Podcasts about Royal Dutch Shell

En el Radar Empresarial de hoy analizamos los posibles rumores que apuntan a una posible adquisición de BP por parte de Shell. Según informaciones de Bloomberg, en las últimas semanas la compañía ha estado estudiando la viabilidad de la operación. Según el medio económico, estas deliberaciones se encuentran en una etapa temprana y que cualquier decisión de cara al futuro podría depender de si las acciones de British Petroleum continúan cayendo. La compañía podría esperar a que surja otro candidato. Shell fue protagonista la semana pasada por la presentación de resultados del primer trimestre que mejoraron las previsiones de los analistas. La compañía británica-holandesa presentó una caída en los beneficios del 28%. Aún así, estos superaron las previsiones del mercado. El consenso de analistas esperaba unas ganancias netas ajustadas que apenas superaran los 5.000 millones. Shell consiguió 500 millones de dólares más. Esto hizo que las acciones de la empresa subieran más de un 2% en la Bolsa de Londres. Aunque exista esta disminución de beneficios y los ingresos caigan un 6% en comparación con el mismo periodo del año anterior, la compañía mejora respecto al primer trimestre. La petrolera anuncia un flujo de caja operativo de más 8.000 millones de dólares. Shell anuncia también un dividendo de 33 céntimos. La compañía sigue firme con su plan de recompra de acciones, que tendrá un valor de 3.500 millones de dólares. Este se extenderá durante los siguientes tres meses y supone el décimo cuarto trimestre consecutivo que se produce un plan de recompra de acciones con un valor de al menos 3.000 millones de dólares. En la compañía ya es bastante habitual este tipo de estrategia, ya que los economistas opinan que las empresas que hacen este tipo de plan buscan optimizar su estructura de capital y mejorar los retornos para los accionistas. Shell se fundó en 1907 con el nombre de Royal Dutch Shell. Esta compañía derivó de la fusión de la Real Compañía Neerlandesa de Petróleos y Shell Transport and Trading Company. Esta fusión tenía como objetivo competir con el gigante estadounidense Standard Oil. Las primeras operaciones de la compañía saliente de este acuerdo se hicieron en Venezuela, en 1912, a través de su subsidiaria Caribbean Petroleum Company.

The rampant rise of greenwashing threatens to undermine genuine sustainability efforts and mislead consumers, with over 900 businesses in Europe being accused of the practice in 2024.  Greenwashing can come in many different forms, and the tactics used aren't always easy to spot. In this episode, Mel dives into the 7 shades of greenwashing and explains the common greenwashing tactics you should be on the lookout for. You'll learn ·      What is Greencrowding? ·      What is Greenlighting? ·      What is Greenshifting? ·      What is Greenlabelling? ·      What is Greenrinsing? ·      What is Greenhushing? ·      What is Greenmasking?   Resources ·      Carbonology ·      7 Shades of Greenwashing Guide   In this episode, we talk about: [02:05] Episode Summary – In the 2nd part of this 3-part series on greenwashing, we dive into the various methods and tactics used by businesses to avoid their sustainability obligations. [03:05] What is greencrowding?: This tactic relies on safety in numbers and occurs when different groups (like governments, organisations and companies) join forces to create the impression of making significant environmental changes. For example, 8 of the world's biggest 20 plastic polluters including companies such as Royal Dutch Shell, Coca-Cola, and BP are part of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, however the group moves at the speed of the slowest member and sets low environmental targets to stall action as it is often costly and involves a lot of the companies resources and time [03:55] What is greenlighting? – This is when companies spotlight a particularly ‘green' product or operation which helps to draw attention away from tis otherwise environmentally damaging activities. Commonly seen in the car industry, recent BMW campaigning highlights the company's electric vehicles, despite being heavily invested in combustion engine vehicles therefore not addressing their major source of emissions. Another example is Exxonmobil, who heavily advertised its “advanced biofuels” made from algae, however didn't mention the fact that the biofuels made up a miniscule part of production. Since coming under scrutiny Exxonmobil have rescinded this project altogether and haven't looked to practical alternatives. [05:15] What is greenshifting? - This is where the blame gets shifted onto consumers. BP's “Know your carbon footprint” campaign is a key example, it invited customers to share pledges for reducing their individual emissions yet BP's core business continue to partake and scheme hugely polluting oil and gas projects. Another example include H&M who urged consumers to recycle their old clothes yet, the company continues to be a prime culprit in fast-fashion and have a significant part to plat in over-consumerism leading to environmental degradation. [06:10] The growing need for comprehensive carbon reporting – This occurs when companies use words like ‘eco', ‘sustainable' or related wording or symbols conveying green messaging with no evidence to support it. Kohl's and Walmart were sued for labelling toxic rayon textiles as eco-friendly bamboo. Another more recent example is McDonald's Paper Straws where In 2019 a paper straws to introduced to replace plastic ones, claiming it was an eco-friendly move. However, it was later revealed that these paper straws were not recyclable, leading to criticism that the company was misleading consumers about the environmental benefits. [07:15] What is greenrinsing? - This is where companies change their sustainability commitments or targets before actually achieving them. Repeatedly, Coca-cola has missed and moved its recycling targets. Between 2020 – 2022, the company dropped its targets for using recycled packaging from 50% by 2030 to 25% proving these targets were not sufficiently made. BP and ExxonMobil are two more examples of being criticized for frequently updating their climate targets without substantial progress. Various ambitious goals were announced over the years, but critics argue that these targets are often revised or postponed making it hard to assess real achievements and also trust between consumers, investors and legal frameworks are lost. So the takeaway here is, make sure you're targets are realistic! [08:45] What is greenhushing? – This occurs when companies deliberately underreport or hide green credentials to evade scrutiny, which is a rising practice found in larger firms who struggle to successfully hit their targets/ aims. Commonly found with firms that make distant net zero targets but do not report on progress. It allows them to hide the fact that they are not taking meaningful steps. Companies often avoid reporting positive environmental measures they may be taking to prevent greenwashing accusations which can be argued as counter-productive in the efforts to help drive systemic and industrial change in the most polluting industries. H&M and ExxonMobil are key examples of greenhushing and no-longer actively promote their sustainability practices as they have faced criticism over false / limited actions in the past.  This one is rather damaging, especially to those who are taking meaningful sustainable action, but may not be keeping up with their targets. This is why it's so crucial to make those targets obtainable. If this practice continues, then there is less pressure overall for businesses to do their part for sustainability. It's important to celebrate the victories, no matter how small, as it all adds up to the bigger picture. [10:55] What is greenmasking? - Greenmasking (a term coined by Carbonology®) is used to describe the practice where organisations self-certify their environmental impact without independent verification. This means they claim their green credentials are accurate while avoiding transparency about their methodology and data. Essentially, they are "marking their own homework," which can lead to misleading claims about their sustainability efforts. Some companies offer ISO 14064 consulting and verification services that may not always adhere to the rigorous standards required for genuine verification. This can result in poor practices and undermine the credibility of the certification. For example, some consulting firms might offer ISO 14064 verification as part of their services but fail to conduct thorough and independent audits. Instead, they may ‘verify' the data is correct in-house. This can lead to situations where companies are able to self-label their environmental impact as compliant with ISO 14064 without truly meeting the standard's requirements. This results in a vast amount of unreliable and untrustworthy data that is purportedly verified. Furthermore, with some consultancy companies asserting that offering both consultancy and verification within the same firm is a viable option, it paves the way for poor reporting standards to be accepted, only worsening the problem in the long run. Greenmasking can have significant implications for stakeholders, including investors, customers, and regulators, who rely on accurate and transparent environmental reporting. To combat greenmasking, it is crucial for organisations to seek independent and accredited verification of their GHG emissions ensuring that their sustainability claims are credible and based upon the rigorous standards stated in ISO14064-3. Download a copy of The 7 Shades of Greenwashing from Carbonology's website here. If you would like some assistance with carbon Standards and reporting, simply get in touch with the team over at Carbonology.   We'd love to hear your views and comments about the ISO Show, here's how: ●     Share the ISO Show on Twitter or Linkedin ●     Leave an honest review on iTunes or Soundcloud. Your ratings and reviews really help and we read each one. Subscribe to keep up-to-date with our latest episodes: Stitcher | Spotify | YouTube |iTunes | Soundcloud | Mailing List

(Conversation recorded on November 5th, 2024)     It is no secret that population dynamics significantly impact global stability. But what's really behind today's shifting global birth trends, the increased need for medically-assisted pregnancy, and the changing age demographics of industrialized nations? Furthermore, what are the implications of these shifts for future economic security?  Today, Nate is joined by investment strategist Jeremy Grantham to discuss the critical but underreported issues surrounding toxicity and public health – particularly endocrine disruptors and their impact on human fertility, longevity, and societal structures.  In this important conversation, Jeremy highlights the ubiquitousness of toxicity in our modern environments, the cultural and economic factors contributing to declining fertility rates, and the urgent need to transition to non-toxic materials and energy sources.  In what ways could population decline pose serious economic challenges, particularly in aging societies? How might the alarming drop in sperm count affect future policies on immigration? Finally, how can we detoxify both our environments – and capitalism – before it's too late?   About Jeremy Grantham: Jeremy Grantham co-founded GMO in 1977 and is a member of GMO's Asset Allocation team, serving as the firm's long-term investment strategist. He is a member of the GMO Board of Directors, a partner of the firm, and has also served on the investment boards of several non-profit organizations. Additionally in 1989, Jeremy co-founded the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment. Prior to GMO's founding, Mr. Grantham was co-founder of Batterymarch Financial Management in 1969 where he recommended commercial indexing in 1971, one of several claims to being first. He began his investment career as an economist with Royal Dutch Shell. Mr. Grantham earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Sheffield (U.K.) and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, holds a CBE from the UK and is a recipient of the Carnegie Medal for Philanthropy.   Show Notes and More Watch this video episode on YouTube   ---   Support The Institute for the Study of Energy and Our Future Join our Substack newsletter Join our Discord channel and connect with other listeners  

Today on the podcast, we're delighted to welcome back Jeremy Grantham. Jeremy is the long-term investment strategist at his namesake firm, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co., or GMO, which he cofounded in 1977. He serves on GMO's Asset Allocation Committee and board of directors. Prior to GMO, Jeremy was cofounder of Batterymarch Financial Management and before that was an economist at Royal Dutch Shell. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Sheffield and his MBA from Harvard University. Jeremy is a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, holds a CBE from the UK, and is a recipient of the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy. In 1997, he and his family started the Grantham Foundation for the protection of the environment, which supports research and action to address climate change.BackgroundBioGMOGrantham FoundationGMO Quality IIIGMO US Quality ETF“Jeremy Grantham: The US Market Is in a Super Bubble,” The Long View podcast, Morningstar.com, Feb. 8, 2022.Bubbles and the Market“The Great Paradox of the US Market,” by Jeremy Grantham, gmo.com, March 11, 2024.“AI Craze Stokes ‘Bubble Within a Bubble,' Says GMO's Jeremy Grantham,” by Christine Idzelis, marketwatch.com, March 11, 2024.“Entering the Superbubble's Final Act,” by Jeremy Grantham, gmo.com, Aug. 31, 2022.“Jeremy Grantham Says the AI Bubble Will Burst and Take the Stock Market Down With It. Here Are His 14 Best Quotes From an Event This Week,” by Theron Mohamed, markets.businessinsider.com, Feb. 18, 2024.“China Turmoil Poses a Risk to the Magnificent 7, Jeremy Grantham's GMO Says,” by Yuheng Zhan, markets.businessinsider.com, Feb. 9, 2024.The Environment and Sustainability“Sustainability or Bust: The Sheer Impossibility of Eternal Compound Growth,” by Jeremy Grantham, gmo.com, March 18, 2024.“GMO Horizons,” by Jeremy Grantham, gmo.com, Feb. 27, 2024.“Pollution, Population, and Purpose,” The Great Simplification podcast with Nate Hagens and Jeremy Grantham, gmo.com, Feb. 15, 2024.“Jeremy Grantham Assesses Long-Term Threats Through an Investor Lens,” by William Hughes, cruxinvestor.com, Dec. 31, 2023.

Join us for the fifth session of our Soil Conversations series, featuring a compelling discussion with Hunter Lovins, renowned environmentalist, author, and champion of sustainable development. This session promises to delve into the intricate relationships between soil health, climate resilience, and sustainable agriculture. Lovins will share her wealth of knowledge on how nurturing our soil can lead to a regenerative future, offering insights drawn from her extensive experience and pioneering work in the field.In this conversation, we will explore practical strategies for improving soil health and enhancing ecosystem services. Lovins will discuss the role of innovative agricultural practices, such as agroforestry and holistic management, in building resilient food systems. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of how healthy soils contribute to carbon sequestration, water retention, and biodiversity, and how these benefits can be realized on both local and global scales.This session is an invaluable opportunity to hear from one of the leading voices in sustainability and to engage in a dialogue about the future of our soils. Hunter Lovins' unique perspective, grounded in decades of activism and research, will provide a rich context for understanding the critical importance of soil stewardship in addressing the pressing environmental challenges of our time.L. Hunter Lovins is President of Natural Capitalism Solutions. NCS helps companies, communities and countries implement more regenerative practices profitably.  A professor of sustainable business management at Fordham University, Hunter teaches entrepreneuring and coaches social enterprises around the world. A Managing Partner of NOW Partners, she is also a board member of Aquion and several non-profits. Hunter has worked in energy, regenerative agriculture, climate policy, sustainable development and resilience for 55 years.A consultant to industries including International Finance Corporation, Unilever, Walmart, the United Nations and Royal Dutch Shell, as well as sustainability champions Interface, Patagonia and Clif Bar, Hunter has briefed heads of state, the UN, and the US Congress, leaders of the numerous local governments, the Pentagon, and officials in 30 countries. Author of 17 books – including the recently released A Finer Future: Creating an Economy in Service to Life, which won a Nautilus Award – Hunter has won dozens of awards, including the European Sustainability Pioneer award and the Right Livelihood Award. Time Magazine recognized her as a Millennium Hero for the Planet, and Newsweek called her the Green Business Icon. Support the show

Founders ✓ Claim The name of Nobel usually calls to mind Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite, and the internationally prestigious prizes that bear his name. But Alfred was only one member of a creative and innovative family who built an industrial empire in prerevolutionary Russia. The saga begins with an emigre from Sweden, Immanuel Nobel, who was an architect, a pioneer producer of steam engines, and a maker of weapons.Immanuel's sons included Alfred; Robert, who directed the family's activities in the Caspian oil fields; and Ludwig, an engineering genius and manufacturing magnate whose boundless energy and fierce determination created the Russian petroleum industry.Ludwig's son Emanuel showed similar mettle, shrewdly bargaining with the Rothschilds for control of the Russian markets and competing head-on with Standard Oil and Royal Dutch Shell for lucrative world markets.Perhaps no family in history has played so decisive a role in building an industrial empire in an underdeveloped but resource-rich nation. Yet the achievements of the Nobel family have been largely forgotten. When the Bolsheviks came to power, Emmanuel had to flee the country disguised as a peasant.The Nobel empire with its 50,000 workers lay in ruins. An empire which had taken eighty years to design and build, was nearly destroyed, bringing a sudden and bitter end to one of the most remarkable industrial odysseys in world history.This episode is what I learned from reading The Russian Rockefellers: The Saga of the Nobel Family and the Russian Oil Industry by Robert Tolf.----Make history's greatest entrepreneurs proud by going to Ramp and learning how they can help your business control your costs and save more. ----Founders Notes gives you the superpower to learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs on demand. You can search all my notes and highlights from every book I've ever read for the podcast. Get access to Founders Notes here. ----Join my free email newsletter to get my top 10 highlights from every book----Follow Founders Podcast on YouTube (Video coming soon!) ----“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast

Founders ✓ Claim The name of Nobel usually calls to mind Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite, and the internationally prestigious prizes that bear his name. But Alfred was only one member of a creative and innovative family who built an industrial empire in prerevolutionary Russia. The saga begins with an emigre from Sweden, Immanuel Nobel, who was an architect, a pioneer producer of steam engines, and a maker of weapons.Immanuel's sons included Alfred; Robert, who directed the family's activities in the Caspian oil fields; and Ludwig, an engineering genius and manufacturing magnate whose boundless energy and fierce determination created the Russian petroleum industry.Ludwig's son Emanuel showed similar mettle, shrewdly bargaining with the Rothschilds for control of the Russian markets and competing head-on with Standard Oil and Royal Dutch Shell for lucrative world markets.Perhaps no family in history has played so decisive a role in building an industrial empire in an underdeveloped but resource-rich nation. Yet the achievements of the Nobel family have been largely forgotten. When the Bolsheviks came to power, Emmanuel had to flee the country disguised as a peasant.The Nobel empire with its 50,000 workers lay in ruins. An empire which had taken eighty years to design and build, was nearly destroyed, bringing a sudden and bitter end to one of the most remarkable industrial odysseys in world history.This episode is what I learned from reading The Russian Rockefellers: The Saga of the Nobel Family and the Russian Oil Industry by Robert Tolf.----Make history's greatest entrepreneurs proud by going to Ramp and learning how they can help your business control your costs and save more. ----Founders Notes gives you the superpower to learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs on demand. You can search all my notes and highlights from every book I've ever read for the podcast. Get access to Founders Notes here. ----Join my free email newsletter to get my top 10 highlights from every book----Follow Founders Podcast on YouTube (Video coming soon!) ----“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast

The name of Nobel usually calls to mind Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite, and the internationally prestigious prizes that bear his name. But Alfred was only one member of a creative and innovative family who built an industrial empire in prerevolutionary Russia. The saga begins with an emigre from Sweden, Immanuel Nobel, who was an architect, a pioneer producer of steam engines, and a maker of weapons.Immanuel's sons included Alfred; Robert, who directed the family's activities in the Caspian oil fields; and Ludwig, an engineering genius and manufacturing magnate whose boundless energy and fierce determination created the Russian petroleum industry.Ludwig's son Emanuel showed similar mettle, shrewdly bargaining with the Rothschilds for control of the Russian markets and competing head-on with Standard Oil and Royal Dutch Shell for lucrative world markets.Perhaps no family in history has played so decisive a role in building an industrial empire in an underdeveloped but resource-rich nation. Yet the achievements of the Nobel family have been largely forgotten. When the Bolsheviks came to power, Emmanuel had to flee the country disguised as a peasant.The Nobel empire with its 50,000 workers lay in ruins. An empire which had taken eighty years to design and build, was nearly destroyed, bringing a sudden and bitter end to one of the most remarkable industrial odysseys in world history.This episode is what I learned from reading The Russian Rockefellers: The Saga of the Nobel Family and the Russian Oil Industry by Robert Tolf.----Make history's greatest entrepreneurs proud by going to Ramp and learning how they can help your business control your costs and save more. ----Founders Notes gives you the superpower to learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs on demand. You can search all my notes and highlights from every book I've ever read for the podcast. Get access to Founders Notes here. ----Join my free email newsletter to get my top 10 highlights from every book----Follow Founders Podcast on YouTube (Video coming soon!) ----“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast

Jimi Okubanjo, Founder of Folajimi Worldwide, discusses her documentary 'Arise Firebird' and the experiences of workplace marginalization faced by women and BIPOC professionals. We also explore the impact of workplace abuse on mental and physical health, as well as the silence surrounding these issues, the impact of poor work environments on a global scale, and the changing nature of work. This podcast is powered by LeggUP, the only accelerated platform with a holistic approach to professional development that guarantees and nurtures the growth of employees. Click here to learn more: https://www.leggup.com/ Subscribe to the Talent Empowerment Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@TomFinnovation

