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TBLC Presentations at Opportunity Finance Network 2008 Conference

TBLC member presentations from the OFN 2008 Conference in Albuquerque are posted here. Continue

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TBL Policy Coaltion

Background materials for the October 2008 policy coalition meeting are located here. Continue

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TBLC Phase II capital development work

All materials related to the development of a TBL capital pool are located here. Continue

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Berea Meeting Notes

Notes on the discussions at the 2008 TBLC meeting in Berea, KY are located here. Continue

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TBLC Phase II Climate Change Work

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TBLC Phase II Policy Work

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Oil ended the day in after hours trading at $139.12 (at my local pump the price of gas is $4.35/gallon); it takes roughly $1.57 to equal one euro these days; and jobs fell for the 5th month in a row, pushing the unemployment rate to its highest level since 1986! Global climate change not withstanding and recession or not, the weather is decidedly chilly. Continue

Added by Cate Gable on June 6, 2008 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Weather Derivatives & CDFIs

We all know that global warming has spawned a big market for hedging against climate instability; now there's a market for brokering future weather to small players. "Weather derivatives are financial instruments that can be used by organizations or individuals as part of a risk management strategy to reduce risk associated with adverse or unexpected weather conditions." (wiki) There are a couple sites pricing the future of weather that have created products that can be taken advantage of by sm… Continue

Added by Cate Gable on June 5, 2008 at 7:18pm — No Comments

Water Rationing in California

Water rationing has started in the San Francisco East Bay as-of the middle of May. Based on a news article by Kelly Zito for the SF Chronicle (complete article posted in the Library). "Residents of single-family homes throughout much of Alameda and Contra Costa counties are required to immediately reduce water use by 19 percent; golf courses face 30 percent cuts; refineries and manufacturers must trim 5 percent." The problem is that there is no provision for people who have already done their b… Continue

Added by Cate Gable on June 3, 2008 at 5:23pm — No Comments

Nature's Loss to Hurt Global Poor

From BBC news site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7424535.stm Excerpt from article by Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News website Damage to forests, rivers, marine life and other aspects of nature could halve living standards for the world's poor, a major report has concluded. Current rates of natural decline might reduce global GDP by about 7% by 2050. [This seems too conservative to me. CG] The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) review is model… Continue

Added by Cate Gable on May 29, 2008 at 2:25pm — No Comments

Italy May Revive Nuclear Power

In 1987, in a public referendum, Italian voters overwhelming demanded that the four nuclear power plants in Italy be decommissioned. (Remember that the Chernobyl nuclear disaster was in April of 1986.) Yesterday Industry Minister Claudia Scajola said building "a group of new-generation nuclear power stations" would reduce the country's reliance on oil and gas. He indicated that construction would begin by 2013. Too bad global leaders haven't spent these interveving years since Chernobyl more a… Continue

Added by Cate Gable on May 22, 2008 at 5:41pm — No Comments

Obama in Portland

72,000 folks crowded into the Water Front Park in Portland, Oregon Sunday to get closer to Obama. (In 2004, by comparison, 50,000 turned out for John Kerry who had Leonard DiCaprio and Jon Bon Jovi in tow.) Obama is hoping that Oregon will give him the majority of pledged delegates, though neither Obama or Clinton can gain enough delegates with either Oregon or Kentuck to clinch the nomination. He showed his flair and sense of humor, at one point sharing with the audience that he'd like to retur… Continue

Added by Cate Gable on May 19, 2008 at 7:11pm — No Comments

The Rising Cost of Water

Last night I attended a public hearing of our local North Beach Water District, in Ocean Park, Washington. Newly-elected officials are proposing rate increases that total 62% over the next five years, for both fixed monthly service fee and water consumption. Angry locals, both business owners and retired citizens on fixed income, asked questions about why these steep increses were necessary. One businessman shared that the costs for water to his trailer park will rise from $2K to over $7K and t… Continue

Added by Cate Gable on May 13, 2008 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Sense of Place

In Hawaii, the landscape is connected to people through the culture via story telling, myth and the arts. There is a rock formation at the top of Akaka Falls that is Akaka's dog attempting to warn him; and the water going over the falls is the tears shed by Akaka's two betrayed wives. When a chant or hula is performed using this story, the audience knows it will involve Lehua, the blossom of the Ohia tree, because that is the name of one of the wives. There is a web of coherence that one can sen… Continue

Added by Cate Gable on May 12, 2008 at 5:30pm — No Comments

The Tragedy of Myanmar Unfolds

Global awareness means we must stand by now and analyze, watch, scrutinize and wring our hands over the lack of openness and willingness to cooperation exhibited by the government of Myanmar. The irony is that during the demonstrations in the streets, the monks took the brunt of the voilence delivered by the government. And now that citizens are in desperate need of food, shelter and water, it is the monks--and not the government forces--coming to the rescue. The karma of this country, the drama… Continue

Added by Cate Gable on May 9, 2008 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Technology and ecology

Interesting that these two movements are evolving together. The first one in its infancy and generating a proliferation of fast-growing 'weeds' -- and by econnomic 'natural selection' choices which live or die in the marketplace. The second, ecology, which is first the physical/actual environment in collapse and crisis after decades of severe misuse, and then the science/study of ecology growing more sophisticated. Can the one assist the other in regeneration? What are the cross-pollinators? How… Continue

Added by Cate Gable on May 8, 2008 at 3:30pm — No Comments

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