Green Finance

Bank Job is a white-knuckle ride into the dark heart of the global financial system. Discover how art hacks life as artist and filmmaker duo Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn bring a community together to buy up and abolish crippling debt by printing their own money in a disused bank in East London. Behind the opaque language of loans and the defunct diagrams of debt, they discover a system flawed by design and ripe for hacking.

Minimalism is not for everyone. It requires discipline and an open mind. Living a minimalist lifestyle means getting out of your comfort zone and taking action. Many people are overwhelmed with all the things going on in their lives and cannot seem to to find a clear path to getting started. This book provides you with step-by-step instructions on how to declutter your home, office, computer, smartphone, and ultimately your mind in less than a day. This is the book I wish I had when I first started on the minimalist journey and it probably would have saved me more than $5,000.

The Green Start-Up is an essential toolkit for the modern-day entrepreneur. As issues around climate change and environmental impact become more urgent, businesses and start-ups must work harder then every before to operate in a greener, more sustainable way, for the benefit of both themselves and the planet. Environmental trailblazer Juliet Davenport OBE leads us through the most pressing questions facing any company so that we can do just that.

Historically when people think of manufacturing they do not think of green manufacturing because the thought of manufacturing is large companies, putting numerous emissions into the air to manufacture their products; this thought is changing and changing fast. By listening to this audiobook, you as the consumer will realize that you have the power to make companies more eco-friendly through your individual stance; for manufacturers are now realzing that people respect eco-friendly companies.

People often think that when you live in a small house, it's because you don't have the means to live in a larger home. In most cases this couldn't be further from the truth. The fact is that small house living typically equates to a much more fulfilling life. Through the process of downsizing your life in regards to material possessions, clutter, and the size of your dwelling, you come to understand a new ideal in which freedom is the name of the game.

This book brings unique perspectives to this key debate by exploring the history of green entrepreneurship since the nineteenth century, and its spread globally in industries including renewable energy, organic food, natural beauty, ecotourism, recycling, architecture, and finance. The book uses the lens of the extraordinary and often eccentric men and women who defied convention and imagined that business could help save the planet, rather than consume it. The social and religious beliefs that drove many of these individuals are explored.

"Empowered Finances: A Woman's Guide to Financial Independence is a comprehensive resource designed to empower women facing financial struggles and relationship obstacles. In this book, listeners will learn how to take control of their finances, understand the importance of budgeting, saving, and investing, and ultimately achieve financial independence.

The real estate market can be very intimidating, because of the competition and the amount of money that is at stake. With thousands of seasoned experts dominating the game, how would a novice like myself ever get started? Do I even have enough money to get into the market? Are these questions you are asking yourself? If you are anything like myself, the answer is yes. Real estate is very important, if you want to grow your wealth. Everyone had to start somewhere, even those dominating the market right now. The best thing you can do is get started as soon as possible.

No matter how President Obama spins his proposed government policies, it amounts to the same thing: a power grab. In his new book, best-selling author Christopher Horner reveals an out-of-control administration that wants to impose mandates, raise taxes, and even subjugate our authority to international organizations such as the United Nations.

Das Interesse an einem verantwortungsvollen Umgang mit dem eigenen Geld wächst. Allerdings haben die meisten Sparer nur eine ungefähre Vorstellung von nachhaltiger Finanzanlage. Dieses Hörbuch schließt diese Wissenslücke. Es werden die wichtigsten Banken und Finanzprodukte vorgestellt - von Klima-Anleihen über Öko-Aktien bis zu Genuss-Scheinen, Mikrofinanzfonds und anderen exotischen Angeboten. Dabei beleuchtet Heismann das unübersichtliche Angebot kritisch und trennt die Spreu vom Weizen. Den Abschluss bildet ein beispielhaftes Musterdepot.

On Fire gathers for the first time more than a decade of Naomi Klein's impassioned writing from the front line of climate change and pairs it with new material on the staggeringly high stakes of what we choose to do next. These essays, reports and lectures show Klein at her most prophetic and philosophical, investigating the climate crisis not only as a profound political challenge but also as a spiritual and imaginative one.

Achtsamkeit und Nachhaltigkeit sind zu Modebegriffen geworden. Sie sind aber ebenso zentrale Pfeiler der aktuellen Suffizienz-Bewegung und der jahrtausendealten Lehre des Buddha. Mit Niko Paech und Manfred Folkers loten zwei Experten aus, welche Potenziale die beiden Denkrichtungen mitbringen, um unseren zerstörerischen Wachstumspfad zu verlassen. Über eine provokante Abrechnung mit den Wachstumstreibern kapitalistischen Wirtschaftens und das Besinnen auf die Tugenden eines konsumbefreiten Lebens entwickeln sie eine "Kultur des Genug".

Can one be both an ethical person and an effective businessperson? Stephen Green, an ordained priest and the chairman of HSBC, thinks so. In Good Value, Green retraces the history of the global economy and its financial systems, and shows that while the marketplace has delivered huge advantages to humanity, it has also abandoned over a billion people to extreme poverty, encouraged overconsumption and debt, and ravaged the environment.

Are you ready to revolutionize your lifestyle? In Jen’s Green Frugal Living, I’ve compiled 53 powerful strategies that will transform your finances, reduce your environmental footprint, and help you save up to $2,500 monthly.

In this vibrant and eye-opening book, economist and broadcaster Dharshini David follows the course of an average day to reveal the green changes that are already taking place in every aspect of our world. Exploring industries such as energy, food, fashion, technology, manufacturing and finance, she asks what is happening, how quickly, who is driving it all and what it means for us.

Money is complicated, or at least it seems complicated. From ISAs to pensions and debt to tax, money management feels like a mine-field, but it doesn't need to be. Makala Green, a financial expert, Britain's first Black female chartered financial planner, a businesswoman and a speaker and wealth coach with more than 17 years' experience, has spent years learning about the different aspects of the financial world. Here, she shares all her knowledge to help us break down barriers and gain financial freedom.

What messages speak to you from your past and your personal history that impacts the way you live your life today? This isn't just a book about money; it's a book about the emotional side of how we choose to live in relationship with our past stories and money messages we've internalized. With Karen Putz (best-selling author of Unwrapping Your Passion), Jody Robinson weaves practical exercises, stories, and interviews with everyday people like you who have found financial freedom and happiness.

Toyota would like us to think that Mother Nature drives a Prius, Ford wants us to Join the Green Revolution,” and McDonald’s has painted its golden arches green. But are big brands and the celebrities endorsing them really as green as they claim? In The Greenwash Effect, Guy Pearse looks behind the corporate façade in the tradition of Fast Food Nation and No Logo - and what he finds will startle you.

A book about alternative economic theory using ecological ethics, with some erotic foreplay. Economics affects everyone, even those that do not want to be concerned with money or finances. This book is a summary of alternative economic commentaries that emphasize democratic ethics. The Sustainable Cooperative for Organic Development believes in valuing human lives as responsible environmental stewards for our biosphere called Earth, and seeks ways to allow for biodiversity in civilization as well as the ecosystem. We believe in less monopolies, less corporate crony politics, less corruption...

This book tells you how a con confuses your confidence, how to recognize a con before they get your money, and how they get you to think a red flag is a green light.