Research historian, data analyst and conspiracy realist Gavin Nascimento  @GavinNascimento delves further into the covert connection between Germany's Third Reich, the exploitation of Jews, and the Zionist colonization of Palestine on episode 154 of the Far Out with Faust podcast.*This is the latest installment of our episodes with Gavin detailing the complicated and often-misunderstood history of Israel. Be sure to check out parts 1, 2 and 3 (links below).*A veteran of the show (check out episode 79), Gavin has earned a reputation among some of the most prominent truth seekers of our time, like Joe Rogan and Billy Carson (episode 90). He's known for his relentless research and meticulous attention to detail and has spent over a decade uncovering historical truths through verifiable sources. He's the author of A History of Elitism, World Government & Population Control, as well as a host of compelling essays featured on The Free Thought Project (episode 118).In this episode, Gavin exposes the documented relationship between the WWII-era German government, war profiteering industrialists like the Rothschilds and the Warburgs, and the geopolitical manipulation that led to the creation of Israel. Topics include:-Zionist and Nazi political and economic cooperation to get Jew into Palestine-Impact of the geopolitical outcome of WWI on the rise of Hitler and eugenic policies-Influence of the American eugenics movement on Third Reich ideology-Rothschild family influence in the establishment of Israel-Rothschild and Warburg family financial and political support for Germany during WWII-Importance of the Rothschild's Royal Dutch Shell to fueling the Nazi war machine-How the Rothschild family helped create Israel's Knesset and Supreme Court-Paul Warburg's creation of the Federal Reserve and his family's ties to Hitler's Germany-Edsel Ford and the Ford Motor Company's support in ramping up the German war machine-Walter Teagle and Standard Oil's contribution to Nazi Germany-Rockefeller family ties to WWII Germany-IG Farben's crucial role in Germany's post WWI economic resurgence…and much more! For further exploration into this topic, check out our related episodes below.Check out Gavin's book on AmazonA History of Elitism, World Government & Population Control https://a.co/d/go5nae1Connect with Gavin NascimentoPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/GavinNascimentoYouTube: https://youtube.com/c/GavinNascimentoInstagram: https://instagram.com/truthwarriorgavinFacebook: https://m.facebook.com/gavin.nascimentoCheck out our related episodesThe Truth About Israel Pt. 1 (ep. 130): https://youtu.be/KSCU3IxjM54The Truth About Israel Pt. 2 (ep. 131 ): https://youtu.be/KSCU3IxjM54How the Rothschilds Conquered Palestine (ep. 152): https://youtu.be/Fet17FuH5zs?si=eu59JorjsdV_XL4jGavin Nascimento (ep. 79): https://youtu.be/_rr-QiuTIxM?si=rhhdKY3V0C6kxvX9Billy Carson (ep. 90): https://youtu.be/boZMIE-p30I Jason Bassler (ep. 118): https://youtu.be/rk-UNM1QgPg?si=aODhwSyGoNharzaF#Podcast #Israel #Palestine

This episode features Marine Veteran Daniel Feliciano, CEO of Clotheslyne. After flying CH-53 helicopters in the Marine Corps, he worked in the civilian sector at Shell in aviation logistics. After years of working overseas, Daniel returned to the U.S. and explored entrepreneurship. He delves into his journey, from real estate and painting to tackling a common pain point: laundry. Daniel created Clotheslyne, a unique marketplace that connects people who need laundry done with those who have extra machine capacity. He explains how Clotheslyne goes beyond a typical gig economy app by fostering a sense of community and relationships for a better user experience. Tune in to hear about Clotheslyne, Daniel's entrepreneurial advice for veterans, and how he's helping people reclaim their time from laundry duty. Episode Resources:  ClothesLyne Dan Feliciano | LinkedIn     About Our Guest    Daniel Feliciano, Clotheslyne's CEO, combines global operational expertise with entrepreneurial acumen, making him the ideal leader for this sector. Dan started working when he was 12 years old as a paperboy, graduated to a Marine Corps Officer and Ch-53E pilot and then a 10 year career as a global aviation and logistics expert working for Royal Dutch Shell. His latest venture is revolutionizing how we do laundry.     Join the conversation on Facebook! Check out Veteran on the Move on Facebook to connect with our guests and other listeners. A place where you can network with other like-minded veterans who are transitioning to entrepreneurship and get updates on people, programs and resources to help you in YOUR transition to entrepreneurship.   About Our Sponsors Navy Federal Credit Union   Becoming a member at Navy Federal Credit Union could help you earn more and save more. Their certificate options could earn you more than standard savings accounts with competitive rates.  Not all financial institutions offer you as many choices for savings options as Navy Federal does. For example, you could start your savings journey with a low minimum deposit, add money at any time and watch your savings GROW! Thanks to flexible terms, you can use Navy Federal's savings options for all kinds of goals—short or long-term.  Considering a big home improvement project?  Maybe you want to consolidate debt?  You could borrow up to 100% of your home's equity with a Fixed-Rate Home Equity Loan with ZERO closing costs, or easily borrow as you go with a Home Equity Line of Credit. BOTH options could help make life's big expenses seem more manageable. To learn more, visit NavyFederal.org At Navy Federal, our members are the mission.      Want to be our next guest? Send us an email at interview@veteranonthemove.com.  Did you love this episode? Leave us a 5-star rating and review!  Download Joe Crane's Top 7 Paths to Freedom or get it on your mobile device. Text VETERAN to 38470. Veteran On the Move podcast has published 500 episodes. Our listeners have the opportunity to hear in-depth interviews conducted by host Joe Crane. The podcast features people, programs, and resources to assist veterans in their transition to entrepreneurship.  As a result, Veteran On the Move has over 7,000,000 verified downloads through Stitcher Radio, SoundCloud, iTunes and RSS Feed Syndication making it one of the most popular Military Entrepreneur Shows on the Internet Today.

