hazel Henderson and NASA Chief Scientist Dennis Bushnell explore the advance of automation as ever more sectors of industrial societies are digitized: from manufacturing to retailing, accounting, healthcare, education, legal services and even finance. Driverless vehicles will end jobs in trucking, taxis, which offer millions of entry-level opportunities. Fly-by-wire airplanes have caused the deskilling of pilots, some of whom have been confused when computerized navigation systems have failed – causing crashes. Can computerized systems be programmed with human values: empathy, compassion and ethics? Can a driverless car pass an ethical test of judgment: swerving to avoid hitting a group of people at the expense of colliding with a single person? Bushnell points out how much more efficient computers are at many tasks than humans. Henderson looks at the macro-effects: how can economies maintain aggregate demand to buy all the new productivity’s goods and services? How can people obtain purchasing power if not from jobs? They discuss alternatives emerging: worker-owned companies, cooperative enterprises and guaranteed basic incomes now enacted in Brazil, Mexico and proposed in Switzerland, Europe and the USA.
Hazel Henderson discusses the evolution of the ethical, responsible, green investment movement with British pioneer investor Tessa Tennant. Tennant founded the first green UK mutual fund as well as the Social Investment Forum. She reviews the early obstacles, as she founded ASRIA, the first such group in Asia. An inspiring personal story! © 2016 Ethical Markets
Responsible Investors
Minds for History – A conference in May, 1989, discussing humanity’s future with Nobelists Murray Gell-Mann and Czeslaw Milosz, Richard Falk, Harvey Cox, Hazel Henderson and jazz musician Billy Taylor.
The Shift – A movie being made by a movement provided by www.theshiftmovie.com; This movie trailer, spread virally around the internet, describes an ambitious project to showcase the millions of people from all across the world who are banding together to establish peace, sustainability and social justice as the common themes by which humanity thrives on Planet Earth. The project will show how change is happening at the most fundamental levels of our culture, and how countless people, associations and groups are leading the grass-roots movement with a swell of positive activity.
Naturally Successful (excepts) – provided by Natural Logic and Arnold Creek Video; A new type of entrepreneur is changing industries and the world. Making a profit is essential, but success includes social, environmental and economic impacts. The film features interviews with business leaders who offer insights on building values-driven businesses, seizing opportunities in new and existing markets, and embracing a new type of capitalism. (2.5 mins)
Restructuring the Global Economy – Hazel Henderson, Dr. Lester Thurow, Dr. Sidney Dell and Dr. Howard Perlmutter engage in a fast-paced discussion of what went wrong with economic recipes for development and of ways to change course toward a more sustainable global economy.
Utility Scale Solar – provided by renewableenergyworld.com; Adam Browning of Vote Solar discusses what California utilities are doing to push forward with solar energy at Solar Power International 08. (14 min)
The Story of Stuff – provided by The Story of Stuff, Annie Leonard looks at the underside of production and consumption patterns, exposing the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues. It’ll teach you something, make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever. (20 min)
Power of Yin – This interactive, online TV show, based on the book by Hazel Henderson, Barbara Marx Hubbard and Jean Houston, accompanies the Power of Yin Newsletter. Watch the first episode here.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS – With the collapse of global financial norms, these videos demonstrate the creative ways in which communities are facing the challenges of producing and consuming sustainably.
Austerity and the Destruction of Democracy – provided by theRealNews.com; Rob Johnson: Austerity policies in Europe threaten a deformation of democracy and the rise of ultra-nationalist forces
“Green Banking and Investing” – Interview with Ken La Roe – Founder, CEO and Chairman, First Green Bank, Florida; Ethical Markets Transforming Finance Series 201
– In this program, Hazel Henderson explores with law professor Jon L. Mills, former speaker in Florida’s House of Representatives, his current book, Privacy in the New Media Age. The Internet, social media, blogs, “citizen-journalists” and global news distribution pose thorny issues in all countries. While the USA favors free speech over individual rights to privacy, European countries are protecting people’s “right to be left alone” and the deletion of old records of individual behavior which may jeopardize their future employment. While Facebook and Twitter facilitated the grassroots protests and rebellions of the “Arab Spring,” these social media also helped police to track down the dissidents and their prosecution. Prof. Mills points out that technological innovations always outrun the pace of law and public responses. Different rules apply in many countries and global agreements may take decades.
