Schedule for Occupy Moore, Dec. 10
11:00 – 11:30 Drum Circle, Welcome, Reading by Rev. Don Welch
11:30 – 12:30 Education Panel
12:30 – 1:00 Music
1:00 – 1:15 Reading by Tim Maroney, Reading by NC NAACP 2011 Torch of Freedom Award Winner, Wilma Laney
1:15 – 2:00 A Look at The Moore County Poverty Study by Barbara Farr of League of Women Voters
2:00 – 2:45 Music by Tampa Blue
2:45 – 3:30 Jenn Frye of Democracy NC talks about Voter ID Laws with a Focus on Moore County
3:30 – 4:00 O'Linda Gillis of the Moore County NAACP
4:00 – 5:00 Featuring Fenton Wilkinson of Sandhills Farm to Table Cooperative on Empowerment
Showing posts with label economy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label economy. Show all posts
11/04/2010
Important TED Talks: Prosperity Without Growth and KIVA.org
Friday, November 5th - Two TED Talks
Raven's Wing, 325 N Page St, SP
"Economics and Sustainability"
featuring the author of "Prosperity without Growth" and the founder of Kiva.org
Film starts at 7:00 pm Discussion to follow.
A suggested donation of $5 is greatly appreciated!
(Arrive around 6:15 for potluck between meditation and film.)
Raven's Wing, 325 N Page St, SP
"Economics and Sustainability"
featuring the author of "Prosperity without Growth" and the founder of Kiva.org
Film starts at 7:00 pm Discussion to follow.
A suggested donation of $5 is greatly appreciated!
(Arrive around 6:15 for potluck between meditation and film.)
8/18/2010
It's Debt, It's Jobs
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=5418
2/21/2010
Q and A on Economics
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/krugman-responds-readers-questions/
That E word--what is it exactly?. . . .
That E word--what is it exactly?. . . .
9/02/2009
8/17/2009
Cuba to Remain Communist
Castro says Cuban system to stay
Cuban President Raul Castro says he is willing to talk with the US, but Cuba's communist system will remain in place.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/americas/8180158.stm
Cuban President Raul Castro says he is willing to talk with the US, but Cuba's communist system will remain in place.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/americas/8180158.stm
7/15/2009
GM CEO Bail-out
Ousted GM CEO Rick Wagoner Gets Lucrative Severance
The bailed-out auto giant General Motors has announced a retirement deal for departing CEO Rick Wagoner. The Obama administration forced Wagoner to resign earlier this year under the terms of GM’s government rescue. Wagoner will receive $1.6 million annually over the next five years, along with an annual salary of over $74,000 for the rest of his life.
The bailed-out auto giant General Motors has announced a retirement deal for departing CEO Rick Wagoner. The Obama administration forced Wagoner to resign earlier this year under the terms of GM’s government rescue. Wagoner will receive $1.6 million annually over the next five years, along with an annual salary of over $74,000 for the rest of his life.
4/10/2009
3/31/2008
Open Skies Deal
Open skies deal comes into effect
The "open skies" deal between the US and Europe comes into effect, aiming to open up trans-Altantic air travel.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/business/7318455.stm
The "open skies" deal between the US and Europe comes into effect, aiming to open up trans-Altantic air travel.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/business/7318455.stm
1/06/2008
Looming Food Catastrophe
Forget oil, the new global crisis is food
BMO strategist Donald Coxe warns credit crunch and soaring oil prices will pale in comparison to looming catastrophe.
Alia McMullen, Financial Post Published: Friday, January 04, 2008
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=213343
BMO strategist Donald Coxe warns credit crunch and soaring oil prices will pale in comparison to looming catastrophe.
Alia McMullen, Financial Post Published: Friday, January 04, 2008
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=213343
12/01/2007
11/24/2007
11/21/2007
Workers Bear the Cross
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/21/1520239
³Workers Bear the Cross²: Retailers, Churches Accused of Selling Sweatshop-Made Crucifixes *
With Christmas just over a month away, a new report by the National Labor Committee accuses US-based Christian retailers and churches of selling crucifixes made under sweatshop conditions in China. We speak with NLC executive director Charles Kernaghan.
³Workers Bear the Cross²: Retailers, Churches Accused of Selling Sweatshop-Made Crucifixes *
With Christmas just over a month away, a new report by the National Labor Committee accuses US-based Christian retailers and churches of selling crucifixes made under sweatshop conditions in China. We speak with NLC executive director Charles Kernaghan.