Bienvenidos a un nuevo directo desde Twitter. Esta noche tendremos el gusto de tener con nosotros al escritor y periodista Manuel Valera. Si muchos de vosotros no lo conocéis es precisamente porque lo que cuenta Manuel no hace mucha gracia al poder y por ello es relegado en el mejor de los casos al ostracismo y en el peor a la mas dura de las censuras. El tema que nos propuso Manuel fue el de la manipulación del lenguaje y más concretamente todos estos aspectos: Discurso real frente a discurso aparente del poder. Empobrecimiento del lenguaje encaminado a un empobrecimiento del pensamiento. Palabras creadas para el esclavo. Traducción de sus expresiones. Diccionario para nuevos dummies. Ausencia de matices para encaminar al enfrentamiento. Acuñación de términos despectivos para desprestigiar al que no se somete o duda. Inoculación de conceptos y propaganda. Antes de entrar en todo esto junto al invitado me gustaria recordaros que en la descripción del podcast en Ivoox os dejaremos algunos de los mejores documentales y artículos sobre este tema y toda su relación con el control de la sociedad a través de grupos como el Instituto Tavistok o la ingeniería lingüística. Sobre este ultimo punto me gustaría que vieseis el magnifico documental de la filóloga especializada en lingüística, escritora e investigadora Carme Jiménez Huertas donde nos habla sobre los niveles neurológicos y el lenguaje. Nos explica cómo consiguen que obedezcamos y lo que es más importante nos enseña cómo desprogramarnos. Carme nos cuenta que desde el discurso público, se utilizan los mecanismos del lenguaje para la fijación de creencias, la generación de respuestas emocionales y la manipulación social. ¿Cómo han logrado el nivel actual de obediencia? La Filóloga Jiménez Huertas lo expone en varios puntos empezando por el fenómeno de la disidencia controlada, lo que serian los antiguos flautistas de Hamelin. Otro de los puntos es el llamado primado negativo donde a través de contarte una verdad, entre argumentos dramáticos, terror o de comedia, se genera en la memoria implícita un sentimiento de rechazo hacia esa información tomándola como falsa. Ocurre cuando nos presentan una futura realidad o programación predictiva de una forma surrealista, con emociones negativas asociadas, por lo cual cuando nos toca vivir esa realidad o relacionarnos con ese concepto, lo rechazamos a priori puesto que nuestro inconsciente lo asoció como algo improbable, fantasioso o destructivo. Todo esto sumado a la manipulación informativa y mediática que es donde suele obtener la información la mayoría de la gente y un control de las redes sociales e Internet para que muy poca gente conozca información realmente alternativa hacen que sea muy difícil encontrar la verdad sin manipular. Pongamos el ejemplo de como Google desindexó mi blog hace ya muchos años impidiendo que los navegadores accedan a mostrar resultados de mi blog en sus búsquedas. Hay artículos concretos a los que solo podrás acceder si dispones del enlace completo. Solo es verdad lo que sale en los medios oficiales de información. Esa idea es la que se genera en la población en general al ser bombardeados masivamente con la misma idea desde medios que a priori deberían ser independientes e incluso mostrar perspectivas diferentes. Sin embargo, ante ciertos temas como el cambio climático, la Agenda 2030, la defensa del genero frente al sexo, la violencia machista o muchos otros campos todos los medios al unísono repiten machaconamente las mismas ideas. O nos muestran las mismas noticias, incluso en el mismo orden y forma. Luego tenemos a los llamados fact checkers o verificadores de información cuyo único objetivo es la censura y la promoción de las entrecomillas “verdades oficiales”. Todo esto genera una gran cantidad de desinformación que circula libremente y hace que las personas normales desconfíen mucho más de obtener información fuera del circuito oficial de información. Las redes sociales y los medios de comunicación se dedican a mantener un clima constante de terror lo que hace que la población este bajo control mental y social. El Instituto Tavistock de Relaciones Humanas, en sus siglas TIHR, es una organización británica sin fines de lucro que aplica las ciencias sociales a cuestiones y problemas contemporáneos. Se desarrolló a partir de la Clínica Tavistock, creada por Sir Herbrand Arthur Russell, duque de Bedford y marques de Tavistock que cede un edificio en Londres y desempeñó un papel clave en la psiquiatría del ejército británico. Fue clave en la guerra psicológica durante la época de entreguerras y durante la segunda guerra mundial. Da la casualidad de que Sir Herbrand Arthur Russell fue el onceavo duque de Bedford y familiar del también Sir Bertrand Russell un simpático abuelito que tuvo un importantísimo papel en la educación de múltiples generaciones de profesores y catedráticos del mundo occidental. En un video que tuve el placer de hacer junto a Jorge Guerra titulado “Mundo pasado y mundo futuro” hablamos de como nos la metió doblada el señor Russell. Una de las primeras investigaciones del Instituto Tavistock fueron el trauma en los soldados británicos que habían luchado en la primera guerra mundial. Descubrir dónde está situado el punto mas allá del cual un soldado se quiebra psicológicamente les importaba sobremanera. Recordemos que en esa época estaba de moda el electroshock y las lobotomias tal y cómo les mostré en mis artículos CIENCIA QUE ENVENENA Y AMPUTA CEREBROS I y II. Se estableció formalmente como una entidad separada en septiembre de 1947 tras recibir una importante subvención de la Fundación Rockefeller. Durante las décadas de 1950 y 1960, el TIHR llevó a cabo una serie de proyectos exclusivos en colaboración con importantes empresas, incluidas Unilever, Ahmedabad Manufacturing, Calico Printing Co., Royal Dutch Shell, Bayer y Glacier Metals. Todas ellas importantísimas multinacionales a nivel mundial pero tenemos que creer que el susodicho instituto es una organización sin animo de lucro. Desde la entrada que hay en wikipedia se burlan sobre como los teóricos de la conspiración hablan sobre este instituto, por ejemplo sobre la supuesta teoría conspirativa de “la creación de la música rock y las drogas para rebelarse contra el status quo, socavando y finalmente destruyendo la unidad familiar» Pero si analizamos el libro "La perspectiva Científica" de "sir" Bertrand Russell comprenderemos que en 1931 ya se sabia por donde se iba a desenvolver la sociedad impulsada por esta dictadura científico satánica. Podemos leer en mi articulo MIRANDO HACIA ATRÁS VI: ANTICIPÁNDONOS A HG WELLS CUARTA PARTE: El Proyecto Radio fue una investigación social financiada por la Fundación Rockefeller para estudiar los efectos de los medios de comunicación en la sociedad. En 1937, la Fundación Rockefeller comenzó a financiar la investigación para encontrar los efectos de las nuevas formas de los medios de comunicación en la sociedad, en especial la radio. En 1938 Theodor Adorno filósofo alemán de origen judío cruza el Atlántico para instalarse en Nueva York, donde tenía su sede el Instituto de Investigación Social, una especie de Instituto Tavistock pero creado por la universidad de Frankfurt, y ayuda a crear el rock and roll a principios de la década de 1950. Fue el verdadero compositor de algunas canciones de los Beatles por ejemplo. Esto lo escribía Wells en 1940: “Es fácil convertir a un joven desempleado en un fascista o un gángster, pero es difícil devolverlo a cualquier tarea social decente. Además, el propio liderazgo del Campeón se debió en gran medida a su calidad conspirativa y aventurera. Él mismo no es apto para un trabajo creativo. Se encuentra un luchador a la cabeza de una manada de lucha.» «En todas partes del mundo, en diversas circunstancias locales, vemos gobiernos preocupados principalmente por este problema supremo de qué hacer con estos adultos jóvenes que no pueden trabajar en las condiciones actuales. Tenemos que darnos cuenta de eso y tenerlo constantemente presente. Está allí en todos los países.» «¿Cómo vamos a usar o apagar este excedente de energía humana? Los jóvenes son el núcleo vivo de nuestra especie. La generación de menos de dieciséis o diecisiete años aún no ha comenzado a causar problemas, y después de los cuarenta, el reflujo de la vitalidad hace que los hombres acepten la suerte que les corresponde.« En la página 133 de “El misterio del club de los 27: La manipulación de la industria musical” nos cuentan cómo el señor Adorno era el mago que evolucionó a los Beatles de cucarachas a mariposas. Cuando Michael Jackson intentó adquirir los derechos de las canciones de los Beatles descubrió que éstas pertenecían a los herederos del señor Adorno. Realmente nada es lo que parece y desde luego no deberían fiarse de nada que vds no puedan investigar por su propia cuenta. Si aparece como por ensalmo por todas las cadenas de televisión a la vez habría que dar un paso atrás y empezar a sospechar de que nos quieren vender algo. ………………………………………………………………………………………. Cuando surgió el COVID estaba claro que algo muy gordo y muy oscuro estaban tramando. Todo un nuevo lenguaje surgió como de la nada: Asintomáticos, PCR, pandemia, Coronavirus, desescalada, mascarilla, nueva normalidad, confinamiento, Coronavirus, COVID-19 y SARS-CoV-2, Estado de alarma, distanciamiento social, gel hidroalcohólico y cuarentena. Desde buscadores de la verdad empleamos un lenguaje totalmente diferente que expresaba la realidad de lo que nos rodeaba: Tragipandemia Dícese de la pandemia creada exprofeso para maximizar el miedo y minimizar el problema epidémico real ya que se trata de dramatizar un evento epidemiólogico convencional Balconazi Dícese de las personas que amparadas en el anónimato que les proporcionaba espiar desde su balcón denunciaban a la policía a la gente que estaba en la calle durante el confinamiento por el coronavirus. Telecreyente Persona o grupo de personas que creen a pies juntillas cualquier información que aparezca por televisión sin contrastarla ni dudar lo más mínimo. Oficialnoico Dícese de la persona o grupo de personas que se creen sin rechistar cualquier idea que provenga de los llamados sectores oficiales, el Estado, el Gobierno, sus instituciones académicas o de estamentos u organizaciones internacionales como la ONU, el Banco mundial, el FMI u otras similares. Por otra parte estas personas reniegan de cualquier otra información que provenga de medios no oficiales ya sean medios de comunicación alternativos, investigadores independientes o del propio sentido común. Covidiano Un covidiano es una persona que se ha creído todo lo que desde los mass media, el gobierno y las instituciones le han contado sobre la Tragipandemia. Por más ridículas que sean las exigencias a cumplir un buen covidiano no se formulara ninguna pregunta ni mostrará recelo a la hora de cumplirlas. El nombre de covidiano proviene del nombre de la pandemia COVID19. Un covidiano es un buen telecreyente y se informa por TV de todas las novedades sobre la pandemia. Coronatimo La pandemia de coronavirus SarsCov2 se instaló sin apenas oposición en el mundo occidental pero hubo una parte de la población que no se la creyo, que pensaron que habían sido engañados o timados. Por ello el coronavirus pasó a denominarse coronatimo dentro lo que se llamó la tragipandemia o la plandemia Bozalistán Dícese del antiguo país llamado España que un buen día amaneció lleno de mascarillas por culpa de una Tragipandemia. Estas mascarillas eran conocidas como bozales, de ahí el término bozalistán. Covidganda Al uso abusivo de la propaganda dentro de la campaña de terror informativo de la Tragipandemia del covid19. Coronacircus La Tragipandemia terminó convirtiéndose en una especie de circo donde cada día había alguna medida para prevenir la plandemia más absurda que la anterior. Mientras algunas personas llamaban al pensamiento que desmontaba el coronatimo como magufo y conspiranoico otras tildaban a esas personas como covidianos Satanicario Dícese de la mezcla de sanitario, satanista y sicario. Se trataría de una clase de sanitarios que ya existía antes de la Tragipandemia pero que escondidos en sus quehaceres pasaban desaparecidos ya que desde su posición podían asesinar a un paciente sin tener ningún problema. Un satanicario aprueba y acepta cualquier norma estúpida que provenga de los que han planificado la Tragipandemia que estamos sufriendo desde finales del 2019. PCR Desde Buscadores de la verdad dijimos desde un principio que la técnica de biología molecular PCR Polymerase Chain Reaction ("Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa") era un fraude para detectar carga viral o detectar virus. Por ello nosotros hablamos de esta técnica como Kit de caldo para paella porque para nosotros las siglas significan Paella Caldo Recipe. Asimismo los gaditanos hablan de que el PCR es Puchero, Croquetas y Ropa vieja. En Galicia hablan de Pulpo, Calamares y Raxo. Covinazi Cuando un covidiano se vuelve completamente irracional se convierte en un covinazi que es la contracción de nazi y covidiano. Un covinazi es capaz de denunciar a su propia familia en caso de resultar contagiado tras hacerse un test PCR Bozadicción Trauma que mantendrán muchas personas y que les permitirá seguir llevando máscarillas aunque no sean obligatorias. Es una adicción sobretodo de los covidianos que mantienen la Tragipandemia operativa Asintomágico Dícese de las personas sanas que gracias a los test PCR pasan a ser supuestos enfermos de Covid y mantienen en funcionamiento la Tragipandemia. Covimonguer Dícese de la contracción entre covidiano y mongolo. Se trataría de definir a una clase de seres humanos que gracias a ser un telecreyente ha caído en un estado catatónico donde no saben regirse sin seguir las directrices que provienen del Estado en referencia a la Tragipandemia Vacuñao Se llama así a las personas que sin tener ningún tipo de conocimiento acerca de las vacunas, del sistema inmunológico o de medicina nos arengan a vacunarnos a los que nos sentimos en la obligación de hacer uso del sentido común y no denominar vacuna a un tratamiento genético. Se puede aplicar este término para describir a más de un experto con título académico que dice defender la ciencia pero que termina bloqueandote en las redes si le muestras lo que dice la ciencia de verdad y que evidencia que su conocimiento no pasa a ser mejor que el de un cuñado cualquiera. Repentinitis Dícese de las muertes que empezaron a darse de manera repentina tras la vacunación masiva que se produjo durante la Tragipandemia Nazipass Otra forma de llamar al pase nazitario es nazipass de la contracción entre pasaporte y nazi. “En la Alemania nazi se implementó el Gesundheitspass o "pase de salud" que en realidad era un pase para comprobar la pureza de la sangre aria” “Si introducimos esa palabra en la actualidad nos llevará a las páginas oficiales del gobierno austriaco y alemán para registrarnos y conseguir estos nuevos pases verdes” La segregación entre vacunados (puros según la oficialidad actual) y no vacunados (impuros) es exactamente lo mismo que pasó en esos guetos donde se apartaba a los no puros. Este pasaporte sanitario se mantiene en pie gracias a la gente que se ha vuelto covinazi Proctoculo Palabra derivada de protocolo y que significa que un protocolo médico o de otro tipo se aplica mal adrede o viene ya diseñado para que su aplicación cause daños de algún tipo. Sería como realizar algo "como el culo". ………………………………………………………………………………………. El poder de la palabra El poder de la palabra es evidente, porque es a través del lenguaje como se sustancia el pensamiento. Manipular el lenguaje es manipular el pensamiento, la percepción y también el sentimiento de la gente. Por eso, la cara oscura del poder de la palabra es la palabra en manos del poder. Ahí está la cita de que las guerras no comienzan cuando se da el primer tiro, sino cuando los medios de comunicación pasan a emplear una semántica bélica. Los medios de comunicación, que jamás me cansaré de decir que son la correa de transmisión del poder, no están comprados por el poder, sino que pertenecen a él. Y recordamos que su misión es la de inocular tres elementos en la gente: 1. Miedo. 2. Odio. 3. Mentira. Además de elegir lo que es noticia y lo que no lo es, un elemento primordial para ellos, la manipulación, en efecto, está en la palabra. George Orwell nos lo dejó bien claro, y dedicó una serie de ensayos magníficos sobre el asunto. Porque no ha cambiado nada en este sentido nunca. Ahora tienen más medios, pero la estrategia es la misma. César, Napoleón o Stalin seguramente soñaron húmedamente con tener a su disposición los medios de persuasión de los que el poder dispone hoy en día. Paradójicamente, cuanto más poderosos se vuelven esos medios, más fácil es salir de su alcance. Parece mentira, pero es así. Nosotros lo estamos comprobando desde hace al menos cuatro años. En mi caso, por motivos laborales, más allá incluso. Yo me entero de lo que mantiene preocupada y distraída a la gente porque cuando voy al bar me sacan temas de conversación que desconozco por completo. Me voy enterando de las bobadas con las que los entretienen a posteriori, cuando ya se prepara la siguiente dosis de droga informativa. Discurso real y discurso aparente Hace dos o tres décadas, todavía se discutía si existe un poder que gobierne el mundo o no. Hoy esta discusión ya ha sido superada por muchos de nosotros, que no contamos con la sospecha, sino con la certeza de que esto es así. Lo hemos visto en las grandes operaciones de los de arriba contra la población: la plandemia, las crisis económicas, las guerras... Actúan de un modo coordinado, a una misma voz, y los políticos, que son empleados de los poderosos, de los realmente poderosos, se limitan a obedecer y a ejecutar las órdenes criminales que avasallan a la gente. Pues bien, si partimos de esta premisa, habrá que admitir que, salvo los de arriba del todo, no voy a entrar en la identidad de los mismos porque esa línea de debate nos ocuparía todo el programa y nos sacaría del tema de hoy, nadie tiene poder. Nadie. Ni los presidentes, ni los ministros, ni los ejecutivos, ni los directores de empresa, ni los funcionarios del ayuntamiento, ni tu jefe, ni tu presidente de escalera. Nadie tiene al poder. El poder es el que te tiene a ti. El poder te da una sensación de poder, valga la redundancia, pero eres tú la posesión de ese monstruo. Y el poder produce en las personas dos efectos que, dependiendo de la honradez y la bondad de cada cual, tardan más o menos en manifestarse: 1. Manía persecutoria. Todos los que se sienten persuadidos de tener poder piensan que el mundo conspira para quitarlos del puesto que ocupan. 2. Esquizofrenia. Doble personalidad. Los desdobla. Son capaces de lo peor, arrancándose del ser que fueron. "Probablemente en su pueblo se los recordará como a cachorros de buenas personas", dice Joan Manuel Serrat muy acertadamente. Este doble juego está muy relacionado con el hecho de que el poder miente sin descanso. No puede decir la verdad, está inhabilitado para ello. Todo cuanto proviene de una instancia oficial, todo lo que tiene el sello de una institución relacionada con el poder, es mentira. Las fake news, las noticias falsas, son una expresión redundante: no hay noticia que no sea falsa, ya que siempre incluye un sesgo, una valoración, una ocultación. Te dicen sólo lo que les conviene para que actúes como les conviene a ellos. Y esto nos conduce a esa distinción entre discurso real y discurso aparente. Cada vez que se hace una declaración oficial, una promesa electoral, una proclama desde una alta instancia, se dice una cosa pero se quiere decir otra. Por ejemplo: la Ley de la Restauración de la Naturaleza. No restaura nada. A lo que aspira es a separarnos de la naturaleza para imponernos una perversión de laboratorio creada por ellos. No hay una vuelta a nada. En la palabra Restauración está la mentira. El discurso aparente dice: Restauración, como si se estuviese trabajando para regresar a un estado anterior, ideal, bueno, antes de que llegase la actividad humana, a la que se condena por perjudicial. Pero el discurso real es el contrario: se está intentando que te conviertas en un animal estabulado, sometido al antojo de las grandes corporaciones en materia de alimentación, venenos, control demográfico... Empobrecimiento del lenguaje: empobrecimiento del pensamiento La sintaxis es una cualidad del alma, dice el poeta Paul Valery. Yo sé que hay mucha gente que aquí me objetaría la diferencia entre alma y espíritu, pero hay que tomar en consideración la intención de Valery, y no la nuestra. Él quiso decir que es algo que está más allá de lo tangible, y que por lo tanto, nuestra capacidad de dejarnos permear por un lenguaje rico y lleno de matices es la que a su vez nos permitirá considerar el mundo en el que vivimos de un modo más fino. El poder quiere que pienses en términos de dicotomía: bueno y malo, propio y ajeno, amigos y enemigos... No hay puntos medios, no hay grises. Resulta mucho más fácil dejarse arrastrar por la oleada, no pensar, adquirir el juicio ya hecho por lo que dicen los telediarios. Putin, malo. Trump, malo. Biden, bueno... Lo cierto es que son todos malos, malos en el sentido de que resultan perjudiciales para nosotros, para la gente. Porque todo lo que proviene de ese alto poder, del poder de verdad, actúa contra nosotros. Es muy fácil para ellos pegar el volantazo y convertir a los buenos en malos y viceversa. Todos recordamos como Sadam Huseín pasó de ser bueno a malo en cuestión de días. Fue un tonto útil, evidentemente. Y qué decir de Muammar el Gaddafi. Hoy lo estamos viendo con Putin. Fabrican malos. Enemigos. Y eso es muy rápido de hacer cuando el lenguaje se ha limitado a catalogar todo lo existente como una dicotomía, como un juego de opuestos. Imaginemos que nos eliminarán los nombres referentes a los colores. Sólo nos quedaría una distinción entre claros y oscuros. Y sólo con ese juicio acabaríamos percibiendo el mundo. Un mundo que se iría apagando, en blanco y negro, hacia la penumbra. Pues esto que decimos como ejemplo de los colores es lo que hacen con todos los asuntos. Todos. A o B. Y además ellos te dicen qué es lo que tienes que defender: o A o B.Son tan perversos que usualmente A y B son malos, por cierto. Palabras creadas para el esclavo: términos despectivos El lenguaje, de este modo, es usado por el poder como una de esas máquinas con las que poner los precios en los productos. Una etiquetadora. Porque en eso convierten a los conceptos: en etiquetas. Así que hay que crear etiquetas para emplearlas contra todos aquellos que pongan en duda, aunque sea una mínima duda, los dictados del poder. Así, tenemos que a los que nos negamos a obedecer a la dictadura plandémica nos llaman negacionistas. Un término, por cierto, que proviene de la propaganda ejercida contra todos aquellos que se atreviesen a dudar de que la Segunda Guerra Mundial fue ganada por los buenos. Como si no hubiesen pertenecido todos al mismo bando, como si hubiese habido buenos y malos. Negacionista, por lo tanto, es una etiqueta reutilizada, les da igual. Conspiracionista. Esto proviene me parece de las dudas creadas en torno al asesinato de Kennedy. Todo aquel que no comulgara con la versión pedestre y oficial, delirante, del asesinato de Kennedy, era un conspiracionista. Creo que ahora tienen más: terraplanista, por ejemplo, que emplean contra todo ya. O expresiones como "no crees en la ciencia", otra etiqueta, como si el espíritu que inspira sus crímenes estuviese basado en la ciencia. Así, la persona con poca valentía, o que siente un gregarismo fuerte, evita a toda costa ser etiquetado. Ah, que eres, antivacunas, me han llegado a decir a mí, simplemente por expresar mi rechazo a dejarme ser envenenado. Y ni siquiera hablaba de las denominadas vacunas. Las etiquetas pueden acuñarse sin problema. Y como cuentan con esos medios, la repetición les otorga vigencia. Inoculación de conceptos y propaganda La propaganda la inventó la Iglesia, eso es lo que nos enseñaron en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Información. Pero es anterior. La propaganda es un sistema organizado para mentir a las masas. Cuando el faraón egipcio Ramsés II "empató" con los hititas, ya empleó esa maquinaria. Ramsés II les dijo a los egipcios que había ganado él la batalla. Los hititas les dijeron lo mismo a los suyos. Y ambos pueblos, persuadidos, engañados, creyeron las mentiras de sus gobernantes. Porque ninguno tenía modo de comprobar que la realidad era otra. Esto es muy importante: la propaganda choca contra la realidad. Lo vemos de manera muy sencilla cuando se habla de economía. Todos los gobiernos venden que la cosa va viento en popa. "España va bien", recordamos como un mantra que se repetía aquí a finales de los noventa. O "Ya hay brotes verdes", cuando la estafa de 2008. Ahora no es distinto: la economía está destrozada, el empobrecimiento es generalizado y se va acelerando, pero ellos no dejan de publicar sus logros. No dejan de mentir. ¿Cuándo deja de ser efectiva la propaganda? Cuando el engañado pasa hambre. Cuando le matan a la familia. Cuando sus seres queridos enferman y se van para el cementerio. Cuando es demasiado tarde. Por eso urge desoírlos. No escuchar siquiera las mentiras que se van inventando día a día. La sobreinformación Una noticia está en activo hasta que llega la siguiente. Como no se trata de temas importantes, sino de asuntos creados artificialmente para distraer al personal, da igual el contenido en sí del escándalo. Que si un político robando, como si eso pudiera ser novedad. Que si un desastre natural. Que si un accidente. Que si una indignación con un tema de consumo. La gente tiene una capacidad limitada para enterarse, para asimilar, para deglutir. Y la información ha llegado al punto de ser continua, como en un banquete en el que se te estuviese obligando a tragar continuamente. ¿Cuándo hace la digestión ese comensal? Nunca. ¿Cuándo se entera de algo? Nunca. Por eso digo: la gente más informada que conozco actualmente es la desinformada. Yo he tenido la suerte de entrar en contacto con gente extremadamente sensible y ajena a toda esta basura en los últimos días. Estar con ellos es regresar a los temas importantes: los sentimientos, nuestra verdadera esencia, quiénes somos, cómo nos relacionamos, qué temas nos preocupan y nos ocupan, pero de verdad. Pues os puedo garantizar que después de muchas y muy gratas horas, no recuerdo ni un sólo segundo hablando de temas de telediario. Porque hablábamos de temas reales. Traducción de expresiones: Igualdad: desigualdad ejercida por ley. Migración: Inmigración o emigración. Datos oficiales: mentiras avaladas por el poder. ... (AQUÍ PODEMOS ESTIRARNOS CUANTO QUERAMOS, SERÍA BUENO AMPLIAR LA LISTA) Valoración final La palabra es como una flecha. Es más: la palabra es una flecha. Pero no es lo mismo que la flecha la lance una diosa arquera, en cuyo caso sabremos que se nos clavará con gozo, a que nos la lance un ser malvado y que busca nuestra ruina. La palabra tiene que estar afilada, estilizada, tenemos que tener el carcaj lleno de palabras ricas, suculentas, variadas, preciosas, palabras de todos los calibres, para saber distinguir entre lo que nos ocultan y lo que necesitamos. Saudade, dicen los portugueses, que el otro día estuve en Portugal. Tienen una palabra lenta, paciente, oidora, estos señores de la Raya con los que pasé una mañana magnífica y sin prisas. Tenemos que ir armados con sinónimos, con palabras de belleza, de amor, de comprensión, de libertad. ………………………………………………………………………………………. Hemos empezado hablando de uno de los miembros de la familia Russell, el onceavo duque de Bedford y marques de Tavistock creador del Instituto del mismo nombre…y ahora vamos hablar de otro de sus familiares, el idealizado sobretodo por la izquierda Bertrand Russell, cuyos libros son del dominio publico salvo curiosamente los que iban dirigidos a las clases dirigentes y a los profesores y catedráticos que moldearon las mentes de los jóvenes. Algunas citas de Bertrand Russell de su libro "The Scientific Outlook" (La Perspectiva Científica) editado en 1931: "Las sociedades científicas están todavía en pañales. Con el avance de la psicología y la fisiología se espera que los gobiernos tengan más control del que ya tienen sobre la mentalidad individual, incluso en los países totalitarios. Como Fitche explicó, la educación escolar debería tener el objeto de destruir la voluntad libre, para que los estudiantes, después de dejar el colegio y durante el resto de sus vidas, sean incapaces de pensar o actuar de una manera contraria a la esperada por sus profesores." "Dieta, inyecciones y órdenes se combinarán, desde una edad muy temprana, para producir el tipo de personalidad y creencias que las autoridades consideren deseables, y cualquier crítica grave a los poderes será, de hecho, psicológicamente imposible." "La disciplina progresará más rápidamente cuando esté bajo los auspicios de una dictadura científica... Los psicólogos sociales del futuro tendrán varias clases de alumnos en los que podrán intentar producir, con métodos diferentes, la fuerte convicción de que la nieve es negra. Pronto llegarán a varios resultados. Primero, que la influencia del hogar es obstructiva. Segundo, que no se puede hacer mucho si el adoctrinamiento no empieza antes de los diez años. Tercero, que las directrices a las que se les pone música y son cantadas resultan muy efectivas. Cuarto, que opinar que la nieve sea blanca debe mostrar un gusto mórbido por la excentricidad... El trabajo de los científicos del futuro es perfeccionar esas máximas y calcular cuánto costará hacer que los alumnos crean que la nieve es negra, y cuánto costará convencerlos de que es solamente gris oscura." "Aunque esta ciencia se estudiará con diligencia, será estrictamente confinada a la clase gobernante. Al pueblo no se le permitirá conocer que sus creencias fueron generadas. Cuando este método se haya perfeccionado, y haya habido una generación de control sobre la educación escolar, el gobierno tendrá la capacidad de controlar a sus sometidos firmemente, sin necesidad de ejército o policía." En 1950, Russell recibió el premio Nobel de Literatura "en reconocimiento a su variada e importante narrativa, en la cual defiende los ideales humanitarios y la libertad de pensamiento.” Esto amigos es siempre la doble moral con la que operan estos desgraciados y que impide que la mayoría de la población siquiera sea consciente de que existe un obscenario detrás del escenario como decia Pedro Bustamante. Nos despedimos por hoy diciéndoles sin ambages ni dobles sentidos que no tengan miedo, que amen lo máximo que puedan y que cuiden a sus familias. Chao. ………………………………………………………………………………………. Invitados: mvaleraes @mmvaleraes En mi web, http://mvalera.es tengo bastante más material con el que me gano miles de "amigos". …. Dra Yane #JusticiaParaUTP @ayec98_2 Médico y Buscadora de la verdad. Con Dios siempre! No permito q me dividan c/izq -derecha, raza, religión ni nada de la Creación. https://youtu.be/TXEEZUYd4c0 …. UTP Ramón Valero @tecn_preocupado Un técnico Preocupado un FP2 IVOOX UTP http://cutt.ly/dzhhGrf BLOG http://cutt.ly/dzhh2LX Ayúdame desde mi Crowfunding aquí https://cutt.ly/W0DsPVq ………………………………………………………………………………………. Enlaces citados en el podcast: Carme Jiménez Huertas Filóloga especializada en lingüística, escritora e investigadora http://carmejhuertas.blogspot.com/ INGENIERÍA LINGÜÍSTICA 1/4 - Niveles neurológicos y lenguaje – Carme Jiménez Huertas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF6Lvspofl4 Ingeniería lingüística 2/4 por Carme Jiménez Huertas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCnFgzsqVd8 INGENIERÍA LINGÜÍSTICA 3/4 – Cómo consiguen que obedezcamos - Carme Jiménez Huertas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx0ZPt4fxVQ INGENIERÍA LINGÜÍSTICA 4/4 – Cómo desprogramarnos - Carme Jiménez Huertas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hn6WNmgeZk Instituto Tavistock https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instituto_Tavistock El Instituto Tavistock y el Lavado de Cerebro Documental en Castellano HD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU7icT_wrTs Mundo pasado y mundo futuro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsMbHutQNqE CIENCIA QUE ENVENENA Y AMPUTA CEREBROS I https://tecnicopreocupado.com/2014/10/30/ciencia-que-envenena-y-amputa-cerebros/ CIENCIA QUE ENVENENA Y AMPUTA CEREBROS II https://tecnicopreocupado.com/2014/11/01/ciencia-que-envenena-y-amputa-cerebros-ii/ Top Manufacturing Companies in Ahmadabad https://www.glassdoor.co.in/Explore/top-manufacturing-companies-ahmadabad_IS.4,17_ISEC10015_IL.28,37_IM1090.htm MIRANDO HACIA ATRÁS VI: ANTICIPÁNDONOS A HG WELLS CUARTA PARTE https://tecnicopreocupado.com/2020/01/31/mirando-hacia-atras-vi-anticipandonos-a-hg-wells-cuarta-parte/ Familia Russell https://geneall.net/pt/familia-album/12241/russell/ Diccionario abierto de Español de Técnico preocupado https://www.significadode.org/colaborador/187396-1.htm DaB Radio 3punto 0 Episodio 14 Corrección Política Y Escuela De Frankfurt, Usar A Las Minorías Para El Control de Masas https://www.ivoox.com/dab-radio-3punto-0-episodio-14-correccion-politica-audios-mp3_rf_17709349_1.html ………………………………………………………………………………………. Música utilizada en este podcast: Tema inicial Heros ……………………………………………………………….. Epílogo Marwan - Necesito un Pais https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9em9f3aJs-c

