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Tag Archives: Green InvestingThis is exciting: the vision behind Slow Money, which aims to provide ways for people to invest in local agriculture and economies, is quickly finding real-world expressions from coast to coast! Here’s an inspiring article about the No Small Potatoes ”investment club” … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Leading Edge Developments
Tagged farming, food, Green Investing, integral investing, slow money
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By Jim Cummings All of us here at Natural Investments knew we were fortunate indeed when Andy Loving and his wife Susan Taylor joined the team late last year, and we were thrilled last month when a USA Today column … Continue reading By Christopher Peck What’s your most valuable asset? Your home, your retirement portfolio, your brokerage account? When I talk with clients about their balance sheets and we’re talking about assets, these are the usual answers. My guess is that for … Continue reading By James Frazier If the current economic paradigm were a person, he would be someone we’ve known long and well. He believes that the world economy only goes in one direction: up. Any setbacks are viewed as temporary and are … Continue reading
Posted in Big Picture Personal Planning, By James Frazier, Global Issues, The Economy
Tagged Green Investing, sri, sustainability
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By James Frazier Right now, around the country, groups of citizens both small and large are reclaiming their money as a force for positive social change. Whether as natural investors, local currency groups, the Slow Money Alliance, or others, this … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, By James Frazier, Community Investing, Leading Edge Developments
Tagged Green Investing, sri
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By James Frazier The Earth. A scintillating, heavenly blue orb with conditions miraculously ideal for abundant life. Not until just a few decades ago were we able to behold images of our small jewel of a planet, alone in the … Continue reading By Malaika Maphalala Alex Counts, founder of Grameen Foundation, delivered a great speech at Portland’s ReVisioning Value conference this year that gave new insight on the remarkable and unexpected side effects of microfinance in poor communities around the world. Grameen … Continue reading
Posted in By Malaika Maphalala, Community Investing, Global Issues
Tagged Green Investing, microfinance, sri
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By Michael Kramer The economic cloud of a generation may have a green lining. Despite the downturn, consumer spending on green products and services continues to increase. While surveys illustrates that one in three consumers admit not having enough education … Continue reading By Christopher Peck I’ve been writing about using less energy, saving money, and reducing expenses. It’s time to switch strategies, time to punch the gas, not just tap the brake. From a holistic financial planning perspective reducing expenses is crucial, … Continue reading By Christopher Peck The fall has always seemed like a time for coming home and getting settled. In the annual holistic financial planning calendar, we are ready to begin a new cycle. As we take stock of our lives after … Continue reading By Scott SecrestThis article first appeared in the July 2009 edition of the Natural Investing newsletter As part of our emphasis on investment in renewable energy businesses and other climate change solution-oriented companies, sometimes generically referred to as “cleantech” … Continue reading By Hal BrillThis article first appeared in the June 2009 edition of the Natural Investing newsletter It’s good to be home! In the last issue I wrote from beautiful Patagonia and shared some of the environmental issues we learned about. … Continue reading
Posted in By Hal Brill, Community Investing, Global Issues
Tagged bolivia, Green Investing, microfinance, travel
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By Malaika Maphalala Many of you are familiar with Equal Exchange, the Fair Trade company marketing chocolate, coffee, and teas. Over the past year, I’ve enjoyed several conversations with Equal Exchange’s Capital Managers, Alistair Williamson and Daniel Fireside, to learn … Continue reading By Michael Kramer The Great Recession, currently in its third year, caused many equity investors to either lose nearly a decade of stock market gains or lose faith in the market and move to cash equivalents. Nevertheless, the Social Investment … Continue reading By Hal Brill With our political system tied up in knots, there‘s a growing sense of hopelessness about America being willing to come to grips with the climate crisis. For many of us, this issue is a moral imperative, as … Continue reading
Posted in By Hal Brill, Global Issues
Tagged climate change, corporate responsibility, Green Investing
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