Hazel Henderson and UK investment pioneer Tessa Tennant look at the new consensus emerging in 2015 for the global transition from fossil fuels to clean, green, sustainable economies. Tennant serves on the British Green Investment Bank. Now that 195 countries have signed on to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the COP21 Climate Accords, this transition is accelerating worldwide. © 2016 Ethical Markets
Classic Talk – Shows and videos which have stood the test of time.
We’re Ready – Provided by IONS; This One Minute Shift, produced by 13-year-old Shannon Leonard and his friends, expresses a heartfelt call from youth who are ready to live more sustainably. They pointedly ask if we’re ready to do the same. (@1 min)
Hans Rosling – Debunking third-world myths with the best stats you’ve ever seen Provided byTED.com; With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling demonstrates that most of the third world is on a trajectory toward health and prosperity, and many countries are moving twice as fast as the west did. (20 mins)
The Future of Enterprise – Hazel Henderson and her guests John Naisbitt and Sven Atterhed discuss new forms of business and enterprise and how companies can release the creativity of their employees.
Karen Zainah Anwar – Sisters in Islam, based in Malaysia, workers on the right of Muslim woman within the framework of Islam to end discrimination against woman in the name of religion while upholding the principles of justice, equality and freedom.
Al Gore: Clean Energy for Brazil – provided by Mercado Ético, Ethical Markets affiliate in Brazil; This episode of the Mercado Ético TV series features an exclusive interview for Brazil with Al Gore speaking to the global energy challenge and how ethical markets must play a role in meeting the challenge. (~20 min)
Values for Water. World Bank – provided by Planet2025; Week 8 of the Water Tribune in Zaragoza, Spain, sponsored by the World Bank, was kicked-off with these three videos used to stimulate discussions. Hazel Henderson is a featured speaker. Each week of the water expo, participants from around the world joined in debates and dialogues addressing water concerns affecting us globally. (26 min)
Making a Difference – Stories of people with big ideas set to change the world in major ways, drawn from sources such as TED.com, China’s Green Beat and the Schumacher Society.
Joseph E. Stiglitz: Financial Crisis & Global Development provided by MaximsNews Network, Feb. 2009; Nobel Laureate Stiglitz, speaking at the U.N. Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium, characterizes the global crisis as having a “made in the USA label” and states that the US exported its deregulatory philosophy, its “toxic mortgages” and, now, the recession.
Should Banks Be A Public Utility? – provided by TheRealNews.com; Yves Smith: Finance sector controls the regulatory process – there needs to be a publicly controlled alternative to the private banking system
“Transition to the Green Economy” – Interview with Michael Grunwald – TIME, Time.com, Senior National Correspondent; author, The New New Deal (2012); Ethical Markets Transforming Finance Series 2013
– In this program, Hazel Henderson continues discussing with Professor Jon L. Mills his current book, Privacy in the New Media Age. The conversation focuses on the USA and how the Constitution favors free speech and press in the First Amendment over individual rights to privacy. Mills cites many examples of how individuals are harmed in today’s social media, by false statements by bloggers, ubiquitous cameras in public places, tracking individuals’ movements via their cellphones and GPS. They explore data-collecting by government and by corporations selling users’ personal data to advertisers, as well as snooping by drones. Again, these new technologies and media have outrun the law and public awareness and in some cases even dubious rulings by the Supreme Court.
In this program, Hazel Henderson and NASA Chief Scientist Dennis Bushnell explore all the current issues swirling around the Internet, now the de facto “infostructure” undergirding our global economy — just as rails and roads were the infrastructure of previous centuries.