Bienvenidos a un nuevo directo desde Twitter. Esta noche tendremos el gusto de tener con nosotros al escritor y periodista Manuel Valera. Si muchos de vosotros no lo conocéis es precisamente porque lo que cuenta Manuel no hace mucha gracia al poder y por ello es relegado en el mejor de los casos al ostracismo y en el peor a la mas dura de las censuras. El tema que nos propuso Manuel fue el de la manipulación del lenguaje y más concretamente todos estos aspectos: Discurso real frente a discurso aparente del poder. Empobrecimiento del lenguaje encaminado a un empobrecimiento del pensamiento. Palabras creadas para el esclavo. Traducción de sus expresiones. Diccionario para nuevos dummies. Ausencia de matices para encaminar al enfrentamiento. Acuñación de términos despectivos para desprestigiar al que no se somete o duda. Inoculación de conceptos y propaganda. Antes de entrar en todo esto junto al invitado me gustaria recordaros que en la descripción del podcast en Ivoox os dejaremos algunos de los mejores documentales y artículos sobre este tema y toda su relación con el control de la sociedad a través de grupos como el Instituto Tavistok o la ingeniería lingüística. Sobre este ultimo punto me gustaría que vieseis el magnifico documental de la filóloga especializada en lingüística, escritora e investigadora Carme Jiménez Huertas donde nos habla sobre los niveles neurológicos y el lenguaje. Nos explica cómo consiguen que obedezcamos y lo que es más importante nos enseña cómo desprogramarnos. Carme nos cuenta que desde el discurso público, se utilizan los mecanismos del lenguaje para la fijación de creencias, la generación de respuestas emocionales y la manipulación social. ¿Cómo han logrado el nivel actual de obediencia? La Filóloga Jiménez Huertas lo expone en varios puntos empezando por el fenómeno de la disidencia controlada, lo que serian los antiguos flautistas de Hamelin. Otro de los puntos es el llamado primado negativo donde a través de contarte una verdad, entre argumentos dramáticos, terror o de comedia, se genera en la memoria implícita un sentimiento de rechazo hacia esa información tomándola como falsa. Ocurre cuando nos presentan una futura realidad o programación predictiva de una forma surrealista, con emociones negativas asociadas, por lo cual cuando nos toca vivir esa realidad o relacionarnos con ese concepto, lo rechazamos a priori puesto que nuestro inconsciente lo asoció como algo improbable, fantasioso o destructivo. Todo esto sumado a la manipulación informativa y mediática que es donde suele obtener la información la mayoría de la gente y un control de las redes sociales e Internet para que muy poca gente conozca información realmente alternativa hacen que sea muy difícil encontrar la verdad sin manipular. Pongamos el ejemplo de como Google desindexó mi blog hace ya muchos años impidiendo que los navegadores accedan a mostrar resultados de mi blog en sus búsquedas. Hay artículos concretos a los que solo podrás acceder si dispones del enlace completo. Solo es verdad lo que sale en los medios oficiales de información. Esa idea es la que se genera en la población en general al ser bombardeados masivamente con la misma idea desde medios que a priori deberían ser independientes e incluso mostrar perspectivas diferentes. Sin embargo, ante ciertos temas como el cambio climático, la Agenda 2030, la defensa del genero frente al sexo, la violencia machista o muchos otros campos todos los medios al unísono repiten machaconamente las mismas ideas. O nos muestran las mismas noticias, incluso en el mismo orden y forma. Luego tenemos a los llamados fact checkers o verificadores de información cuyo único objetivo es la censura y la promoción de las entrecomillas “verdades oficiales”. Todo esto genera una gran cantidad de desinformación que circula libremente y hace que las personas normales desconfíen mucho más de obtener información fuera del circuito oficial de información. Las redes sociales y los medios de comunicación se dedican a mantener un clima constante de terror lo que hace que la población este bajo control mental y social. El Instituto Tavistock de Relaciones Humanas, en sus siglas TIHR, es una organización británica sin fines de lucro que aplica las ciencias sociales a cuestiones y problemas contemporáneos. Se desarrolló a partir de la Clínica Tavistock, creada por Sir Herbrand Arthur Russell, duque de Bedford y marques de Tavistock que cede un edificio en Londres y desempeñó un papel clave en la psiquiatría del ejército británico. Fue clave en la guerra psicológica durante la época de entreguerras y durante la segunda guerra mundial. Da la casualidad de que Sir Herbrand Arthur Russell fue el onceavo duque de Bedford y familiar del también Sir Bertrand Russell un simpático abuelito que tuvo un importantísimo papel en la educación de múltiples generaciones de profesores y catedráticos del mundo occidental. En un video que tuve el placer de hacer junto a Jorge Guerra titulado “Mundo pasado y mundo futuro” hablamos de como nos la metió doblada el señor Russell. Una de las primeras investigaciones del Instituto Tavistock fueron el trauma en los soldados británicos que habían luchado en la primera guerra mundial. Descubrir dónde está situado el punto mas allá del cual un soldado se quiebra psicológicamente les importaba sobremanera. Recordemos que en esa época estaba de moda el electroshock y las lobotomias tal y cómo les mostré en mis artículos CIENCIA QUE ENVENENA Y AMPUTA CEREBROS I y II. Se estableció formalmente como una entidad separada en septiembre de 1947 tras recibir una importante subvención de la Fundación Rockefeller. Durante las décadas de 1950 y 1960, el TIHR llevó a cabo una serie de proyectos exclusivos en colaboración con importantes empresas, incluidas Unilever, Ahmedabad Manufacturing, Calico Printing Co., Royal Dutch Shell, Bayer y Glacier Metals. Todas ellas importantísimas multinacionales a nivel mundial pero tenemos que creer que el susodicho instituto es una organización sin animo de lucro. Desde la entrada que hay en wikipedia se burlan sobre como los teóricos de la conspiración hablan sobre este instituto, por ejemplo sobre la supuesta teoría conspirativa de “la creación de la música rock y las drogas para rebelarse contra el status quo, socavando y finalmente destruyendo la unidad familiar» Pero si analizamos el libro "La perspectiva Científica" de "sir" Bertrand Russell comprenderemos que en 1931 ya se sabia por donde se iba a desenvolver la sociedad impulsada por esta dictadura científico satánica. Podemos leer en mi articulo MIRANDO HACIA ATRÁS VI: ANTICIPÁNDONOS A HG WELLS CUARTA PARTE: El Proyecto Radio fue una investigación social financiada por la Fundación Rockefeller para estudiar los efectos de los medios de comunicación en la sociedad. En 1937, la Fundación Rockefeller comenzó a financiar la investigación para encontrar los efectos de las nuevas formas de los medios de comunicación en la sociedad, en especial la radio. En 1938 Theodor Adorno filósofo alemán de origen judío cruza el Atlántico para instalarse en Nueva York, donde tenía su sede el Instituto de Investigación Social, una especie de Instituto Tavistock pero creado por la universidad de Frankfurt, y ayuda a crear el rock and roll a principios de la década de 1950. Fue el verdadero compositor de algunas canciones de los Beatles por ejemplo. Esto lo escribía Wells en 1940: “Es fácil convertir a un joven desempleado en un fascista o un gángster, pero es difícil devolverlo a cualquier tarea social decente. Además, el propio liderazgo del Campeón se debió en gran medida a su calidad conspirativa y aventurera. Él mismo no es apto para un trabajo creativo. Se encuentra un luchador a la cabeza de una manada de lucha.» «En todas partes del mundo, en diversas circunstancias locales, vemos gobiernos preocupados principalmente por este problema supremo de qué hacer con estos adultos jóvenes que no pueden trabajar en las condiciones actuales. Tenemos que darnos cuenta de eso y tenerlo constantemente presente. Está allí en todos los países.» «¿Cómo vamos a usar o apagar este excedente de energía humana? Los jóvenes son el núcleo vivo de nuestra especie. La generación de menos de dieciséis o diecisiete años aún no ha comenzado a causar problemas, y después de los cuarenta, el reflujo de la vitalidad hace que los hombres acepten la suerte que les corresponde.« En la página 133 de “El misterio del club de los 27: La manipulación de la industria musical” nos cuentan cómo el señor Adorno era el mago que evolucionó a los Beatles de cucarachas a mariposas. Cuando Michael Jackson intentó adquirir los derechos de las canciones de los Beatles descubrió que éstas pertenecían a los herederos del señor Adorno. Realmente nada es lo que parece y desde luego no deberían fiarse de nada que vds no puedan investigar por su propia cuenta. Si aparece como por ensalmo por todas las cadenas de televisión a la vez habría que dar un paso atrás y empezar a sospechar de que nos quieren vender algo. ………………………………………………………………………………………. Cuando surgió el COVID estaba claro que algo muy gordo y muy oscuro estaban tramando. Todo un nuevo lenguaje surgió como de la nada: Asintomáticos, PCR, pandemia, Coronavirus, desescalada, mascarilla, nueva normalidad, confinamiento, Coronavirus, COVID-19 y SARS-CoV-2, Estado de alarma, distanciamiento social, gel hidroalcohólico y cuarentena. Desde buscadores de la verdad empleamos un lenguaje totalmente diferente que expresaba la realidad de lo que nos rodeaba: Tragipandemia Dícese de la pandemia creada exprofeso para maximizar el miedo y minimizar el problema epidémico real ya que se trata de dramatizar un evento epidemiólogico convencional Balconazi Dícese de las personas que amparadas en el anónimato que les proporcionaba espiar desde su balcón denunciaban a la policía a la gente que estaba en la calle durante el confinamiento por el coronavirus. Telecreyente Persona o grupo de personas que creen a pies juntillas cualquier información que aparezca por televisión sin contrastarla ni dudar lo más mínimo. Oficialnoico Dícese de la persona o grupo de personas que se creen sin rechistar cualquier idea que provenga de los llamados sectores oficiales, el Estado, el Gobierno, sus instituciones académicas o de estamentos u organizaciones internacionales como la ONU, el Banco mundial, el FMI u otras similares. Por otra parte estas personas reniegan de cualquier otra información que provenga de medios no oficiales ya sean medios de comunicación alternativos, investigadores independientes o del propio sentido común. Covidiano Un covidiano es una persona que se ha creído todo lo que desde los mass media, el gobierno y las instituciones le han contado sobre la Tragipandemia. Por más ridículas que sean las exigencias a cumplir un buen covidiano no se formulara ninguna pregunta ni mostrará recelo a la hora de cumplirlas. El nombre de covidiano proviene del nombre de la pandemia COVID19. Un covidiano es un buen telecreyente y se informa por TV de todas las novedades sobre la pandemia. Coronatimo La pandemia de coronavirus SarsCov2 se instaló sin apenas oposición en el mundo occidental pero hubo una parte de la población que no se la creyo, que pensaron que habían sido engañados o timados. Por ello el coronavirus pasó a denominarse coronatimo dentro lo que se llamó la tragipandemia o la plandemia Bozalistán Dícese del antiguo país llamado España que un buen día amaneció lleno de mascarillas por culpa de una Tragipandemia. Estas mascarillas eran conocidas como bozales, de ahí el término bozalistán. Covidganda Al uso abusivo de la propaganda dentro de la campaña de terror informativo de la Tragipandemia del covid19. Coronacircus La Tragipandemia terminó convirtiéndose en una especie de circo donde cada día había alguna medida para prevenir la plandemia más absurda que la anterior. Mientras algunas personas llamaban al pensamiento que desmontaba el coronatimo como magufo y conspiranoico otras tildaban a esas personas como covidianos Satanicario Dícese de la mezcla de sanitario, satanista y sicario. Se trataría de una clase de sanitarios que ya existía antes de la Tragipandemia pero que escondidos en sus quehaceres pasaban desaparecidos ya que desde su posición podían asesinar a un paciente sin tener ningún problema. Un satanicario aprueba y acepta cualquier norma estúpida que provenga de los que han planificado la Tragipandemia que estamos sufriendo desde finales del 2019. PCR Desde Buscadores de la verdad dijimos desde un principio que la técnica de biología molecular PCR Polymerase Chain Reaction ("Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa") era un fraude para detectar carga viral o detectar virus. Por ello nosotros hablamos de esta técnica como Kit de caldo para paella porque para nosotros las siglas significan Paella Caldo Recipe. Asimismo los gaditanos hablan de que el PCR es Puchero, Croquetas y Ropa vieja. En Galicia hablan de Pulpo, Calamares y Raxo. Covinazi Cuando un covidiano se vuelve completamente irracional se convierte en un covinazi que es la contracción de nazi y covidiano. Un covinazi es capaz de denunciar a su propia familia en caso de resultar contagiado tras hacerse un test PCR Bozadicción Trauma que mantendrán muchas personas y que les permitirá seguir llevando máscarillas aunque no sean obligatorias. Es una adicción sobretodo de los covidianos que mantienen la Tragipandemia operativa Asintomágico Dícese de las personas sanas que gracias a los test PCR pasan a ser supuestos enfermos de Covid y mantienen en funcionamiento la Tragipandemia. Covimonguer Dícese de la contracción entre covidiano y mongolo. Se trataría de definir a una clase de seres humanos que gracias a ser un telecreyente ha caído en un estado catatónico donde no saben regirse sin seguir las directrices que provienen del Estado en referencia a la Tragipandemia Vacuñao Se llama así a las personas que sin tener ningún tipo de conocimiento acerca de las vacunas, del sistema inmunológico o de medicina nos arengan a vacunarnos a los que nos sentimos en la obligación de hacer uso del sentido común y no denominar vacuna a un tratamiento genético. Se puede aplicar este término para describir a más de un experto con título académico que dice defender la ciencia pero que termina bloqueandote en las redes si le muestras lo que dice la ciencia de verdad y que evidencia que su conocimiento no pasa a ser mejor que el de un cuñado cualquiera. Repentinitis Dícese de las muertes que empezaron a darse de manera repentina tras la vacunación masiva que se produjo durante la Tragipandemia Nazipass Otra forma de llamar al pase nazitario es nazipass de la contracción entre pasaporte y nazi. “En la Alemania nazi se implementó el Gesundheitspass o "pase de salud" que en realidad era un pase para comprobar la pureza de la sangre aria” “Si introducimos esa palabra en la actualidad nos llevará a las páginas oficiales del gobierno austriaco y alemán para registrarnos y conseguir estos nuevos pases verdes” La segregación entre vacunados (puros según la oficialidad actual) y no vacunados (impuros) es exactamente lo mismo que pasó en esos guetos donde se apartaba a los no puros. Este pasaporte sanitario se mantiene en pie gracias a la gente que se ha vuelto covinazi Proctoculo Palabra derivada de protocolo y que significa que un protocolo médico o de otro tipo se aplica mal adrede o viene ya diseñado para que su aplicación cause daños de algún tipo. Sería como realizar algo "como el culo". ………………………………………………………………………………………. El poder de la palabra El poder de la palabra es evidente, porque es a través del lenguaje como se sustancia el pensamiento. Manipular el lenguaje es manipular el pensamiento, la percepción y también el sentimiento de la gente. Por eso, la cara oscura del poder de la palabra es la palabra en manos del poder. Ahí está la cita de que las guerras no comienzan cuando se da el primer tiro, sino cuando los medios de comunicación pasan a emplear una semántica bélica. Los medios de comunicación, que jamás me cansaré de decir que son la correa de transmisión del poder, no están comprados por el poder, sino que pertenecen a él. Y recordamos que su misión es la de inocular tres elementos en la gente: 1. Miedo. 2. Odio. 3. Mentira. Además de elegir lo que es noticia y lo que no lo es, un elemento primordial para ellos, la manipulación, en efecto, está en la palabra. George Orwell nos lo dejó bien claro, y dedicó una serie de ensayos magníficos sobre el asunto. Porque no ha cambiado nada en este sentido nunca. Ahora tienen más medios, pero la estrategia es la misma. César, Napoleón o Stalin seguramente soñaron húmedamente con tener a su disposición los medios de persuasión de los que el poder dispone hoy en día. Paradójicamente, cuanto más poderosos se vuelven esos medios, más fácil es salir de su alcance. Parece mentira, pero es así. Nosotros lo estamos comprobando desde hace al menos cuatro años. En mi caso, por motivos laborales, más allá incluso. Yo me entero de lo que mantiene preocupada y distraída a la gente porque cuando voy al bar me sacan temas de conversación que desconozco por completo. Me voy enterando de las bobadas con las que los entretienen a posteriori, cuando ya se prepara la siguiente dosis de droga informativa. Discurso real y discurso aparente Hace dos o tres décadas, todavía se discutía si existe un poder que gobierne el mundo o no. Hoy esta discusión ya ha sido superada por muchos de nosotros, que no contamos con la sospecha, sino con la certeza de que esto es así. Lo hemos visto en las grandes operaciones de los de arriba contra la población: la plandemia, las crisis económicas, las guerras... Actúan de un modo coordinado, a una misma voz, y los políticos, que son empleados de los poderosos, de los realmente poderosos, se limitan a obedecer y a ejecutar las órdenes criminales que avasallan a la gente. Pues bien, si partimos de esta premisa, habrá que admitir que, salvo los de arriba del todo, no voy a entrar en la identidad de los mismos porque esa línea de debate nos ocuparía todo el programa y nos sacaría del tema de hoy, nadie tiene poder. Nadie. Ni los presidentes, ni los ministros, ni los ejecutivos, ni los directores de empresa, ni los funcionarios del ayuntamiento, ni tu jefe, ni tu presidente de escalera. Nadie tiene al poder. El poder es el que te tiene a ti. El poder te da una sensación de poder, valga la redundancia, pero eres tú la posesión de ese monstruo. Y el poder produce en las personas dos efectos que, dependiendo de la honradez y la bondad de cada cual, tardan más o menos en manifestarse: 1. Manía persecutoria. Todos los que se sienten persuadidos de tener poder piensan que el mundo conspira para quitarlos del puesto que ocupan. 2. Esquizofrenia. Doble personalidad. Los desdobla. Son capaces de lo peor, arrancándose del ser que fueron. "Probablemente en su pueblo se los recordará como a cachorros de buenas personas", dice Joan Manuel Serrat muy acertadamente. Este doble juego está muy relacionado con el hecho de que el poder miente sin descanso. No puede decir la verdad, está inhabilitado para ello. Todo cuanto proviene de una instancia oficial, todo lo que tiene el sello de una institución relacionada con el poder, es mentira. Las fake news, las noticias falsas, son una expresión redundante: no hay noticia que no sea falsa, ya que siempre incluye un sesgo, una valoración, una ocultación. Te dicen sólo lo que les conviene para que actúes como les conviene a ellos. Y esto nos conduce a esa distinción entre discurso real y discurso aparente. Cada vez que se hace una declaración oficial, una promesa electoral, una proclama desde una alta instancia, se dice una cosa pero se quiere decir otra. Por ejemplo: la Ley de la Restauración de la Naturaleza. No restaura nada. A lo que aspira es a separarnos de la naturaleza para imponernos una perversión de laboratorio creada por ellos. No hay una vuelta a nada. En la palabra Restauración está la mentira. El discurso aparente dice: Restauración, como si se estuviese trabajando para regresar a un estado anterior, ideal, bueno, antes de que llegase la actividad humana, a la que se condena por perjudicial. Pero el discurso real es el contrario: se está intentando que te conviertas en un animal estabulado, sometido al antojo de las grandes corporaciones en materia de alimentación, venenos, control demográfico... Empobrecimiento del lenguaje: empobrecimiento del pensamiento La sintaxis es una cualidad del alma, dice el poeta Paul Valery. Yo sé que hay mucha gente que aquí me objetaría la diferencia entre alma y espíritu, pero hay que tomar en consideración la intención de Valery, y no la nuestra. Él quiso decir que es algo que está más allá de lo tangible, y que por lo tanto, nuestra capacidad de dejarnos permear por un lenguaje rico y lleno de matices es la que a su vez nos permitirá considerar el mundo en el que vivimos de un modo más fino. El poder quiere que pienses en términos de dicotomía: bueno y malo, propio y ajeno, amigos y enemigos... No hay puntos medios, no hay grises. Resulta mucho más fácil dejarse arrastrar por la oleada, no pensar, adquirir el juicio ya hecho por lo que dicen los telediarios. Putin, malo. Trump, malo. Biden, bueno... Lo cierto es que son todos malos, malos en el sentido de que resultan perjudiciales para nosotros, para la gente. Porque todo lo que proviene de ese alto poder, del poder de verdad, actúa contra nosotros. Es muy fácil para ellos pegar el volantazo y convertir a los buenos en malos y viceversa. Todos recordamos como Sadam Huseín pasó de ser bueno a malo en cuestión de días. Fue un tonto útil, evidentemente. Y qué decir de Muammar el Gaddafi. Hoy lo estamos viendo con Putin. Fabrican malos. Enemigos. Y eso es muy rápido de hacer cuando el lenguaje se ha limitado a catalogar todo lo existente como una dicotomía, como un juego de opuestos. Imaginemos que nos eliminarán los nombres referentes a los colores. Sólo nos quedaría una distinción entre claros y oscuros. Y sólo con ese juicio acabaríamos percibiendo el mundo. Un mundo que se iría apagando, en blanco y negro, hacia la penumbra. Pues esto que decimos como ejemplo de los colores es lo que hacen con todos los asuntos. Todos. A o B. Y además ellos te dicen qué es lo que tienes que defender: o A o B.Son tan perversos que usualmente A y B son malos, por cierto. Palabras creadas para el esclavo: términos despectivos El lenguaje, de este modo, es usado por el poder como una de esas máquinas con las que poner los precios en los productos. Una etiquetadora. Porque en eso convierten a los conceptos: en etiquetas. Así que hay que crear etiquetas para emplearlas contra todos aquellos que pongan en duda, aunque sea una mínima duda, los dictados del poder. Así, tenemos que a los que nos negamos a obedecer a la dictadura plandémica nos llaman negacionistas. Un término, por cierto, que proviene de la propaganda ejercida contra todos aquellos que se atreviesen a dudar de que la Segunda Guerra Mundial fue ganada por los buenos. Como si no hubiesen pertenecido todos al mismo bando, como si hubiese habido buenos y malos. Negacionista, por lo tanto, es una etiqueta reutilizada, les da igual. Conspiracionista. Esto proviene me parece de las dudas creadas en torno al asesinato de Kennedy. Todo aquel que no comulgara con la versión pedestre y oficial, delirante, del asesinato de Kennedy, era un conspiracionista. Creo que ahora tienen más: terraplanista, por ejemplo, que emplean contra todo ya. O expresiones como "no crees en la ciencia", otra etiqueta, como si el espíritu que inspira sus crímenes estuviese basado en la ciencia. Así, la persona con poca valentía, o que siente un gregarismo fuerte, evita a toda costa ser etiquetado. Ah, que eres, antivacunas, me han llegado a decir a mí, simplemente por expresar mi rechazo a dejarme ser envenenado. Y ni siquiera hablaba de las denominadas vacunas. Las etiquetas pueden acuñarse sin problema. Y como cuentan con esos medios, la repetición les otorga vigencia. Inoculación de conceptos y propaganda La propaganda la inventó la Iglesia, eso es lo que nos enseñaron en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Información. Pero es anterior. La propaganda es un sistema organizado para mentir a las masas. Cuando el faraón egipcio Ramsés II "empató" con los hititas, ya empleó esa maquinaria. Ramsés II les dijo a los egipcios que había ganado él la batalla. Los hititas les dijeron lo mismo a los suyos. Y ambos pueblos, persuadidos, engañados, creyeron las mentiras de sus gobernantes. Porque ninguno tenía modo de comprobar que la realidad era otra. Esto es muy importante: la propaganda choca contra la realidad. Lo vemos de manera muy sencilla cuando se habla de economía. Todos los gobiernos venden que la cosa va viento en popa. "España va bien", recordamos como un mantra que se repetía aquí a finales de los noventa. O "Ya hay brotes verdes", cuando la estafa de 2008. Ahora no es distinto: la economía está destrozada, el empobrecimiento es generalizado y se va acelerando, pero ellos no dejan de publicar sus logros. No dejan de mentir. ¿Cuándo deja de ser efectiva la propaganda? Cuando el engañado pasa hambre. Cuando le matan a la familia. Cuando sus seres queridos enferman y se van para el cementerio. Cuando es demasiado tarde. Por eso urge desoírlos. No escuchar siquiera las mentiras que se van inventando día a día. La sobreinformación Una noticia está en activo hasta que llega la siguiente. Como no se trata de temas importantes, sino de asuntos creados artificialmente para distraer al personal, da igual el contenido en sí del escándalo. Que si un político robando, como si eso pudiera ser novedad. Que si un desastre natural. Que si un accidente. Que si una indignación con un tema de consumo. La gente tiene una capacidad limitada para enterarse, para asimilar, para deglutir. Y la información ha llegado al punto de ser continua, como en un banquete en el que se te estuviese obligando a tragar continuamente. ¿Cuándo hace la digestión ese comensal? Nunca. ¿Cuándo se entera de algo? Nunca. Por eso digo: la gente más informada que conozco actualmente es la desinformada. Yo he tenido la suerte de entrar en contacto con gente extremadamente sensible y ajena a toda esta basura en los últimos días. Estar con ellos es regresar a los temas importantes: los sentimientos, nuestra verdadera esencia, quiénes somos, cómo nos relacionamos, qué temas nos preocupan y nos ocupan, pero de verdad. Pues os puedo garantizar que después de muchas y muy gratas horas, no recuerdo ni un sólo segundo hablando de temas de telediario. Porque hablábamos de temas reales. Traducción de expresiones: Igualdad: desigualdad ejercida por ley. Migración: Inmigración o emigración. Datos oficiales: mentiras avaladas por el poder. ... (AQUÍ PODEMOS ESTIRARNOS CUANTO QUERAMOS, SERÍA BUENO AMPLIAR LA LISTA) Valoración final La palabra es como una flecha. Es más: la palabra es una flecha. Pero no es lo mismo que la flecha la lance una diosa arquera, en cuyo caso sabremos que se nos clavará con gozo, a que nos la lance un ser malvado y que busca nuestra ruina. La palabra tiene que estar afilada, estilizada, tenemos que tener el carcaj lleno de palabras ricas, suculentas, variadas, preciosas, palabras de todos los calibres, para saber distinguir entre lo que nos ocultan y lo que necesitamos. Saudade, dicen los portugueses, que el otro día estuve en Portugal. Tienen una palabra lenta, paciente, oidora, estos señores de la Raya con los que pasé una mañana magnífica y sin prisas. Tenemos que ir armados con sinónimos, con palabras de belleza, de amor, de comprensión, de libertad. ………………………………………………………………………………………. Hemos empezado hablando de uno de los miembros de la familia Russell, el onceavo duque de Bedford y marques de Tavistock creador del Instituto del mismo nombre…y ahora vamos hablar de otro de sus familiares, el idealizado sobretodo por la izquierda Bertrand Russell, cuyos libros son del dominio publico salvo curiosamente los que iban dirigidos a las clases dirigentes y a los profesores y catedráticos que moldearon las mentes de los jóvenes. Algunas citas de Bertrand Russell de su libro "The Scientific Outlook" (La Perspectiva Científica) editado en 1931: "Las sociedades científicas están todavía en pañales. Con el avance de la psicología y la fisiología se espera que los gobiernos tengan más control del que ya tienen sobre la mentalidad individual, incluso en los países totalitarios. Como Fitche explicó, la educación escolar debería tener el objeto de destruir la voluntad libre, para que los estudiantes, después de dejar el colegio y durante el resto de sus vidas, sean incapaces de pensar o actuar de una manera contraria a la esperada por sus profesores." "Dieta, inyecciones y órdenes se combinarán, desde una edad muy temprana, para producir el tipo de personalidad y creencias que las autoridades consideren deseables, y cualquier crítica grave a los poderes será, de hecho, psicológicamente imposible." "La disciplina progresará más rápidamente cuando esté bajo los auspicios de una dictadura científica... Los psicólogos sociales del futuro tendrán varias clases de alumnos en los que podrán intentar producir, con métodos diferentes, la fuerte convicción de que la nieve es negra. Pronto llegarán a varios resultados. Primero, que la influencia del hogar es obstructiva. Segundo, que no se puede hacer mucho si el adoctrinamiento no empieza antes de los diez años. Tercero, que las directrices a las que se les pone música y son cantadas resultan muy efectivas. Cuarto, que opinar que la nieve sea blanca debe mostrar un gusto mórbido por la excentricidad... El trabajo de los científicos del futuro es perfeccionar esas máximas y calcular cuánto costará hacer que los alumnos crean que la nieve es negra, y cuánto costará convencerlos de que es solamente gris oscura." "Aunque esta ciencia se estudiará con diligencia, será estrictamente confinada a la clase gobernante. Al pueblo no se le permitirá conocer que sus creencias fueron generadas. Cuando este método se haya perfeccionado, y haya habido una generación de control sobre la educación escolar, el gobierno tendrá la capacidad de controlar a sus sometidos firmemente, sin necesidad de ejército o policía." En 1950, Russell recibió el premio Nobel de Literatura "en reconocimiento a su variada e importante narrativa, en la cual defiende los ideales humanitarios y la libertad de pensamiento.” Esto amigos es siempre la doble moral con la que operan estos desgraciados y que impide que la mayoría de la población siquiera sea consciente de que existe un obscenario detrás del escenario como decia Pedro Bustamante. Nos despedimos por hoy diciéndoles sin ambages ni dobles sentidos que no tengan miedo, que amen lo máximo que puedan y que cuiden a sus familias. Chao. ………………………………………………………………………………………. Invitados: mvaleraes @mmvaleraes En mi web, http://mvalera.es tengo bastante más material con el que me gano miles de "amigos". …. Dra Yane #JusticiaParaUTP @ayec98_2 Médico y Buscadora de la verdad. Con Dios siempre! No permito q me dividan c/izq -derecha, raza, religión ni nada de la Creación. https://youtu.be/TXEEZUYd4c0 …. UTP Ramón Valero @tecn_preocupado Un técnico Preocupado un FP2 IVOOX UTP http://cutt.ly/dzhhGrf BLOG http://cutt.ly/dzhh2LX Ayúdame desde mi Crowfunding aquí https://cutt.ly/W0DsPVq ………………………………………………………………………………………. Enlaces citados en el podcast: Carme Jiménez Huertas Filóloga especializada en lingüística, escritora e investigadora http://carmejhuertas.blogspot.com/ INGENIERÍA LINGÜÍSTICA 1/4 - Niveles neurológicos y lenguaje – Carme Jiménez Huertas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF6Lvspofl4 Ingeniería lingüística 2/4 por Carme Jiménez Huertas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCnFgzsqVd8 INGENIERÍA LINGÜÍSTICA 3/4 – Cómo consiguen que obedezcamos - Carme Jiménez Huertas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx0ZPt4fxVQ INGENIERÍA LINGÜÍSTICA 4/4 – Cómo desprogramarnos - Carme Jiménez Huertas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hn6WNmgeZk Instituto Tavistock https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instituto_Tavistock El Instituto Tavistock y el Lavado de Cerebro Documental en Castellano HD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU7icT_wrTs Mundo pasado y mundo futuro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsMbHutQNqE CIENCIA QUE ENVENENA Y AMPUTA CEREBROS I https://tecnicopreocupado.com/2014/10/30/ciencia-que-envenena-y-amputa-cerebros/ CIENCIA QUE ENVENENA Y AMPUTA CEREBROS II https://tecnicopreocupado.com/2014/11/01/ciencia-que-envenena-y-amputa-cerebros-ii/ Top Manufacturing Companies in Ahmadabad https://www.glassdoor.co.in/Explore/top-manufacturing-companies-ahmadabad_IS.4,17_ISEC10015_IL.28,37_IM1090.htm MIRANDO HACIA ATRÁS VI: ANTICIPÁNDONOS A HG WELLS CUARTA PARTE https://tecnicopreocupado.com/2020/01/31/mirando-hacia-atras-vi-anticipandonos-a-hg-wells-cuarta-parte/ Familia Russell https://geneall.net/pt/familia-album/12241/russell/ Diccionario abierto de Español de Técnico preocupado https://www.significadode.org/colaborador/187396-1.htm DaB Radio 3punto 0 Episodio 14 Corrección Política Y Escuela De Frankfurt, Usar A Las Minorías Para El Control de Masas https://www.ivoox.com/dab-radio-3punto-0-episodio-14-correccion-politica-audios-mp3_rf_17709349_1.html ………………………………………………………………………………………. Música utilizada en este podcast: Tema inicial Heros ÚRSULA prod FÉNIX - OPUS FINITUS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsbqrQCe6HE Batir Lázarus - Cambio, corto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rofw6T8epmM Residente, Nino Freestyle - Jerga Platanera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXU4lcLa81o Def con Dos - España es idiota https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXvTLGslkIM Akrata - Manipulación https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNnnHfiDxLQ Calle 13 - Los idiotas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJBqtLe3d5k ÚRSULA prod FÉNIX - PENTOTAL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4duhAEAKKWg ……………………………………………………………….. Epílogo Marwan - Necesito un Pais https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9em9f3aJs-c

