Restoring public trust in banking is a huge task. But Triodos Bank’s Bevis Watts is no ordinary banker, and he thinks it’s possible. We ask him: could the financial sector benefit people and planet, as well as profits?The post Could banking be a force for good? appeared first on Positive News.
Both Trump and Clinton’s presidential election campaigns have spent huge sums on advertising – up to $1m per day. What if this went to grassroots community groups working year-round on solutions instead?The post The project redirecting US election cash toward long-term progress appeared first on Positive News.
Modern history will record November 8, 2016 as the day when the United States of America officially decided to vote for a global retreat – from the heady rhetoric of ‘Let’s make the world a better place’ to “Let’s make America great again”.
Americans have voted for building a wall to protect what they have, against the dream of global dominance. This surely marks the end of the uni-polar world as we know it.
The point within the circle, one world films and neat things + this day in history w/breaking the sound barrier and our song of the day by Bon Iver on your Morning Monarchy for October 14, 2016.
Recent racial unrest in the US has bloomed into a different kind of protest. ‘Black banking’ is emerging as a tool of empowerment for communities in America, and further afieldThe post America’s black banking revolution appeared first on Positive News.
(ANTIMEDIA) Government campaigns of intimidation — like the wars on drugs, terror, and poverty — have been used to extort the public for decades. Despite the previous failures of institutional “wars,” a new war on cash is being waged that threatens freedom in a more subversive way than ever before.
And it’s whispered that soon if we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason
And a new day will dawn for those who stand long
And the forests will echo with laughter
— “Stairway to Heaven,” written by Robert Plant and Jimmy Page for Led Zeppelin’s fourth album (untitled) recorded in November, 1970, released in 1971.
This is not new, but still very telling. From Sputnik International: http://sptnkne.ws/bRKm
Ramen currency, McWearables and West Virginia weed + this day in history w/RFID implants and our song of the day by Of Montreal on your Morning Monarchy for August 24, 2016.