They discuss key questions, now that the Internet hosts businesses, finance, social media, news and “fake news “empowering individuals, innovation, entrepreneurs, as well as cybercriminals, jihadis, cryptocurrencies, money laundering, with software and malware that can damage physical power plants! As Internet governance changes, is it robust enough for all the new bandwidth users, from video to the so-called “internet of things. All in this fast-paced discussion.
Know Your Lawn – Provided by Sundance Channel, this editorial by Simran Sethi, host of the Ethical Markets TV series, explains the environmental damage caused by lawn maintenance and offers alternatives. (1 ½ min)
Strategies for Sustainable Economies – Hazel
Henderson in conversation with James Robertson, British author of
Power, Money and Sex and The Future of Work, about globalization,
out-sourcing, automation and new forms of development.
Alisa Miller – Why we know less than ever about the world Provided by TED.com; Alisa Miller, head of Public Radio International, talks about why — though we want to know more about the world than ever — the US media is actually showing less. Eye-opening stats and graphs. (4.5 mins)
Post Industrial Futures – Hazel Henderson discusses with James Robertson and Dr. Marvin Harris how best to deal with automation, job losses, changing workplaces and technologies.
Bernice Celeyta – NOMADESC {Association for Social
Research and Action} works primarity with women, trade unionists,
campesinos, the Afro-Colombian and indigenous peoples.Kisia – AfriAfya
– Provides communication technology for rural and informal
Socialy Responsible Investing – Covers the worldwide boom in ethical investing ($2.3 trillion in the USA alone). Social and environmental costs (pollution, outsourcing, stagnate wages) of maximizing profits to shareholders has given way to concerns for all stakeholders and new “triple bottom line” accounting for people, planet and profits. (~ 27 minutes)
Growing the Green Economy – Long dismissed by mainstream media, visionary entrepreneurs, environmentalists, scientist and professionals have been creating an economy that thrives in harmony with the earth and social well-being. With insight and clarity, this show looks at the green economy that already exists and is growing by leaps and bounds! (~ 54 minutes)
Insights from the Green – Featuring Simran Sethi, environmental journalist and host of the Ethical Markets TV series, these videos provided by Sundance Channel and TheGreenOnline address ways in which we can be socially and environmentally responsible.
Bart Chilton — provided by theREALnews network; CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton says: “A Hair Trigger Away from Economic Calamity.” Wall Street lobbyists trying to slow down trading regulations and defund Commission.
Green Transition Scoreboard(r) Explained – scripted and narrated by Hazel
Henderson, Ethical Markets Media (c) 2014
In this program Hazel Henderson discusses with John Englander, geologist and oceans expert, author of Rising Tide on Main Street, the steady rise of global oceans due to global atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. The Earth’s temperature continues rising as fossil fuels are burned, oceans absorb additional CO2, glaciers and ice sheets at the planet’s poles are melting. Englander studies coastlines and show visual evidence of the effects on the World’s 20 most vulnerable cities: Boston, New York, Washington DC, Seattle, San Diego, as well as Shanghai, London, Bangkok and low-lying countries Holland, the Philippines and many small island sates. In some areas, land is also sinking, and in others tectonic plates cause the land under, for example Los Angeles, to rise. Since 2015, 195 countries have agreed to address these largely human-caused effects with transition management strategies: investments in adaptation, sea walls, more and higher levees, relocation of humans settlements and shifting to renewable energy. Timeframes for action are reviewed. Transition management begins with realistic views of global change. Ethical Markets Transforming Finance Series, @2015
In this program, Hazel Henderson and Wayne Silby, lawyer and founder of the Calvert Group of socially responsible mutual funds discuss where these investing trends Silby pioneered , are heading. They discuss how these trends evolved , as both were colleagues at Calvert from its launch in 1982 , when Henderson served on Calvert’s Advisory Council with other experts , helping develop Calvert’s social screens . These screens helped steer portfolios away from companies with poor records on pollution, mistreatment of employees, alcohol, tobacco, weapons makers toward the cleaner, greener ethical portfolios of many hundreds of similar funds today. Both agree that these investment vehicles, whether still called “ triple bottom lineâ€, SRI, ESG , ethical, or “green†are now mainstream, with their value-based metrics offered by Morgan Stanley’s MSCI group. . These funds are now often re-branded more broadly as “ impact investing “ seen as more acceptable , and are now offered by mainstream firms from Blackrock and Goldman Sachs to Bank of America . Other terms include “ sustainable “ , all widening the market for these funds. Thus, the issue going forward is to monitor these mainstream funds , their values , mission statements and portfolio choices and performance to avoid “ greenwashing “ !