Welcome to another episode of ‘Crack The MBA Show'. Our guest today is Vivek Varma who is a second-year student at University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. Vivek graduated from UPES with a B.Tech. in Applied Petroleum Engineering. Thereafter, he worked at the intersection of energy, finance, and technology at Royal Dutch Shell as a data engineer and senior business analyst for almost 5 years. At Ross, Vivek is President of Indian Subcontinent Business Association, International Chair, Open Road Fellow, MTrek Lead, member of Ross Follies, contributor to Business Beyond Usual Podcast and winner of EY Consulting Case Competition. In the summer after first year, Vivek pursued an internship with LEK Consulting in Boston.   00:00:00 Start 00:00:38 Introduction 00:02:30 Fun Fact 00:04:52 Winning Habits & Influences           00:10:02 MBA Admissions Timeline 00:12:42 GMAT  00:17:25 Letters of Recommendation 00:18:34 Essays 00:19:26 Resume 00:19:57 Interview Prep  00:25:49 Ross Admissions: Evaluation Rubric  00:27:45 Approaching Ross's Essays 00:31:29 Identifying Essay Anecdotes 00:33:11 Ross Interview Experience & Tips  00:36:09 Overcoming Weaknesses 00:40:15 Financing Your MBA 00:44:38 Pre-MBA Internship Opportunities 00:46:05 Sporting Culture at Michigan 00:51:02 Experience Living in Ann Arbor 00:58:02 MAP Experience 01:00:12 MTrek 01:02:38 Academic Highlights at Ross 01:04:47 Consulting Internship Recruiting 01:07:46 Internship Recruiting for Indians 01:11:43 Final Advice   Thank you for watching!   —   Nupur Gupta is the founder of Crack The MBA (https://crackthemba.com), India's leading MBA admissions consulting firm. Every year, Crack The MBA's clients attend ivy league, M7 and other top MBA programs globally. Nupur is a graduate of the full-time MBA program at The Wharton School. She has been recognized by Economic Times among the 'Most Promising Women Leaders', by Business Insider among the 'World's Leading Admissions Consultants', along with other honors. Nupur served two terms as president and two terms on the board of the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants (AIGAC) - the primary industry association in MBA admissions.   Follow Nupur and ‘Crack The MBA' on our social media platforms for more updates: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nupurgupt/ https://www.facebook.com/CrackTheMBA/ https://www.instagram.com/crackthemba/   Disclaimer: The opinions shared by guests in this video in no way, shape or form represent advisory provided by Crack The MBA. Each candidate's circumstances may vary, and our advice is always provided specifically based on an applicant's specific profile.

Today Laura and Kevin talk to Colin Gounden the CEO and co-founder of VIA about privacy and energy. We discuss why data privacy matters in energy, if the average person really cares about privacy, compensating renters for sharing in energy conservation, how EV owners think about privacy,  which countries are the most (and least) advanced in data privacy, the 2014 class action lawsuit against Honda, Toyota, VW and GM about data collection in cars, why cars are even our collecting data and whether smart meters are worth "Big Brother" watching us. We also discuss a federal privacy law, what you can infer about someone based on their energy usage, the Justice40 initiative, and George Clooney. Colin Gounden is CEO and co-founder of VIA. Colin recruited five of the top 20 global utilities and the U.S. Department of Defense as co-developers and now major users of VIA's Trusted Analytics Chain™ (TAC™), a data privacy-enhancing blockchain-based platform. With seven patents issued and nine pending, TAC™ is the bridge that securely connects infrastructure data, distributed across many locations, to AI solutions. Previously, Colin was the first investor and board director of five MIT and Harvard spinouts, focused on energy and deep science technologies. Two of these spinouts became profitable in their first year of operations and three of them are now valued at more than $400M each. In 2009, he sold Grail Research, where he was founder and CEO. Under Colin's leadership, Grail Research grew from its first employee to more than 300 full-time employees in three years. In the 2000s, Colin was a partner and elected board director at a top five global strategy consulting and private equity investment firm with $2Bn in assets under management. He started his career with IBM working with utilities in Europe and North America before co-founding a database-driven web-development company based in London, with major customers such as Royal Dutch Shell. Colin has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fast Company, Wired, and the Financial Times. He is also a frequent guest speaker on the subject of blockchain and energy at events held by industry experts and energy regulators (public utilities commissions and FERC). Colin's leadership at VIA has been featured in seven Harvard Business School case studies, three with VIA. Colin graduated from Harvard University.

In this episode, Katie talks with Frank Uit de Weerd, CRR Global faculty member and co-author of Systems Inspired Leadership, about the benefits of a systems inspired approach to organizational change. Across the conversation, they discuss:The importance of preparing for the changeWays of working more skilfully with emergent changeEdge crossing and helping organizations to look for minimal viable edgesThe difference between change management and change leadershipThe importance of slowing down Frank Uit de Weerd is an organizational psychologist and executive/team/systems coach with extensive experience in leadership development, business innovation and cultural transformation. He builds on more than 25 years of international experience in Human Resources with Royal Dutch Shell, where he held assignments in Europe (Netherlands, Belgium, UK), Africa (Gabon) and Asia (Malaysia). He believes that it's critical for organizations to create a work environment where people feel safe to bring their whole person and where they are supported and encouraged to step into their magnificence. These so-called human-centered organizations create superior results and are key for building a better, more conscious and sustainable world.For over 20 years, CRR Global has accompanied leaders, teams, and practitioners on their journey to build stronger relationships by focusing on the relationship itself, not only the individuals occupying it. This leads to a community of changemakers around the world. Supported by a global network of Faculty and Partners, we connect, inspire, and equip change agents to shift systems, one relationship at a timeWe believe Relationship Matters, from humanity to nature, to the larger whole.

On this episode, Nate is joined by co-founder of GMO Financial Holdings, Jeremy Grantham, to discuss how finance, human population, ecology, and pollution interact to shape current trends and what they could tell us about the future. Mr. Grantham unpacks why the expectations of perpetual growth - in the economy, standards of living, and finance - are not so likely and that when looking at the system holistically we should expect large paradigm shifts in the coming decades. What can the pattern of super (stock market) bubbles over the last century tell us about the larger resource bubble we find ourselves in? How will rapidly changing population demographics and fertility rates interact with the other global crises we face? How might endocrine disrupting chemicals impact these other trends? Where should investors be focusing energy and resources towards to make the largest and most positive impact on human and planetary futures?  About Jeremy Grantham Jeremy Grantham co-founded GMO in 1977 and is a member of GMO's Asset Allocation team, serving as the firm's long-term investment strategist. He is a member of the GMO Board of Directors, a partner of the firm, and has also served on the investment boards of several non-profit organizations. Prior to GMO's founding, Mr. Grantham was co-founder of Batterymarch Financial Management in 1969 where he recommended commercial indexing in 1971, one of several claims to being first. He began his investment career as an economist with Royal Dutch Shell. Mr. Grantham earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Sheffield (U.K.) and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, holds a CBE from the UK and is a recipient of the Carnegie Medal for Philanthropy. For Show Notes and More visit: https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/99-jeremy-grantham  To watch this video episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/cTvN9iFJ0fY 

Nick Bartlett is the Co-founder and the Director of Marketing and Sales at CBIP Logistics. Using its global network of partners, CBIP provides supply chain strategies and logistics services to create an easier and more adaptable way for any sized business to streamline the process. With a central office in Hong Kong, CBIP has expanded its network from the Asia Pacific region to North America to the UK to secure the most optimized and efficient logistics and fulfillment options available. Nick has over 12 years of experience in logistics, e-commerce, marketing, supply chain management, and the traditional retail space across multiple regions. At CBIP, Nick closely monitors new markets and believes successful business operations come through value-based relationships. Before CBIP Logistics, he was the Owner and Head of Sales at InXpress and served as a Sales and Marketing Management Consultant for Royal Dutch Shell.  In this episode… Running a successful e-commerce brand requires more than a good product and an attractive website — you must be able to handle the logistics process efficiently. In the wake of rising e-commerce and global manufacturing, logistics has become a complicated industry with supply chains spread across multiple regions and countries. Is your business equipped to source logistics partners at a moment's notice? From managing inventory to shipping products and handling returns, logistics can be challenging for e-commerce entrepreneurs. Fortunately, there is a solution that can help streamline your logistics operations while complying with global regulations so you can take your business to the next level. Nick Bartlett recommends hiring a fourth-party logistics service provider to help you navigate this complex landscape, including dealing with unexpected shipping delays, managing your inventory more efficiently, and handling returns and customer service issues. In this episode of the Quiet Light Podcast, Pat Yates sits down with Nick Bartlett, Co-founder and the Director of Marketing and Sales at CBIP Logistics, to discuss logistics solutions for your business. Nick talks about logistic options, CBIP's business model and success stories, its 4PL approach, and how it solves the logistics challenges entrepreneurs face. 

