Hazel Henderson

“Progress or Collective Insanity?” ©Hazel Henderson 2021 Today, we are enslaving ourselves in efforts to keep up with ever-faster screen-based digitization of our societies, 5G speed, AI, IoT, cryptos, NFTs and virtual reality still boosted by illusions in venture capitalists’ dreams. As we know, all our global media have become humanity’s external nervous system, but …

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The UNEP Inquiry The Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System has been initiated by the United Nations Environment Programme to advance policy options to improve the financial system’s effectiveness in mobilizing capital towards a green and inclusive economy—in other words, sustainable development. Established in January 2014, it published its final report, The …

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©Hazel Henderson 2021 Today, we are enslaving ourselves trying to keep up with ever-faster screen-based digitization of our societies, 5G speed, AI, IoT, cryptos, NFTs and virtual reality.  Let’s step back, take a deep breath and remember our physics lessons: Our Information Age technologies all are based on ever more information, Big Data, software and …

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Healthcare cannot ever be a totally market-based system 4 NOVEMBER 2021, HAZEL HENDERSON Of the many structural weaknesses in the USA revealed by Covid-19, none is more crucial than the failure of its public healthcare system. The current privatized care for those who can afford it is focused on sickness, adequate but overly costly, while millions …

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“While Democrats are wringing their hands at losing Virginia’s governorship, let’s look at the good news!  At last, education now tops the nation’s agenda, as in should have for decades, since investing in the education of our children is the bedrock investment in their future and the future of any democracy. Founder Thomas Jefferson famously …

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© Hazel Henderson 2021 “In the spirit of going beyond today’s polarization and trying to find areas of agreement and issues on which we can respectfully dialogue, it’s time to explore possible synergies in the current ideologies and stances on stock markets and investing between our 21st century’s de facto “co-superpowers”: the USA and China. …

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ADAPTATION IS REQUIRED TO AVOID THREATS TO OUR LIFE-SUPPORT AND EVEN POSSIBLE EXTINCTION 4 OCTOBER 2021, HAZEL HENDERSON Human evolution, as in all species on Earth, is driven by stress – as all are challenged by continually changing conditions and environments. Like all species, we humans become habituated to our current situations and cultural norms. Our …

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© 2021 Worldwide, male members of human societies are still controlling women’s bodies: from Afghanistan’s Taliban, now admired by US insurrectionists, to US Republicans in Texas, the Supreme Court and among gun-toting militants intimidating voters and preaching hate and violence. This global misogynist backlash against women’s progress and rights also predominates in Islamist countries, proponents …

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I am deeply worried about today’s unhealed political divisions in United States of America 4 AUGUST 2021, HAZEL HENDERSON THE WHITE HOUSE As a native Brit, I am deeply worried about today’s unhealed political divisions in my beloved adopted country, the still United States of America. I chose to become a citizen of the USA and …

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Published by WSIM GREEN INVESTING GOES MAINSTREAM GLOBALLY 4 July 2021, Hazel Henderson Saltwater agriculture Remember the bumper sticker: Technology is the answer! But what is the question? In the 19th and 20th centuries most, new technologies were equated with our societies’ progress. We loved electricity, automobiles, airplanes, telephones, radio, television, the Internet and space …

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