Greening Your Game – Provided by Sundance Channel, this editorial by Simran Sethi, host of the Ethical Markets TV series, connects sports and the environment, particularly how sustainable management can make even golf sensitive to the environment. (1 ½ min)
Redefining Cultural Values – Hazel
Henderson and Frank Bracho, former Venezuelan Ambassador to India,
author of Globalization and Petroleum: Salvation or Perdition, discuss
the importance of culture in development.
Van Jones – Green For All Provided by CNN; Van Jones comments on the Leiberman-Warner Climate Security Act and its implications for providing sustainable green jobs. (3 mins)
Future Politics/Anticipatory Democracy – Hazel Henderson and Alvin Toffler discuss the need for greater citizen participation in US politics and ways that citizens can empower themselves.
Caroline Nyami – Kisia – AfriAfya – Provides communication technology for rural and informal settlements in Kenya.
Health and Wellness – Preventive approaches to health now competing with the current over-priced, over-prescribing, interventionist medical-industrial complex costing 16% of US GDP. This is twice what other rich countries pay with no better outcomes. A look at reforms and alternative health options. (~ 27 minutes)
The Money Fix – Provided by The Money Fix, Hazel Henderson discusses the current ineffective methods of measuring true wealth and the inappropriate use of money, giving examples like the false Nobel Prize in Economics. (~ 9 minutes)
GLOBAL CITIZENS : CREATIVE SOLUTIONS – Socially responsible voices of individuals and NGOs, like the Skoll Foundation, the UN and IONS, sharing their vision for a sustainable future; including perspectives like Vicki Robin’s, Jane Goodall’s and Van Jones’; solutions from young people around the world; stories of people with big ideas set to change the world in major ways, drawn from sources such as TED.com, China’s Green Beat and the Schumacher Society.
The School Lunch Scam provided by the American News Project; Who determines what American kids eat each day? Congress and the Department of Agriculture approve what foods can (and can’t) be served through the National School Lunch Program. The competition for a piece of this $10 billion market is fierce, but espite the enormous nutritional and financial stakes at play, ANP was the only media to cover a recent panel set up to discuss the school menu. While nutritionists outnumbered the press, corporate lobbyists outnumbered everyone.
Building the Woman’s World Banking Movement – interview with Michaela Walsh; Ethical Markets Transforming Finance Series 2013. Michaela Walsh is Founding President of Women’s World Bank http://www.swwb.org/, expanding economic assets, participation and power of low-income women and their households by helping them access financial services, knowledge and markets. She discusses transforming finance through women’s banking with Hazel Henderson.
“How Adam Smith and Charles Darwin Got Hijacked” – Discussion with Kim Ann
Curtin, author, CEO, The Wall Street Coach, and Hazel Henderson, president,
Ethical Markets Media; Ethical Markets Transforming Finance Series 2014
In this program, Hazel Henderson discusses with John Englander, geologist and oceans expert, author of Rising Tide on Main Street, all the sensible, realistic ways that humans can practice transition management: by mitigating and adapting to rising sea levels. The world’s oceans will continue their steady rise – even if fossil fuel burning were to cease immediately. The long-term processes set in motion by rising global temperatures, melting glaciers and polar ice sheets are altering risk-analyses models in finance, insurance and business. Transition management strategies and options are discussed, from changing real estate values; building codes; reinforcing urban infrastructure; siting of essential transport and communications networks, as well as how investments will be affected and where new opportunities lie in shifting beyond fossil fuels to low-carbon, cleaner green economies. Ethical Markets Transforming Finance Series, @2015
In this program, Hazel Henderson invites her longtime colleague Wayne Silby , founder of the Calvert Group of socially-responsible mutual funds, to share his personal story . Wayne reminisces on how he became involved in pioneering ethical investing . He describes his personal evolution from a successful currency fund manager , to questioning what he really wanted on his tombstone ! After founding Calvert in 1982 and steering the fund for decades , Wayne launched his Syntao company in Beijing China , foreseeing today’s China, now the second largest economy in the world , which is set to overtake the USA in the next decade due to its vast population and rapid innovation. Syntao brings Wayne’s investing model to China , now in many cities there , with 60 Chinese employees. Wayne now divides his time between homes in Washington, DC and Beijing . He still chairs the Calvert Foundation and a new donor-advised philanthropic fund , ImpactInvest — and has no plans to slow down anytime soon !
