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
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).
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.
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 “ !
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 !
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.
Partying on a Trace of CO2 — provided by TEDxPentagon; Rear Admiral David Titley, USN, explains climate change and link to national security
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 ®.
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.
East Meets West – Hazel Henderson and her long-time friends Alvin Toffler & Ziauddin Sardar discuss the divergent worldviews between Western science, technology and economics and the worldviews of Islam.
Alternative Nobel Prizes – Jakob Von Uexkull, pioneer founder of the “Right Livelihood Award,” called the Alternative Nobel Prize, explains why he founded the prize and how it successfully challenged the thinking of the Nobel Prize Committee.
Economics As If People Mattered Part 2 – Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne continues his story of SARVODAYA which means “awakening of all” and the Buddhist philosophy of the Noble 8-Fold Path to Happiness.
Economics As If People Mattered Part 1 – Dr. A.T. Ariyaratme describes to Hazel Henderson how his SARVODAYA movement in Sri Lanka, based on Buddhist principles, has improved lives in over 8,000 villages there.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
Homero Santos provided by Mercado Ético; Christina Carvalho Pinto, president of Mercado Ético, interviews Homero Santos, professor and consultant.
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.
Mari Kuraishi – GlobalGiving Foundation – provides a platform for social entreprenuers to share resources.
Caroline Casey – Ireland – The Aisling Foundation – promotes positive image of disablity. “You don’t need eyes to have a vision!”
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.
Ethical Markets: The Non-money Economy – Over 50% of all production of goods and services in all countries is ignored because it is unpaid. A look at this “love economy” – raising children, caring for families, the elderly and sick, volunteering – is estimated at over $16 trillion worldwide missing from global GNP. (~ 27 minutes)
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.
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.
Ayeleen Ajanee – Pakistan – Acumen Fund Fellow – working with woman enterprenuers who make less than $4 per day.
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.
Ethical Markets has focused since our founding in 2004 on the need to illuminate the role of money in all societies and how it became a dominant factor in Western societies , driving out the informal, mutual aid, volunteering, caring and sharing traditionally the foundation of human relationships and cultural norms. This money focus created all the macroeconomic statistics, such as GDP, inflation and prices drove valuation, including in stock markets and obscured the values and goals in public budgeting.
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.
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
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.
Greening the Global Food System Opportunities in Halophyte Foods. Hazel Henderson presents at the ASU, March 2020
Hazel Henderson and Aurelio Peccei, Founder of The Club Of Rome. Discussing future issues at The Association for the Study of World Future Social Prospects.
Caracas, Venezuela 1983.
Caroline Nyami – Kisia – AfriAfya – Provides communication technology for rural and informal settlements in Kenya.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