11/18/2007
11/08/2007
News in the Americas
* Gunmen fire on Venezuela protest *Gunmen open fire on students protesting against planned reforms by the Venezuelan president.
Full story:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/americas/7084262.stm
Economic worries knock US markets *US stock markets fall sharply as the dollar weakens further and Morgan Stanley discloses sub-prime related losses.
Full story:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/business/7084215.stm
Chavez meets Colombia Farc rebels *Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez says he has held talks with a representative of Colombia's Farc rebel group.
Full story:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/americas/7084347.stm
Full story:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/americas/7084262.stm
Economic worries knock US markets *US stock markets fall sharply as the dollar weakens further and Morgan Stanley discloses sub-prime related losses.
Full story:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/business/7084215.stm
Chavez meets Colombia Farc rebels *Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez says he has held talks with a representative of Colombia's Farc rebel group.
Full story:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/americas/7084347.stm
11/05/2007
10/21/2007
Not Gas but Alcohol
http://www.kptv.com/newslinks/14282216/detail.html
[suffer thru short commercial, then see interview]
[suffer thru short commercial, then see interview]
Biofuels Swindle
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/20/4700/
[very important article; see also comments toward the bottom]
[very important article; see also comments toward the bottom]
10/18/2007
Replace Lights with LEDs
Ann Arbor to Replace Lights With LEDs
By JEFF KAROUB
AP Business Writer
Posted: Oct. 17 5:34 p.m.
DETROIT — How many Ann Arbor city workers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Soon, none.
Instead, they will be installing light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, to replace about 1,400 street lights.
The eco-friendly city about 30 miles west of Detroit says it will be the nation's first to convert all downtown street lights to LED technology, which uses less than half the energy of traditional bulbs and could save the community $100,000 a year.
"LEDs pay for themselves in four years," said Mayor John Hieftje, who announced the city's plans this week as it joined Raleigh, North Carolina, and Toronto in the LED City initiative, an industry-government group working to evaluate, deploy and promote LED lighting.
"They provide the same light, but they last 10 years. We had to replace the old ones every two years."
LEDs, small chips usually encased in a glass dome the size of a matchstick head, have been used in electronics for decades. They usually gave off red or green light, but a scientific breakthrough in the 1990s paved the way for LEDs that produce white light.
Lighting consumes 22 percent of the electricity produced in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, and widespread use of LED technology could cut consumption in half.
Hieftje said Ann Arbor's lighting conversion will reduce the city's production of carbon dioxide and gases that contribute to global warming in an amount equal to taking 400 cars off the road.
The two-year project is being funded by a $630,000 grant from the city's Downtown Development Authority.
Greg Merritt, director of corporate marketing at Durham, North Carolina-based Cree Inc., which is making the components inside Ann Arbor's new lights, acknowledged LEDs can be costly. But "as we improve the technology, the economics make sense for more and more applications," he said.
By JEFF KAROUB
AP Business Writer
Posted: Oct. 17 5:34 p.m.
DETROIT — How many Ann Arbor city workers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Soon, none.
Instead, they will be installing light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, to replace about 1,400 street lights.
The eco-friendly city about 30 miles west of Detroit says it will be the nation's first to convert all downtown street lights to LED technology, which uses less than half the energy of traditional bulbs and could save the community $100,000 a year.
"LEDs pay for themselves in four years," said Mayor John Hieftje, who announced the city's plans this week as it joined Raleigh, North Carolina, and Toronto in the LED City initiative, an industry-government group working to evaluate, deploy and promote LED lighting.
"They provide the same light, but they last 10 years. We had to replace the old ones every two years."
LEDs, small chips usually encased in a glass dome the size of a matchstick head, have been used in electronics for decades. They usually gave off red or green light, but a scientific breakthrough in the 1990s paved the way for LEDs that produce white light.
Lighting consumes 22 percent of the electricity produced in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, and widespread use of LED technology could cut consumption in half.
Hieftje said Ann Arbor's lighting conversion will reduce the city's production of carbon dioxide and gases that contribute to global warming in an amount equal to taking 400 cars off the road.
The two-year project is being funded by a $630,000 grant from the city's Downtown Development Authority.
Greg Merritt, director of corporate marketing at Durham, North Carolina-based Cree Inc., which is making the components inside Ann Arbor's new lights, acknowledged LEDs can be costly. But "as we improve the technology, the economics make sense for more and more applications," he said.
9/29/2007
Historic Preservation, Sustainability
http://www.nationaltrust.org/green/ is an important link. Check it out.
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