On this episode, Nate is joined by energy industry professional Joris van der Schot to explain the basics of oil refineries, their limitations, and other cultural narratives about energy. Oil is the lifeblood of our economies, yet most of us know so little about how it actually becomes all the different final products that we use. Just how massive is the scale of our energy consumption? How flexible and resilient are oil refineries to shifting oil demand? Can we keep an open mind to realistic and helpful innovations while also grounding our preparations for the future in practical energy strategy ahead of The Great Simplification? About Joris van der Schot Joris van der Schot is a former Royal Dutch Shell executive with over a decade of international experience in the oil industry, where he held roles as a control systems engineer, corporate strategy advisor, refinery economist and lastly, the company's global aviation gasoline supply manager.After a sabbatical year in Provence, Joris left the oil industry and set out on a quest to accelerate the clean energy transition through breakthrough technology. He currently works at french scale-up Energy Pool, providing storage and other flexibility services that enable the integration of renewable energy on the electricity grid. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kmzzIWkTLyU More info, and show notes: https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/93-joris-van-der-schot 

Welcome to The Hydrogen Podcast!In episode 250, KBR gets a big win with HyNet and could hydrogen be a $328 billion market by 2030. I'll go over all of this and give my thoughts on today's hydrogen podcast.Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy the podcast. Please feel free to email me at info@thehydrogenpodcast.com with any questions. Also, if you wouldn't mind subscribing to my podcast using your preferred platform... I would greatly appreciate it. Respectfully,Paul RoddenEPISODE SPONSOR:From water electolyzers to flow batteries and fuel cells, Nafion™ Proton Exchange Membranes play a major role in advancing the Hydrogen Economy. Through their high conductivity, superior strength, and chemical durability,Nafion™ membranes provide the performance needed to make green hydrogen safer, more sustainable, and more affordable. Learn how Nafion™ ion exchange materials support the decarbonization of energy across the globe at www.nafion.com. VISIT THE HYDROGEN PODCAST WEBSITEhttps://thehydrogenpodcast.comDEMO THE H2 ADVANTAGEhttps://keyhydrogen.com/hydrogen-location-analytics-software/ CHECK OUT OUR BLOGhttps://thehydrogenpodcast.com/blog/WANT TO SPONSOR THE PODCAST? Send us an email to: info@thehydrogenpodcast.comNEW TO HYDROGEN AND NEED A QUICK INTRODUCTION?Start Here: The 6 Main Colors of Hydrogen

The politics of disaster series continues with a dive into the devastating environmental and human rights abuses perpetrated by the Royal Dutch Shell oil company in the Niger Delta region. For decades, the local communities have suffered from massive oil spills, gas flaring, and deforestation, leading to loss of livelihoods, contaminated water, and severe health impacts.Despite ongoing legal battles and international pressure, Shell continues to avoid accountability, highlighting the need for a global response to corporate environmental negligence.Remember to leave 5-stars and share with a friend!

In this episode, Lisa sits down with Leslie Mays, Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer for the Gates Foundation, to deliver thoughts and insights about organizational culture, experimenting with a hybrid, globally distributed workforce struck by the pandemic, and navigating your employees and their welfare — first and foremost — to pull them back into an organizational environment! In this episode, you'll hear: What the organization's solid, philosophical approach to return to the workplace looks like, which starts with a commitment to greater equity and inclusiveness through their DEI Framework. Considerations to arrive at a hybrid “return to the workplace” model that included research, engaging with employees, and creating and revising organizational guidelines and structure.  How Leslie ensures that when taking their policies and processes outside of the United States and supplanting them elsewhere, they are mindful of the context and cultures in which they operate. Creating timed spaces and opportunities for people to come together and collaborate. About the Gates Foundation: Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. The Gates Foundation operates in 144 countries around the world. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people—especially those with the fewest resources—have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, Washington, the foundation is led by CEO Mark Suzman, under the direction of co-chairs Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates and the board of trustees. Learn more about the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on their website.  About Leslie Leslie Mays has led significant culture transformation efforts for more than 30 years across industries and sectors. She established and led the creation of innovative diversity and inclusion strategies for some of the world's largest firms, including Avon Products, Kimberly Clark, Pfizer, Inc, Royal Dutch Shell and General Mills. She currently serves as Chief DEI officer and is responsible for ensuring and integrating the impact of DEI across all areas of the Gates Foundation, including culture, talent, grantmaking and ultimately, program outcomes. Prior to joining the foundation Leslie was a partner at Mercer Consulting based in New York City. Read more about Leslie. About Lisa Driven to serve the often-overlooked people management needs for the social impact sector, Lisa set out to build a market where one didn't exist. She founded Nonprofit HR, the leading talent management firm in the country that works exclusively with the nonprofit sector. Read Lisa's full bio. About Switch The Switch offers access to Nonprofit HR's talent management knowledge presented by our expert consultants, media partners, and guests from across the social impact sector. For over 20 years, Nonprofit HR has produced content that illuminates critical, timely and insightful knowledge for leaders of social impact organizations. Insights from this podcast shine light on the full talent management lifecycle, from employee attraction to organizational culture, engagement, performance management and retention.  

In this Development Talk seminar, Suman Bery discusses his optimism for India's future growth, whether the energy transition complicates India's growth trajectory, the potential sources of capital for India's energy transition, how to jump start private sector investment in green energy, and how India's engagement with industrial policy should look like moving forward. Speaker: Suman Bery, Vice Chairperson, National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog Moderators: Ricardo Hausmann, Director, Growth Lab, and Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy, HKS Akshay Mathur, Edward S. Mason Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School About the speaker: Mr. Suman Bery is currently Vice Chairperson, NITI Aayog, in the rank and status of a Cabinet Minister. An experienced policy economist and research administrator, Mr. Bery took over as NITI Aayog Vice Chairperson on May 1, 2022. At the time of his appointment, Mr. Bery was a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi; a Global Fellow in the Asia Programme of the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars in Washington D.C.; and a non-resident fellow at Bruegel, an economic policy research institution in Brussels. He was also a member of the Board of the Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, New Delhi. From early 2012 till mid-2016, Mr. Bery was Royal Dutch Shell's global Chief Economist based in The Hague. In this capacity, he advised the board and management on global economic and political developments. He was also part of the senior leadership of Shell's global scenarios group. During his time at Shell, he led a collaborative project with Indian think tanks (later published) to apply scenario modeling to India's energy sector.

The Bar at Law podcast is hosted by Barrister Sarah Kazmi. It introduces lawyers and law students in Pakistan to various practice areas and aspects of the legal profession. To start the second season, Barrister William Wilson joins as a guest on the show to talk about the practice of climate change law. William is a director of Wyeside Consulting Ltd providing legal services in the area of environment, energy and climate law, public policy and regulation in the UK and internationally. He is also the founder of cop26andbeyond.comFor comments and feedback on the episode, please email sarah@erm.com.pkResources recommended by William:IPPC ReportsIPBES Biodiversity reports Litigation – Sabin Centre for Climate Change Law, Columbia University -Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the EnvironmentTipping Points – Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research –CO2 levels – Mauna Loa Observatory – NOAA, Scripps Oceanographic Institution- (June 2023 – 423.68 ppm)Law Society for England and Wales: Climate hub, and Climate change guidance for Solicitors -Climate Resilient Architecture – 2023 RIBA Gold Medal winner, Yasmeen Lari –COP26 and beyond Newsletter Milieudefensie et al v Royal Dutch Shell case –Saul Luciano Lliuya v RWE case

We talk Brand positioning, Marketing strategy and Advertising effectiveness.How important is brand compared to performance marketing?We even delve into how to stretch your budget further by pooling production costs and creating a year's worth of ads in one go!How can challenger brands position themselves for profitable growth?How can you build a big brand on a small budget?How can you get the impact of a TV campaign for a fraction of the cost?What's the biggest mistake small companies make with their marketing?A board level strategist for Fortune 10s, startups and nonprofits, Faisal Siddiqui is on a mission to make brand marketing more accountable and effective for all.A specialist in developing positioning strategies that perform he has over a decade of experience leading large-scale engagements in over 15 countries around the world.Faisal's clients include Royal Dutch Shell, ABB Formula E Racing, Waze, Al Jazeera Media Network, Turkish Airlines, Addiko, Samsung, Anglo American, Orange France-Telecom and Mubadala, the sovereign wealth fund of the UAE.Providing a global perspective on brand building, he has co-authored white papers with David Aaker, guest lectured on brand strategy at York University and has been quoted in the BBC, Marketing Magazine and American Marketplace, among others.Website: https://creativebusinesscompany.com/Twitter: @faisaldontbuntLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/faisal siddiqui/

How can we tell if the sedimentary record is good enough to make solid inferences about the geological past? After all, it can be difficult, or even impossible, to infer what is missing, or indeed whether anything is missing at all. As he explains in the podcast, Bruce Levell tackles this question by combining fieldwork with systematic analysis based on what we know about contemporary deposition and erosion. Armed with an understanding of preservational bias, he questions the confidence with which some widely held interpretations of the sedimentary record have been made. For example, by analyzing sequences of glacially-deposited rocks in southwest Scotland, he has shown with others that, contrary to the “Hard Snowball Earth” hypothesis, parts of the Earth probably experienced a persistently active hydrological cycle and were not simply fully-frozen, at least during the earlier of the two postulated snowball glaciations. Bruce Levell is a Visiting professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford. Previously, he was Chief Scientist for Geology at Royal Dutch Shell.

In this episode, Charles ‘Chad' Holliday, former Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell, discusses the seven hardest to abate energy sectors. He shares his insights on the challenges these sectors face and potential solutions to achieve a net-zero carbon future.  Chad starts by talking about the seven hardest-to-abate energy sectors, which include heavy-duty transport, aviation, shipping, cement, steel, chemicals, and long-distance heating and cooling. He explains that these sectors pose a significant challenge due to their heavy reliance on fossil fuels and limited alternatives.  He highlights the need for collaboration between governments, industries, and investors to facilitate the transition to a low-carbon economy. Clear targets and policies must be set to encourage innovation and investment in clean energy technologies.  The discussion then moves on to the role of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) in reducing emissions from these sectors. Chad explains that while CCUS has great potential, it is still in the early stages of development, and more research and investment are needed to make it a viable solution.  The former Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell also touches on the success of a global carbon price in other countries to incentivize the shift towards a low-carbon economy. Carbon prices create fair competition among businesses and encourage investment in clean energy technologies.  In conclusion, the speaker underscores the importance of collaboration and innovation in driving the transition to a net-zero carbon future. Despite the significant challenges posed by the hardest-to-abate sectors, a combination of policy, technology, and investment can overcome them.  Links:   https://hollidayresources.com/  https://missionpossiblepartnership.org/ 

"The stone age did not end because the world ran out of stones."  -Royal Dutch/Shell employee Don Huberts, 1999   I was arguing with a man today who told me that maybe we'd run out of oil if we don't defy the environmentalists and build nuclear.  To be honest, I'm skeptical.  I don't think you CAN run out.  I don't think that's how raw materials work.   He said, "But it doesn't hurt to have a plan B"   Could it take a million years? How many tons of, say, oil and gas are created within the Earth each year?   But let's think about his "doesn't hurt to have a plan B"   What if some Earl back in 1100 had said, "What if the sun burns out?  What if next year all the fish go extinct?"  Whatever.  "Never hurts to have a plan B."  He should have been thinking about the black death or syphilis or crop rotation or the likeliest of the next hundred intra-European wars.    There are problems to be solved in their own time.   "Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.  Each day has enough trouble of its own."  -Matthew 6:34 

About Our Guest:Trei Brundrett is a co-founder and the former Chief Operating Officer of Vox Media, where he oversaw the highest priority cross-company initiatives and directed the Design, Technology and Product groups. He now provides strategic leadership, media and technology consulting services to investment firms, media companies and non-profit organizations.At Vox Media, he led the team responsible for developing Chorus, Vox Media's modern media platform designed from the ground up to launch premium digital media brands and deliver content and community. Trei was instrumental in growing Vox Media from a collection of sports blogs to a ground-breaking media organization with a portfolio of leading brands including SB Nation, The Verge, Polygon, Eater, Curbed, Vox, Recode, New York Magazine, Vulture, The Cut, GrubStreet, NowThisNews, Thrillist, The Dodo, and PopSugar. He was named to The AdWeek 50, which wrote, "Under Brundrett's direction, Vox Media has evolved into one of the most agile Web-based publishers."Previously, as the co-founder of the boutique digital strategy firm Handwire, Trei led large-scale internet strategy, advertising and development projects for Fortune 500 companies, national non-profits and media clients such as Microsoft XBOX, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Royal Dutch Shell, and Texas Monthly. Trei also led the digital technology and strategy efforts for Senator Mark Warner's 2008 presidential bid.He serves as the Vice Chair on the board of The Texas Tribune, co-chairs the philanthropy committee of The McDonald Observatory Board of Visitors and is an advisor to OpenNews. He studied History and Astronomy at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He lives in Montclair, NJ with his wife, four children and their dog, Lucy.About Your Host:Anita Zielina is the CEO and founder of Better Leaders Lab. She's also an Executive in Residence at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, where she spent the last few years leading all continuing and executive education initiatives. Anita serves as the inaugural Board Chair of News Product Alliance (NPA) and is a member of the board of directors at the Austrian Public Broadcaster ORF.For the past 15 years, Anita held senior executive positions focused on product, strategy and innovation in various media and education organizations as Chief Product Officer, Managing Editor Digital, Editor-in-Chief and Director Strategic Initiatives. She has worked with around 500 managers, leaders and entrepreneurs as a consultant, coach and educator.She holds a Master in Law from Vienna University and an Executive MBA from INSEAD. Anita is an alumna of the Stanford Knight Journalism Fellowship and the Oxford Reuters Institute Fellowship.About Better Leaders LabBetter Leaders Lab is a Do and Think Tank for good leadership and strategic management in media and beyond and a boutique strategic advisory firm. BLL specializes in organizational change, strategy and scenario planning, leadership development and executive recruiting research. Its goal is to empower managers, leaders and organizations in the broader media, digital & innovation space to build successful, sustainable, modern and healthy businesses.Learn more:https://betterleaderslab.comGet in touchFeedback or questions related to the podcast?hello@betterleaderslab.com 

Geoff Ferrell is vice president of virtual power plants (VPP) and commercial and industrial (C&I) project business at sonnen, a German-based global energy storage provider fully owned by Royal Dutch Shell. A pioneer for intelligent lithium-based energy storage, sonnen offers customers energy storage and digital energy services like the sonnenBatterie, which optimizes residential solar power and supplies energy at night using stored solar power generated during the day. It built a reputation by pioneering storage technology and combining it with new business models for a decentralized energy system, like virtual power plants. In today's podcast, Geoff talks about evolving his role from a buyer of sonnen products to one of its top executives.  Before joining sonnen in 2020, Geoff was chief technology officer at Mandalay Homes, where he championed technological innovations in home building and building science. Mandalay Homes is an energy-efficient production home builder in Northern Arizona, and Geoff helped it win the U.S. Department of Energy's Zero Energy Ready Housing Innovation Award 12 times. Geoff has experience in energy management, environmental building practices and, importantly, using sonnen's residential products. He weaves that knowledge through today's conversation, which stretches from his birth in Las Vegas through "falling in love" with residential construction and nurturing his interest in solar. Join us for a great discussion about Geoff's career trajectory from a potential pilot to a solar warrior bringing cutting-edge renewables and energy storage to the world. If you want to connect with today's guest, you'll find links to his contact info in the https://mysuncast.com/suncast-episodes/ (show notes) on the blog. SunCast is presented by https://www.mysuncast.com/sungrow (Sungrow), the world's most bankable inverter brand. You can learn more about all the sponsors who help make this show free for you at https://www.mysuncast.com/sponsors (www.mysuncast.com/sponsors). Remember, you can always find the resources and learn more about today's guest, recommendations, book links, and more than 534 other founder stories and startup advice athttps://www.mysuncast.com/ ( www.mysuncast.com). You can connect with me, Nico Johnson, on https://www.twitter.com/nicomeo (Twitter), https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickalus/ (LinkedIn) or email.