Five Disaster Waiting to Happen – Provided by The Green on Sundance Channel, Simran Sethi, host of the Ethical Markets TV series, addresses the peril of rising oceans on major urban centers. (2 ½ min)
Ecoliteracy and System Thinking – Hazel Henderson and Fritjof Capra, author of The Web of Life, examine the educational movement to teach “ecoliteracy,” an understanding of ecosystems as humanity’s life-support system, and how this leads to systems thinking.
This Green House – provided by The New York Times; Spend a day at the SEED (Student Experiment in Ecological Design) house with the environmentally conscious students from Oberlin College. (6 min)
Clean Food – Surveys the explosive growth of organic agriculture in the face of consumer fears of tainted and imported foods. Locally-grown, fresh, organic food, free of pesticides, farmers’ markets and local contract agriculture are seen as the future. (~ 27 minutes)
Dialogues with Hazel – TV series from St. Augustine and Florida Community College Jacksonville featuring Barbara Marx Hubbard, Fritjof Capra, Frank Bracho and James Robertson.
Analysis of Adam Smith Economics to modern day part 1 – provided by M-CAM; Professor David Martin of M-CAM and the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business Administration.
Banking for the Common Good – interview with Mary Houghton, Ethical Markets Transforming Finance Series 2013. Mary Houghton is the co-founder of ShoreBank, once the largest and oldest community development bank in the US. She shares her transforming finance views on community banking with Hazel Henderson.
“Transforming Wall Street” – Discussion with Kim Ann Curtin, author, CEO,
The Wall Street Coach, and Hazel Henderson, president, Ethical Markets
Media; Ethical Markets Transforming Finance Series 2014
In this program, Hazel Henderson discusses transition management strategies and the likely next stage of capitalism with Terry Mollner, author of Common Good Capitalism: It’s Next! and board member of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream, now owned by global food giant Unilever. Terry describes the saga of this negotiation with Ben and Jerry’s shareholders, their effort to remain independent and how their social mission was recognized and began to change Unilever. Terry points to the current wave of mega-mergers in our global economy, where brands in food, air travel, communications and many other sectors end up cooperating as duopolies. In this world beyond competition companies can reach a new level: changing their goals and business models so as to place top priority on cooperatively serving the common good with competitive profit-seeking taking second place. How to square this with anti-trust conventions will be key. These startling views will be hotly debated as human populations and economies learn transition management strategies as tools to develop further on our small finite planet. Ethical Markets Transforming Finance Series, @2015
In this program, Hazel Henderson and NASA Chief Scientist Dennis Bushnell review all the issues around the increasing global shift from polluting fossil fuels and their effect on climate to economies. They discuss today’s harvesting of solar, wind, geothermal, hydro and oceans, as well as the cost savings from more efficient buildings, batteries electric vehicles and charging stations, smarter cities and urban design, public transport and the future of decentralized energy, especially in developing countries. Both Henderson and Bushnell agree that there is ample renewable energy from our Sun for all existing and foreseen human societies’ needs. The issues concern the politics of incumbent interests and the re-design of green infrastructure so as to utilize and scale up all our existing renewable technologies now available, as tracked in the Green Transition Scoreboard ®.
