Mar 7, 2017 | Blog, Employment & Prosperity
Financial health is a new term in the arena of financial inclusion. It means being in possession of a daily financial system that can provide resilience in the face of economic shocks so that individuals are better able to reach their economic goals. Individuals in...
Feb 28, 2017 | Blockchain Governance, Blog, Economic Stability & Prosperity, Employment & Prosperity, Health & Human Security, Health & Wellbeing, Knowledge Networks, Operational and Delivery Networks, Platforms
A billion dollars was invested in blockchain in 2016, making it a hot emerging technology. Rapidly moving away from its origins as the architecture behind the cryptocurrency bitcoin, blockchain is starting to demonstrate unique capabilities as a disruptor in the field...
Feb 21, 2017 | Blog, Climate & Planet Stewardship
GSNs working in the climate change and environment arenas have struggled for years with the deliberate fiction of the climate change denial professionals; the original “fake news.” In a recent Time Magazine article the latest round of denial disinformation...
Feb 14, 2017 | Blog, Health & Human Security
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation released their annual letter today, a reflection on the impact of the foundation’s work. Among the many programs and campaigns, the foundation has been advocating for 225 million women around the globe who lack access to...
Jan 30, 2017 | Blog, Health & Human Security
4.1 Miles from The New York Times – Video on Vimeo. Daphne Matziaraki’s film 4.1 Miles, was nominated this week for an Oscar in the Best Documentary Short category. In her 21 minute film, Matziaraki records the endeavors of a Greek coastguard captain, as...
Jan 26, 2017 | Blog, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Health & Human Security
AS TRUMP DISMANTLES OBAMA’S CLIMATE LEGACY, PEOPLE’S CLIMATE MOVEMENT ORGANIZES FOR MASS MOBILIZATION IN DC ON APRIL 29 Communities Begin Organizing Nationwide to Resist Attacks on the Environment and to Call for a New Clean Energy Economy that Stops Climate Change...