With the Supreme Court and Royal Dutch/Shell waging war on Standard Oil, John watches the company he's spent his life building fall apart. But the break-up of Standard nets John more money than he's ever had, and he spends much of the rest of his life trying to give it away. To listen to Business Movers ad-free, join Wondery+ in the Wondery App. Click here to download the app: https://wondery.app.link/businessmoversSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to an episode with one of Silicon Valley's most renowned business advisors and coaches, Tom Eddington. “There's always a challenge, and there's always an opportunity.” - Tom Eddington In this episode with Tom, we discussed how the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a multitude of issues today – not only for individuals but also for most organizations. One of the biggest problems that every organization has faced because of COVID is retaining employees. Over the last couple of years, we've seen the mass resignation, and it's been a challenge across all industries to attract and retain talent.  Organizations adapted to a virtual workforce, and people have spent the last two years working remotely; the idea of moving back to a physical location has required a lot of reconsideration. Some companies exhibited higher productivity rates with a reduced workforce during that time. They delivered more financial results but took a tremendous toll as leadership teams are extremely stressed and exhausted. The long-term effects of COVID continue, impacting individuals and organizations. COVID has delivered a message to the world – a warning sign. COVID is a knock-on effect of climate change, as opposed to being an epidemic. Climate change is by far the biggest issue we face. As we destroy the ecosystem, we lose biodiversity. This results in bacterial infections and viral infections, which become pandemics such as COVID. We are seeing the impact of climate change, and we are at the most critical decade in human history where we need to do something fundamentally different.  “Business talks about how we become climate-conscious from today, but I've never heard a business leader talk about what we are going to do about what's already out there.” - Michael Tom Eddington works with some of the most influential CEOs and non-profit leaders, advising them on everything from global mergers and organizational change to conscious leadership and work/life integration. He understands the pressures business leaders face. Having spent the last three decades as a consultant, educator, entrepreneur, and strategic advisor, he has dedicated his life to studying and teaching board, leadership, and organization effectiveness – focusing on how they grow, achieve, and sustain effectiveness while remaining stewards for their stakeholders. Tom has lived, worked, and studied on six continents, working with leaders across all industry sectors and organization stages of development. His work as a student, mentor, coach, and advisor focuses on conscious leadership. His motto: Take care of matters within yourself to make the most possible impact in the outside world. Tom has sought out opportunities to teach and work in the private, public, academic, and non-profit sectors working with industry leaders and most-admired organizations, including HP, W.L. Gore, MBNA Corporation, Royal Dutch/Shell, and Taproot Foundation. He assists organizations in fostering leadership on all levels. Enjoying our podcast? Get access to sample advanced training episodes here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo

Charli sits down with Rob Vitello of Flowserve this week. Rob joined Flowserve in October of 2013 as the Director of Sales globally for the Royal Dutch Shell account and was promoted to lead all corporate accounts in August of 2017. In January 2022, he was tapped to lead the new Energy Advantage program.  Before joining Flowserve, he served as senior vice president of AES Seal North America, and before that as Director of Global Services Business Development for Elliott Group, a compressor and steam turbine manufacturer.  Prior to Elliott, Rob was with Gardner Denver for six years and served as Strategic Business Unit Director for their centrifugal blower operations.  He began his career with Dresser Industries in various sales and sales management roles and also worked for Halliburton and Parametric Technology Corporation.  He is a graduate of New Jersey Institute of Technology in Chemical Engineering and has a Master of Business Administration from Rutgers University, both in New Jersey.Interview @ 5:14 Charli's Speaking  Schedule.EmpoweringWomen2022 - https://www.empoweringwomeninindustry.comEPIC 2022 - https://www.empoweringindustry.com/ Check out the Digital Magazine  to learn more about Flowserve's Energy Advantage ProgramFind us @EmpoweringPumps on Facebook, LinkedIn,  Instagram and Twitter and using the hashtag #EmpoweringIndustryPodcast or via email podcast@empoweringpumps.com

Dmitri Alperovitch talks with  energy markets and russian oil and gas sector expert Sergey Vakulenko (formerly with Gazprom Neft, Royal Dutch Shell and IHS Markit) about how Russia is engineering an energy crisis in Europe, with spillover effects all over the world.Topics covered:When it comes to gas, who needs whom more: Russia or Europe?What are Europe's options to survive the winter without Russian gas? Which countries will be most affected?What game is Russia playing by cutting Nord Stream 1  flows?Why are Poland, Finland and Bulgaria  cutoff from direct purchases of Russian gas while others like Germany are still buying?How long would it take to build a pipeline from the Russian gas fields in the West to China to remove dependence on European customers?Can Russia continue to operate and maintain old wells and drill new ones without Western servicing firms?What is the impact of Russian gas cutoffs on fertilizer production and global food supplies?How much is it hurting Russia to sell oil at substantial discount to China and India?Follow the speakers on Twitter @DAlperovitch, @SergeyVakulenk0

Happy Hump-Day Friends! We're back and recovered from the holidays weekend. It was a great holiday weekend,  My next guest is highly talented and a total boss babe helping companied map out the scenario method to prepare for the unknown. Please welcome PREMIERE guest Ursula Eysin! "It's my passion to bring the fascination and advantages of scenario planning to the people who will profit from it.I had the great opportunity to learn the scenario method from one of the best: former chief strategist with Royal Dutch Shell, Karl Rose. During the past 11 years, I conducted scenario projects for a variety of ministries, companies and business associations." To learn more or to connect with Ursula, head to the links below:https://www.redswan.at/#scenario-missionhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/red-swan-vienna/Support for Label Free Podcast is brought to you by ​MANSCAPED™​, who is the best in men's below-the-waist grooming.  ​@MANSCAPED offers precision-engineered tools for your family jewels. They obsess over their technology developments to provide you the best tools for your grooming experience. MANSCAPED is trusted by over 2 million men worldwide! We have an exclusive offer for my listeners - 20% off + free shipping with the code: LABELFREE20

Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 250, an episode with one of Silicon Valley's most renowned business advisors and coaches, Tom Eddington. “There's always a challenge, and there's always an opportunity.” - Tom Eddington In this episode with Tom, we discussed how the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a multitude of issues today – not only for individuals but also for most organizations. One of the biggest problems that every organization has faced because of COVID is retaining employees. Over the last couple of years, we've seen the mass resignation, and it's been a challenge across all industries to attract and retain talent.  Organizations adapted to a virtual workforce, and people have spent the last two years working remotely; the idea of moving back to a physical location has required a lot of reconsideration. Some companies exhibited higher productivity rates with a reduced workforce during that time. They delivered more financial results but took a tremendous toll as leadership teams are extremely stressed and exhausted. The long-term effects of COVID continue, impacting individuals and organizations. COVID has delivered a message to the world – a warning sign. COVID is a knock-on effect of climate change, as opposed to being an epidemic. Climate change is by far the biggest issue we face. As we destroy the ecosystem, we lose biodiversity. This results in bacterial infections and viral infections, which become pandemics such as COVID. We are seeing the impact of climate change, and we are at the most critical decade in human history where we need to do something fundamentally different.  “Business talks about how we become climate-conscious from today, but I've never heard a business leader talk about what we are going to do about what's already out there.” - Michael Tom Eddington works with some of the most influential CEOs and non-profit leaders, advising them on everything from global mergers and organizational change to conscious leadership and work/life integration. He understands the pressures business leaders face. Having spent the last three decades as a consultant, educator, entrepreneur, and strategic advisor, he has dedicated his life to studying and teaching board, leadership, and organization effectiveness – focusing on how they grow, achieve, and sustain effectiveness while remaining stewards for their stakeholders. Tom has lived, worked, and studied on six continents, working with leaders across all industry sectors and organization stages of development. His work as a student, mentor, coach, and advisor focuses on conscious leadership. His motto: Take care of matters within yourself to make the most possible impact in the outside world. Tom has sought out opportunities to teach and work in the private, public, academic, and non-profit sectors working with industry leaders and most-admired organizations, including HP, W.L. Gore, MBNA Corporation, Royal Dutch/Shell, and Taproot Foundation. He assists organizations in fostering leadership on all levels. Enjoying our podcast? Get access to sample advanced training episodes here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo

The topic for this week's episode focuses on the importance of building your networking skills. Building a network is important because it helps you locate individuals who can assist you with connecting and developing potential opportunities for success. Regarding school based after school programs, School administration, faculty members, custodians, bus drivers, local community members and parents are key targets for after school staff to network with. During this podcast you will learn the following: A definition of networking and why is it an important skill to master? How introverted and extroverted people can take advantage of their strengths when it comes to networking? How to identify the best people to be in your network? How does a person's body language influence networking opportunities? How should after school staff approach networking with campus staff, parents, businesses, and neighborhood residents in the area? Guest Sonya Ware is the Chief Executive Officer & President at Blue Beagle Consulting based in Houston, Texas.  With twenty years of professional experience, as a regional Fortune 500 leader and entrepreneur, Sonya serves as a strategic thinking and accountability partner; Prior to Blue Beagle Consulting, she worked in oil and gas technology and was a five-time award-recipient for creating the ‘right work environment'. She has coached individuals working in companies such as Royal Dutch Shell, British Petroleum, UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, United Way of Greater Houston, Pfizer, Farmers Insurance, Morgan Stanley, and Universities. Resources Sonya Ware sonyaware.com Mike Wilson mwilson@hcde-texas.org  Harris County Department of Education https://hcde-texas.org  CASE for Kids https://hcde-texas.org/afterschool-zone

In the past decade, the EPA has received over 98,000 reports of harm and over 2500 reports of pet deaths connected to the Seresto brand of pesticide-containing flea collars. But the EPA has never issued any warnings or recalls of these collars. Also, the 2022 Goldman Environmental Prize recipient for Africa is Chima Williams, an environmental lawyer who worked with two communities to hold Royal Dutch Shell accountable for disastrous oil spills in Nigeria. We talk about why Chima and his colleagues brought the case all the way to the Hague in the Netherlands to pursue justice. And in the coming weeks we'll feature more stories of this year's intrepid Goldman Prize winners. And after dozens of missions to Mars over nearly five decades, NASA has finally captured the first ever audio recorded on the surface of the red planet, and we listen in. -- Support for Living on Earth comes from the I Am Bio podcast, with powerful stories of biotech breakthroughs, the people they help, and the global problems they solve.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shell has announced a shock jump in its profits - nearly triple what it was last year, which has sparked calls for a windfall tax on oil and gas giants to help families struggling with the cost-of-living squeeze.The Standard reports on Thursday how Royal Dutch Shell published underlying profits of $9.1 billion (£7.2 billion) for the first financial quarter of this year.The biggest shock is the size of the profits, which are up 43 per cent thanks to soaring oil and gas prices.Now, there are calls for a one-off tax on the likes of BP and Shell, suggesting a windfall payment could bring in £9 billion for the Treasury's covid-ravaged coffers and help households .It comes after BP announced another huge earnings jump to $6.2 billion.Back in February, both BP and Shell were among multinational companies exiting the Russian market.But is there a moral argument that some corporations could still be war profiteering as a knock-on effect of the invasion of Ukraine?It comes as the Bank of England raises interest rates and warns of a recession.To examine today's developments, by the Evening Standard's City Editor, Oscar Williams-Grut. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This month we are featuring half of the 2022 DFA Accelerator class that kicked off earlier in April. There are six extremely innovative companies in this year's class. From on-farm sustainability and animal welfare to sustainable manufacturing techniques, the 2022 accelerator class is working to have a positive impact on the dairy industry.Over the next two episodes of Talk Dairy to Me, we are going to be introducing you to this year's class. Host Doug Dresslaer talked dairy with Reprohealth, Lemna and Smack'd chocolate milk.This month's dairy headlines:Ben & Jerry's brings back a fan-favorite flavor that features and ingredient from a DFA accelerator alum.https://vermontbiz.com/news/2022/march/17/ben-jerrys-brings-dublin-mudslide-back-graveyardDFA family-farm High Plains Ponderosa is partnering with Shell fuel to create a net-zero tomorrow. Royal Dutch Shell is working with dairies across the country to produce low-carbon intensity renewable compressed natural gas as a fuel for heavy-duty, on-road transportation.https://www.nmpf.org/focus/high-plains-ponderosa/

In der heutigen Folge „Alles auf Aktien“ sprechen die Finanzjournalisten Anja Ettel und Philipp Vetter über die Angst vor dem Le-Pen-Moment in Frankreich, einen weiteren Rückschlag für Netflix und glänzende Zahlen bei Sartorius. Außerdem geht es um Netflix, Tesla, Twitter, Warner Bros Discovery, Sartorius, Delivery Hero, Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Nestlé, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, ASML, Nvidia, Royal Dutch Shell, Alibaba, Meta, Vonovia, Shaftesbury, Regency Centers, Vornado Realty Trust, Federal Realty Investment Trust, Land Securities Group, Hello Fresh, ThyssenKrupp, Deutz, Symrise, Covestro, Lanxess, SAP, Siemens, Allianz und Deutsche Telekom.   Und abstimmen beim Deutschen Podcastpreis könnt ihr hier: https://www.deutscher-podcastpreis.de/podcasts/aaa-alles-auf-aktien/