Eco-Friendly Products – Provided by Sundance Channel, this editorial by Simran Sethi, host of the Ethical Markets TV series, offers alternatives to the “paper or plastic” conundrum – how about neither? (1 min)
Empowering Women’s Visions – Hazel Henderson and Barbara Marx Hubbard, author of The Hunger of Eve, discuss women as visionary leaders and why they are important for our changing world.
China’s Green Beat: Kumning No Car Day – provided by chinadialogue and China’s Green Beat; Green Sisters Jenny and Ouyang show the positive difference on the streets on the monthly No Car Day in Kumning. (5 min).
Urmee Mehta Mankar – Swadhaar – Micro Finance – Provided by the Skoll Foundation and Social Edge
Transformation Of Work – Views rapid changes in workplaces, outsourcing, automation and self-employment, focusing on employee-owned companies (11,000 in the USA) and the prospects for democratizing capital-ownership. (~ 27 minutes)
Creating Alternative Futures – A 13-part series of fast-paced conversations featuring speakers such as Alvin Toffler, John Naisbitt, Fritjo Capra, Jean Houston and Oscar Motomura aired on PBS stations, all moderated by Hazel Henderson.
The Money Fix — provided by Ethical Markets; on PBS stations and affiliates around the US for free download from www.epstv.com. Directed and produced by Alan Rosenblith (see full version at www.themoneyfix.org) and edited for TV by Hazel Henderson, this feature-length documentary explores our society’s relationship with the almighty dollar and examines economic patterning in both the human and the natural worlds. Most of us take the monetary system for granted, but it has a profound and largely misunderstood influence on our lives. The film documents alternative money systems which help solve economic problems for the communities in which they operate.
The Green Economy — A Wide Shot – interview with Gregory Wendt; Ethical Markets Transforming Finance Series 2013. This is a wide-ranging discussion of the green movement today and transforming finance with Hazel Henderson.
Willow School Founder Shares a Vision – Keynote presentation by Gretchen
Johnson Biedron, founder of the Willow School in New Jersey, to the Ethical
Markets “Finding Ethical Alpha” Conference, May 2014.
In this program, Hazel Henderson with Terry Mollner, author of Common Good Capitalism: It’s Next! examine his hopeful view of transition management. Mollner explains how capitalism can evolve from today’s global completion for resources and markets and the toll this takes on our societies and planetary ecosystems. Competition and human creativity have brought us to this stage. Both agree on today’s wider perception, scientific discoveries, new communications tools, satellites observing our effects on the Earth which make it evident that cooperation must now be the framework for all our actions. This is in line with Charles Darwin’s view that humanity’s success in evolving for millennia is based on our genius for cooperating. Nature’s transition management is driven by adaptation to environmental stresses. Darwin’s conviction saw our further development would lead to more altruism as we recognize our inter-dependence on each other and all lifeforms on our planetary home. Ethical Markets Transforming Finance Series, @2015
In this program Hazel Henderson discusses with Paul Ellis, veteran financial adviser and consultant, how his practice evolved into broader concerns for our common future. Paul had discovered the Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators (2000) which Hazel and the Calvert group developed. Later, in 2015 Paul found the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Paul and Hazel had never meet until this show. They discuss how their mutual goals became aligned in their respective efforts to reform mainstream finance and its narrow focus on obsolete economics and short-term profits. Now both work in a new partnership to promote the SDGs!
A Crude Awakening – Provided by The Green on Sundance Channel, Simran Sethi, host of the Ethical Markets TV series, addresses the US dependence on oil from drivng our cars to filling our water bottles. (3 min)
Seven Steps to a New Millennium – Hazel Henderson and Barbara Marx Hubbard, author of Human Social Potential, discuss possibilities for humans as we extend our space program.
THE FLOW STATE by Prof. Csikszentmihalyi – Provided by TED.com; Prof. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is a member of our Advisory Board and for the Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators. Hazel Henderson was one of his “flow state” examples.
Getting From Here To There – Reviews what can be done today to forge new paths to human development and ecological sustainability. (~ 27 minutes). From Ethical Markets miniseries on International Financial Reform, featuring John Perkins, Kenneth Rogoff and Sakiko Fukudu-Parr.
Shareholder Advocacy – Interviews with activist-shareholders pushing their companies to be more socially and environmentally responsible. Corporate managers are responding as active investors join with employees, unions, environmentalists and many other stakeholders to push for higher ethical standards. (~ 27 minutes)
Comedy – Shows and videos which allow us to laugh as we learn
Foreclosure Fraud Crisis – provided by Grayson.house.gov; Florida Congressman Alex Grayson explains the extent of foreclosure fraud and the means by which it is perpetrated.
“Recognizing the Power and Purpose of Non-profits” – Interview with Linda Crompton – Principal, Crompton Consulting, LLC; former president of BoardSource (the national center for non-profit boards); Ethical Markets Transforming Finance Series 2013
In this program, Hazel Henderson discusses with Linda Crompton, MA, MBA, pioneering Canadian bank president and mutual fund innovator, what reforms still are needed in capital markets. They review the challenges and progress over the past decades as ethical, green investing began to go mainstream which now in the USA alone comprises $6.57 trillion or 18% of total investments. Future expansion is expected as accounting reforms expose real risks such as water shortages and climate change excluded in traditional financial models
In this program, Hazel Henderson discusses a range of global challenges and transition management strategies with Frank Dixon (Harvard MBA), former head of global research with the famed, pioneering social auditing firm Innovest. They discuss the ways in which global geopolitics is evolving in response to the systemic changes to our planet’s ecosystems due to human activities. As water shortages, drought, floods and climate disruption effect more countries and populations, decision-makers in business government and civic society are seeing that all these problems are inter-linked. Frank Dixon’s book, Global System Change, maps these global issues and connects the dots. At the same time, Henderson points to the same new awareness by over 190 member countries of the United Nations in their 2015 agreement on the 17 issues addressed in their Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). There is now evidence that humans are accepting responsibility for the changes created by unsustainable industrial development and moving toward integrated policies. These realistic approaches to transition management can lead to cleaner, healthier, more equitable societies on which our survival may depend. Ethical Markets Transforming Finance Series, @2015
In this program, Hazel Henderson and Paul Ellis discuss their respective and complementary work in reforming mainstream finance and economic textbooks. They share how these obsolete models and metrics had been steering societies toward greater environmental despoliation and unanticipated social problems.
Money-based Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was never intended to be a measure of human progress, while over averaged macroeconomic indicators of inflation, unemployment, savings, etc. were like flying over a country at 50,000 feet! Both Hazel and Paul rejoiced in 2015 when 195 member countries of the United Nations launched their Sustainable Development goals (SDGs). At last, these 17 Goals, ratified by all sectors, systemically based in metrics of empirical sciences, can now steer the world’s countries away from the cliff edge toward knowledge-richer, inclusive sustainable societies for our common human future.
Car Culture – Provided by Sundance Channel, this editorial by Simran Sethi, host of the Ethical Markets TV series, encourages smart growth built around communities, not cars. (1 ½ min)
Dialogues with Hazel Henderson – TV series from St. Augustine and Florida Community College Jacksonville.
Technology: Servant or Master? – Hazel Henderson in conversation with Oscar Motomura, president of Brasil’s premier management institute the Amana Key, along with Dee Hock, author of “The Birth of the Chaordic Age” and founder of VISA International.
Visions For A Better Future – Discusses the many researchers and think tanks offering alternative paths to more just and humane forms of development.(~ 27 minutes) . From Ethical Markets miniseries on International Financial Reform, featuring John Perkins, Kenneth Rogoff and Sakiko Fukudu-Parr.
Renewable Energy – Renewable energy: solar, wind, biofuels, hydrogen, ocean power are the best route beyond fossil fuels to energy independence. A look at the technologies and the leaders in this “green revolution.” (~ 27 minutes)
GREEN ENERGY AND DESIGN – Shows and videos featuring renewable energy and other clean technologies.
Story of Electronics — provided by StoryofStuff.org; Annie Leonard and the Story of Stuff team do it again – bring us an insightful view of the true costs of consumerism.