On this week's episode, we're talking about one of the most urgent issues facing humanity today, and how we can reframe our mindset around it to better encourage and allow ourselves to take action. That issue, of course, is climate change. Technology has created a lot of the problems we face, but is also coming up with some of the most innovative and inventive solutions. Solving this is going to take creativity, collaboration, and a willingness to change, but that's what we're all about here at the Tech Humanist Show! What is our individual responsibility to tackling these problems? What are the most exciting solutions on the horizon? Who should we be holding to account, and how? Those answers and more on this week's episode. Guests this week include Sarah T. Roberts, AR Siders, Tan Copsey, Anne Therese Gennari, Christopher Mims, Art Chang, Dorothea Baur, Abhishek Gupta, and Caleb Gardner. The Tech Humanist Show is a multi-media-format program exploring how data and technology shape the human experience. Hosted by Kate O'Neill. To watch full interviews with past and future guests, or for updates on what Kate O'Neill is doing next, subscribe to The Tech Humanist Show hosted by Kate O'Neill channel on YouTube. Full Transcript: Hello, humans! Today we're talking about a problem that technology is both a major cause of and perhaps one of our best potential solutions for: climate change. By almost any reckoning, the climate emergency is the most urgent and existential challenge facing humanity for the foreseeable future. All of the other issues we face pale in comparison to the need to arrest and reverse carbon emissions, reduce global average temperatures, and begin the work of rebuilding sustainable models for all of us to be able to live and work on this planet. By late 2020, melting ice in the Arctic began to release previously-trapped methane gas deposits. The warming effects of methane are 80 times stronger than carbon over 20 years, which has climate scientists deeply worried. Meanwhile, the Amazon rainforest has been devastated by burning. The plastic-filled oceans are warming. Coral reefs are dying. Experts are constantly adjusting their predictions on warming trends. And climate issues contribute to other socio-political issues as well, usually causing a big loop: Climate disasters create uninhabitable environments, leading to increased migration and refugee populations, which can overwhelm nearby areas and stoke the conditions for nationalistic and jingoistic political power grabs. This puts authoritarians and fascists into power—who usually aren't too keen on spending money to fix problems like climate change that don't affect them personally—exacerbating all of the previous problems. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson showcased exactly this type of position before a recent UN climate conference, claiming the fall of the Roman empire was due to uncontrolled immigration as a way of refocusing people's fear and attention away from climate change. Marine Le Pen of France went so far as to say that those without a homeland don't care about the environment. Similarly out-of-touch and out-of-context things have been said recently by right-wing leaders in Spain, Germany, Switzerland… the list goes on and on. Perhaps the most psychologically challenging aspect of all this is that even as we begin to tackle these issues one by one, we will continue to see worsening environmental effects for the next few decades. As David Wallace-Wells writes in The Uninhabitable Earth: “Some amount of further warming is already baked in, thanks to the protracted processes by which the planet adapts to greenhouse gas…But all of those paths projected from the present…to two degrees, to three, to four or even five—will be carved overwhelmingly by what we choose to do now.” The message is: It's up to us. We know what's coming, and are thus empowered to chart the course for the future. What we need are bold visions and determined action, and we need it now. At this point you may be thinking, “I could really use some of that Kate O'Neill optimism right about now…” Not only do I have hope, but many of the climate experts I have read and spoken with are hopeful as well. But the first step in Strategic Optimism is acknowledging the full and unvarnished reality, and the hard truth about the climate crisis is that things do look bleak right now. Which just means our optimistic strategy in response has to be that much more ambitious, collaborative, and comprehensive. As Christiana Figuere and Tom Rivett-Carnac wrote in The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis, “[To feel] a lack of agency can easily transform into anger. Anger that sinks into despair is powerless to make change. Anger that evolves into conviction is unstoppable.” One of the things slowing progress on the climate front is the people on the extreme ends of the belief spectrum—especially those in positions of power—who believe it's either too late to do anything, or that climate change isn't happening at all. Technology exacerbates this problem through the spread of false information. Thankfully by this point most people—around 90% of Americans and a higher percentage of scientists—are in agreement that it's happening, although we're still divided on the cause. The same poll conducted in October 2021 by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago, found that only 54% of Americans believe humans contribute to climate change. A separate study conducted that same month looked at 88,125 peer-reviewed climate studies published between 2012 and 2020, and determined that 99.9% of those studies found human activity to be directly responsible for our warming planet. It's important, however, not to write off the people who aren't yet fully convinced. Technology, as much as it has given us near-infinite access to information, is also a tremendous propagator of mis- and disinformation, which is fed to people by algorithms as immutable fact, and is often indistinguishable from the truth. Sarah T Roberts, who is Associate Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where she also serves as the co-founder of the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry, explains further. Sarah T Roberts: “When I think about people who fall victim to conspiracy theories, what I see is a human impulse to make sense of a world that increasingly doesn't. And they're doing it in the absence of information that is way more complex and hard to parse out and might actually point criticism at places that are very uncomfortable. They sense a wrongness about the world but they don't have the right information, or access to it, or even the ability to parse it, because we've destroyed public schools. And then the auxiliary institutions that help people, such as libraries, and that leaves them chasing their own tail through conspiracy theories instead of unpacking things like the consequences of western imperialism, or understanding human migration as economic and environmental injustice issues. Y'know, you combine all that, and people, what do they do? They reach for the pablum of Social Media, which is instantaneous, always on, easy to digest, and worth about as much as, y'know, those things might be worth. I guess what I'm trying to do is draw some connections around phenomena that seem like they have come from nowhere. It would behoove us to connect those dots both in this moment, but also draw back on history, at least the last 40 years of sort of like neoliberal policies that have eroded the public sphere in favor of private industry. What it didn't do was erode the public's desire to know, but what has popped up in that vacuum are these really questionable information sources that really don't respond to any greater norms, other than partisanship, advertising dollars, etc. And that's on a good day!” The fact is, there are a number of industries and people who have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo. Not all of them engage in disinformation schemes, but some corporations—and people—who are interested in fighting climate change aren't willing to look at solutions that might change their business or way of life. Too much change is scary, so they look for solutions that keep things as they are. AR Siders: “Too much of our climate change adaptation is focused on trying to maintain the status quo. We're trying to say, ‘hey, the climate is changing, what can we do to make sure that everything stays the same in the face of climate change?' And I think that's the wrong way to think about this.” That's AR Siders, assistant professor in the Biden School of Public Policy and Administration and the Department of Geography and a Core Faculty Member of the Disaster Research Center. Siders' research focuses on climate change adaptation governance, decision-making, and evaluation. ARSiders: “I think we need to think about the idea that we're not trying to maintain the status quo, we're trying to choose how we want our societies to change. I often start talks by showing historic photos, and trying to point out, in 1900, those photos don't look like they do today. So, 100 years in the future, things are going to look different. And that's true even if you don't accept climate change. Even if we stop climate change tomorrow, we might have another pandemic. We'll have new technology. And so our goal shouldn't be to try to lock society into the way it works today, it should be to think about, what are the things we really care about preserving, and then what things do we actively want to choose to change? Climate adaptation can be a really exciting field if we think about it that way.” And it is! But as more people have opened their eyes to the real threat looming in the near-horizon, disinformation entities and bad actors have changed their tactics, shifting responsibility to individuals, and away from the corporations causing the majority of the harm. So let's talk about our personal responsibility to healing the climate. Tan Copsey: “We always should be careful of this trap of individual action, because in the past the fossil fuel industry has emphasized individual action.” That's Tan Copsey, who is Senior Director, Projects and Partnerships at Climate Nexus, a strategic communications organization. His work focuses on communicating the impacts of climate change and the benefits of acting to reduce climate risks. You'll be hearing from him a lot this episode. We spoke recently about climate change solutions and responsibilities across countries and industries. He continued: Tan Copsey: “I don't know if it's true but apparently BP invented the carbon footprint as a way of kind of getting people to focus on themselves and feel a sense of guilt, and project out a sense of blame, but that's not really what it's about. Dealing with climate change should ultimately be a story about hope, and that's what I kind of try and tell myself and other people.” Speaking of, Shell had a minor PR awakening in November 2020 when they tweeted a poll asking: “What are you willing to change to help reduce carbon emissions?” The tweet prompted many high-profile figures like climate activist Greta Thunberg and US congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to call out the hypocrisy of a fossil fuel company asking the public for personal change. In truth, research has found that the richest 1% of the world's population were responsible for the emission of more than twice as much carbon dioxide as the poorer half of the world from 1990 to 2015, with people in the US causing the most emissions per capita in the world. Now, this doesn't mean to abandon personal responsibility. We should all make what efforts we can to lower our carbon footprint where feasible—whether by reviewing consumption habits, eating less meat, driving less, or anything from a wide variety of options. There's interesting psychological research around how making sustainable choices keeps us grounded in the mindset of what needs to change. I spoke with Anne Therese Gennari, a speaker, educator, and environmental activist known as The Climate Optimist, about the psychology behind individual action, and how the simple act of being more climate conscious in our daily lives can make the world a better place in ways beyond reducing our carbon footprints. Anne Therese Gennari: “Do our individual actions matter… and I think it matters so much, for 4 reasons. The first one is that it mends anxiety. A lot of people are starting to experience climate anxiety, and the first step out of that is actually to put yourself back in power. Choosing optimism is not enough. Telling ourselves, ‘I want to be optimistic,' is gonna fall short very quickly, but if we keep showing up for that work and that change, we're actually fueling the optimism from within. And that's how we keep going. The second one is that it builds character. So, the things that you do every day start to build up your habits, and that builds your character. Recognizing that the things we do becomes the identity that we hold onto, and that actually plays a huge part on what I'll say next, which is, start shifting the culture. We are social creatures, and we always look to our surroundings to see what's acceptable and okay and not cool and all these things, so the more of us that do something, it starts to shift norms and create a new culture, and we have a lot of power when we start to shift the culture. And then lastly, I'll just say, we always plant seeds. So whatever you do, someone else might see and pick up on, you never know what's gonna ripple effect from your actions.” No one person can make every change needed, but we can all do something. Every small action has the potential to create positive effects you'll never know. One surprising piece of information is that some of the things we're doing that we know are bad for the environment—like online delivery—may have more of a positive environmental impact than we thought. While the sheer amount of product that we order—especially non-essential items—is definitely exacerbating climate change, there are some positive takeaways. Christopher Mims, tech columnist at the Wall Street Journal and author of Arriving Today, on how everything gets from the factory to our front door, explains how, especially once our transportation and delivery vehicles have been electrified, ordering online may be a significantly greener alternative to shopping in stores. Christopher Mims: “The good news—you would think all of this ordering stuff online is terrible for the environment—look, it's bad for the environment in as much as it makes us consume more. We're all over-consuming, on average. But it's good for the environment in that, people forget, hopping into a 2 or 3 thousand pound car and driving to the grocery store—or a store—to get 5 to 15 pounds of goods and driving it home is horribly inefficient compared to putting the same amount of goods onto a giant box truck that can make 150 stops (if you're talking about a UPS or an Amazon delivery van), or a few dozen if you're talking about groceries. The funny thing is that delivery has the potential to be way more sustainable, and involve way less waste than our current system of going to stores. Frankly, physical retail is kind of a nightmare environmentally.” That's only a small piece of the puzzle, and there are still social and economic issues involved in the direct-to-home delivery industry. More important in regards to our personal responsibility is to stay engaged in the conversation. A both/and mindset is best: embrace our own individual responsibilities, one of which is holding companies and entities with more direct impact on the climate accountable for making infrastructural and operational change that can give individuals more freedom to make responsible choices. Tan Copsey again. Tan Copsey: “It is about political action and engagement for me. Not just voting, but it's about everything that happens in between. It's about community engagement, and the tangible things you feel when there are solar panels on a rooftop, or New York begins to move away from gas. I mean, that's a huge thing! In a more existential sense, the news has been bad. The world is warming, and our approach to dealing with it distributes the benefits to too few people. There are definitely things you can do, and so when I talk about political pressure, I'm not just talking about political pressure for ‘climate action,' I'm talking about political pressure for climate action that benefits as many people as possible.” So, if part of our responsibility is to hold our leaders to account… what changes do we need? What should we be encouraging our leaders to do? Since we're talking about political engagement, let's start with government. Tan spoke to me about government response to another global disaster—the COVID-19 Pandemic—and some of the takeaways that might be applied to battling climate change as well. Tan Copsey: “What's really interesting to me about the pandemic is how much money governments made available, particularly the Fed in the US, and how they just pumped that money into the economy as it exists. Now, you can pump that money into the economy and change it, too, and you can change it quite dramatically. And that's what we're beginning to see in Europe as they attempt to get off Russian gas. You're seeing not just the installation of heat pumps at astonishing scale, but you're also seeing real acceleration of a push toward green energy, particularly in Germany. You're also seeing some ideas being revisited. In Germany it's changing people's minds about nuclear power, and they're keeping nukes back on.” Revisiting debates we previously felt decided on is unsettling. Making the future a better place is going to require a great deal of examination and change, which can be scary. It's also something federal governments are designed not to be able to do too quickly. But that change doesn't have to work against the existing economy; it can build with it. It might be notable to people looking at this from a monetary perspective—the world's seven most industrialized countries will lose a combined nearly $5 trillion in GDP over the next several decades if global temperatures rise by 2.6 degrees Celsius. So it behooves everyone to work on these solutions. And what are those solutions? AR Siders spoke to me about the four types of solutions to climate issues. A lot of her work involves coastal cities, so her answer uses “flooding” as an example, but the strategies apply to other problems as well. AR Siders: “So the main categories are, Resistance, so this is things like building a flood wall, putting in dunes, anything that tries to stop the water from reaching your home. Then there's Accommodation, the classic example here is elevating homes, so the water comes, and the water goes, but it does less damage because you're sort of out of the way. Then there's Avoidance, which is ‘don't build there in the first place,' (America, we're not very good at that one). And then Retreat is, once you've built there, if you can't resist or accommodate, or if those have too many costs, financial or otherwise, then maybe it's time to relocate.” We'll need to apply all four strategies to different problems as they crop up, but it's important that we're proactive and remain open to which solution works best for a given issue. City governments have tremendous opportunities to emerge as leaders in this space. Studies project that by the end of the century, US cities could be up to 10 degrees Fahrenheit warmer in the afternoon and 14 degrees warmer at night, meaning cities need to start taking action now. Phoenix, Arizona—a city that experiences the “heat island effect” year round—is actively making efforts to minimize these effects. In 2020, they began testing “cool pavement,” a chemical coating that reflects sunlight and minimizes the absorption of heat to curb the heat island effect. Additionally, measures to offer better transit options are on the table, with cities like Austin and New York emerging as leaders in the space. The Citi Bike app in New York City now shows transit information alongside rental and docking updates as acknowledgement that for many trips biking isn't enough, but in combination with buses or trains, biking can simplify and speed a commute as part of a greener lifestyle. Austin's recognition of the synergies between bikeshare and public transit has been praised as a model for other cities, as city transit agencies move away from seeing themselves as managers of assets (like busses), and towards being managers of mobility. I spoke with Art Chang, who has been a longtime entrepreneur and innovator in New York City—and who was, at the time of our discussion, running for mayor—about the need for resilience in preparing cities for the future. Art Chang: “There was a future—a digital future—for New York, but also being open to this idea that seas were rising, that global temperatures were going up, that we're going to have more violent storms, that things like the 100-year flood line may not be drawn to incorporate the future of these rising seas and storms. So we planned, deliberately and consciously, for a hundred-fifty year storm. We softened the edge of the water, because it creates such an exorbitant buffer for the rising seas and storms. We created trenches that are mostly hidden so that overflow water had a place to go. We surrounded the foundations of the building with what we call ‘bathtubs,' which are concrete enclosures that would prevent water from going into these places where so much of the infrastructure of these buildings were, and then we located as much of the mechanicals on top of the building, so they would be protected from any water. Those are some of the most major things. All technologies, they're all interconnected, they're all systems.” Making any of the changes suggested thus far requires collective action. And one of the ways in which we need to begin to collaborate better is simply to agree on the terms we're using and how we're measuring our progress. Some countries, like the United States, have an advantage when it comes to reporting on climate progress due to the amount of forests that naturally occur within their borders. That means the US can underreport emissions by factoring in the forests as “carbon sinks,” while other countries that may have lower emissions, but also fewer naturally-occurring forests, look worse on paper. This isn't factually wrong, but it obscures the work that's needed to be done in order to curb the damage. I asked Tan about these issues, and he elaborated on what he believes needs to be done. Tan Copsey: “Again, I'd say we resolve the ambiguity through government regulation. For example, the Securities and Exchange Commission is looking at ESG. So this big trend among investors and companies, the idea that you take account of environmental, social, and governance factors in your investments, in what your company does. Realistically, there hasn't been consistent measure of this. I could buy an exchange-traded fund, and it could be ‘ESG,' and I wouldn't really know what's in it. And it could be that what's in it isn't particularly good. And so regulators are really trying to look at that now and to try and standardize it, because that matters. Likewise, you have carbon markets which are sort of within European Union, and then you have voluntary carbon markets, which are often very reliant on forest credits sourced from somewhere else, where you're not quite sure if the carbon reduction is permanent or not. And yeah, there is a need for better standards there.” To do this holistically we will need to get creative with economic incentives, whether that involves offsets, green energy credits, or new programs at local, state, or national levels. One of the more aggressive and comprehensive plans for rethinking energy policy came from the EU in summer 2021, just as Germany and Belgium reeled from killer floods that were likely exacerbated by the climate crisis. The EU announced its ”Fit for 55” plans, ”a set of inter-connected proposals, which all drive toward the same goal of ensuring a fair, competitive and green transition by 2030 and beyond.” It's an approach that is systemic, recognizing the interconnectedness of a wide variety of policy areas and economic sectors: energy, transportation, buildings, land use, and forestry. And we need more programs and regulations like this. But until we have those better regulations we need, there are still things business leaders can do to make their businesses better for the environment today, so let's move away from government and talk about businesses. A lot of businesses these days pay an enormous amount of lip service (and money) to showing that they care about the environment, but the actual work being done to lower their carbon footprint or invest in cleaner business practices is a lot less significant. Tan spoke to me about this as well. Tan Copsey: “They need to move from a model which was a little bit more about PR to something that's real. In the past when a business issued a sustainability report, it was beautiful! It was glossily designed… And then when it came to like, filings with the SEC, they said ‘climate change is a serious issue and we are taking it seriously,' because their lawyers read it very, very closely. And so, if dealing with climate risk is embedded in everything you do as a business (as it probably should be), because almost every business, well, every business probably, interacts with the energy system—every business is a climate change business. They should be thinking about it, they should be reporting on it, y'know, when it comes to CEOs, it should be part of the way we assess their performance.” Nowadays, lots of companies are talking about “offsetting” their carbon emissions, or attempting to counter-act their emissions by planting trees or recapturing some of the carbon. But is this the right way to think about things? Dorothea Baur: “Offsetting is a really good thing, but the first question to ask should not be, ‘can I offset it?' or ‘how can I offset it?', but, ‘is what I'm doing, is it even necessary?'” That's Dorothea Baur, a leading expert & advisor in Europe on ethics, responsibility, and sustainability across industries such as finance, technology, and beyond. Her PhD is in NGO-business partnerships, and she's been active in research and projects around sustainable investment, corporate social responsibility, and increasingly, emerging technology such as AI. Dorothea Baur: “So, I mean, let's say my favorite passion is to fly to Barcelona every other weekend just for fun, for partying. So, instead of offsetting it, maybe I should stop doing it. And the same for tech companies saying, you know, ‘we're going to be carbon negative!' but then make the most money from totally unsustainable industries. That's kind of a double-edged sword.” It is notable that one of the key ways businesses and governments attempt to offset their emissions is “planting trees,” which has more problems than you may think. Yes, trees are an incredibly important part of a carbon sink approach, and we definitely need to plant more of them—but there's a catch to how we say we're going to do it. The promise of tree-planting has been such an easy add-on for companies' marketing campaigns to make over the years that there's a backlog of trees to be planted and not enough tree seedlings to keep up with the promises. It's not uncommon for companies to make the commitment to their customers to plant trees first, only for them to struggle to find partners to plant the promised trees. Dorothea Baur lamented this fact in her interview. Dorothea Baur: “It's also controversial, what I always joke about—the amount of trees that have been promised to be planted? I'm waiting for the day when I look out of my window in the middle of the city and they start planting trees! Because so much—I mean, the whole planet must be covered with trees! The thing is, it takes decades until the tree you plant really turns into a carbon sink. So, all that planting trees—it sounds nice, but also I think there's some double-counting going on. It's easy to get the credit for planting a tree, but it's hard to verify the reduction you achieve because it takes such a long time.” It's going to take more than lip service about tree-planting; we have to actually expand our infrastructural capability to grow and plant them, commit land to that use, and compensate for trees lost in wildfires and other natural disasters. Beyond that, we have to make sure the trees we're planting will actually have the effect we want. The New York Times published an article in March, arguing that “Reforestation can fight climate change, uplift communities and restore biodiversity. When done badly, though, it can speed extinctions and make nature less resilient…companies and countries are increasingly investing in tree planting that carpets large areas with commercial, nonnative species in the name of fighting climate change. These trees sock away carbon but provide little support to the webs of life that once thrived in those areas.” And that can mean the trees take resources away from existing plant life, killing it and eliminating the native carbon-sink—leading to a situation where net carbon emissions were reduced by nearly zero. These are problems that require collaboration and communication between industries, governments, activists, and individuals. Beyond those initiatives, companies can also improve their climate impact by investing in improvements to transportation for employees and customers, perhaps offering public transit or electric vehicle incentives to employees, or investing in a partnership with their municipality to provide electric vehicle charging stations at offices and storefronts. Additionally, business responsibility may include strategic adjustments to the supply chain or to materials used in products, packaging, or delivery. Another issue when it comes to offsetting emissions is the leeway the tech industry gives itself when it comes to measuring their own global climate impact, when the materials they need to build technology is one of the chief contributors to carbon emissions. Dorothea Baur again. Dorothea Baur: “The whole supply chain of the IT industry is also heavily based on minerals. There are actually, there are really interesting initiatives also by tech companies, or like commodity companies that specifically focus on the minerals or the metals that are in our computers. Like cobalt, there's a new transparency initiative, a fair cobalt initiative. So they are aware of this, but if you look at where is the main focus, it's more on the output than on the input. And even though the tech companies say, ‘oh, we're going to be carbon neutral or carbon negative,' as long as they sell their cloud services to the fossil industry, that's basically irrelevant.” Currently, AI tech is an “energy glutton”—training just one machine learning algorithm can produce CO2 emissions that are 5 times more than the lifetime emissions of a car. But there is still hope for AI as a tool to help with climate change, namely using it to learn how to more efficiently run energy grids and predict energy usage, especially as energy grids become more complicated with combined use of solar, wind, and water power in addition to traditional fossil fuels. AI can also make the global supply chain more efficient, reducing emissions and speeding up the process of developing new, cleaner materials. One small-scale use-case is “Trashbot,” which sorts waste materials into categories using sensors and cameras, eliminating the need for people to try to sort out their own recyclables. What's clear from every emerging report is that net zero emissions are no longer enough. We need governments and companies and every entity possible to commit to net negative emissions. Cities need ambitious plans for incentivizing buildings that sequester carbon. Companies need logistics overhauls to ensure their supply chains are as compliant as possible, and then some. Tan Copsey: ““What's interesting is when they talk about Net Zero—particularly companies, but also a lot of governments—they talk about Net Zero by 2050. What is that, 28 years. 28 years is still a long time away, and if you're a government, the current president certainly won't be president in 2050. If you're a company CEO, you may not be CEO next quarter, let alone in 28 years, and so we have to have nearer-term targets. You want to be Net Zero by 2050? Tell me how you're gonna get there. Tell me what you're gonna do by 2030, tell me what you're gonna do by next quarter. One of the things that encourages me is things like change in financial regulation, which sounds arcane and slightly off-topic, but it's not. It's about what companies report when, and how investors hold those companies to account to nearer-term action, because that's how we get there.” One of the reasons that corporations do so little to minimize their carbon footprint is that they don't accurately measure their own carbon emissions. Using AI to track emissions can show problem areas, and what can be done to address those issues. Abhishek Gupta, machine learning engineer, founder of the Montreal AI Ethics Institute, and board member of Microsoft's CSE Responsible AI board, spoke to me about an initiative he's working on to help ease this burden by making it easier for developers to track the effect they're having on the environment by incorporating data collection into their existing workflow. Abhishek Gupta: “One of the projects that we're working on is to help developers assess the environmental impacts of the work that they do. Not to say that there aren't initiative already, there are—the problem with a lot of these are, they ignore the developer's workflow. So the problem then is, if you're asking me to go to an external website and put in all of this information, chances are I might do it the first couple of times, but I start to drop the ball later on. But if you were to integrate this in a manner that is similar to ML Flow, now that's something that's a little more natural to the developer workflow; data science workflow. If you were to integrate the environmental impacts in a way that follows this precedent that's set by something like ML Flow, there is a lot higher of a possibility for people taking you up on that, and subsequently reporting those outcomes back to you, rather than me having to go to an external website, fill out a form, take that PDF report of whatever… that's just too much effort. So that's really what we're trying to do, is to make it easy for you to do the right thing.” And Abhishek isn't the only one who sees potential in AI. Dorothea Baur also spoke to me about her belief in AI, although she sees us using it for a different purpose. Dorothea Baur: “AI has huge potential to cause good, especially when it comes to environmental sustainability. For example, the whole problem of pattern recognition in machine learning, where if it's applied to humans, it is full of biases, and it kind of confuses correlation and causation, and it's violating privacy, etc. There are a lot of issues that you don't have when you use the same kind of technology in a natural science context, you know? Where you just observe patterns of oceans and clouds and whatever, or when you try to control the extinction of species. I mean, animals don't have a need for or a right to privacy, so why not use AI in contexts where it doesn't violate anyone's moral rights? And where you, at the same time, resolve a real problem.” Turning AI and algorithms away from people and towards nature is a wise decision in many respects. A lot of our efforts to curb the effects of climate change thus far have overlooked the same people that are overlooked in our data, and in almost every measurable respect, negative impacts of the climate crisis are felt most by marginalized populations and poorer communities. Tan Copsey: “I think that when it comes to climate tech, you need to think about who it's supposed to benefit. There's more than 7B people on earth, it can't just be for the US market, it has to be for everyone.” “The best futures for the most people” really comes into play here—communities of color are often more at risk from air pollution, due to decades of redlining forcing them into more dangerous areas. Seniors, people with disabilities, and people with chronic illnesses may have a harder time surviving extreme heat or quickly evacuating from natural disasters. Subsidized housing is often located in a flood plain, causing mold, and frequently lacks adequate insulation or air conditioning. People with a low-income may also be hard-pressed to afford insurance or be able to come back from an extreme loss after catastrophe strikes. Some indigenous communities have already lost their homelands to rising sea levels and drought. Indigenous communities, speaking of, often have traditional approaches—empowered by millennia of historical experience—to living gently on the planet and a mindset for cooperating with nature that are well worth learning. Seeking leadership on climate issues from Indigenous people should be a priority. An article published by Mongabay on December 21, 2021 gives an example of an initiative in Mexico that is using the knowledge of indigenous communities, and is working. Essentially, the Ejido Verde company grants interest-free loans to local communities to plant and tend pine trees for the tapping of resin, a multibillion-dollar global industry. Younger generations are eager to participate, and fewer people feel the need to migrate away from their homes. According to a paper by the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew, the only way that recovery can work is if it is based on sound science, supported by fair governance, incentivized by long-term funding mechanisms, and guided by indigenous knowledge and local communities. Speaking of long-term funding mechanisms, let's talk about another group of leaders who have the potential to make a drastic positive impact today: private investors. Activist investors may seem unwelcome, but when they're making priorities known on behalf of humanity, they're ultimately doing us all a service. These people have the ability to help shape company and government policy by letting their dollars speak for us, by investing in solutions and burgeoning industries that we drastically need. That's been happening, such as when the shareholders of both ExxonMobil and Chevron sent strong messages about getting serious with respect to climate responsibility. In Europe, shareholder votes and a Dutch court ordered Royal Dutch Shell to cut its emissions faster than they'd already been planning. And social and financial pressure is a good way to nudge executives in the right direction, especially leaders who don't make climate-friendly decisions out of fear of pushback from their boards and investors. Tan Copsey: “Investors increasingly should be thinking about the companies they invest in on the basis of their climate performance. And that isn't just, ‘oh, they reduced some greenhouse gas emissions,' because, y'know, you look at a lot of tech companies and they have reduced greenhouse gas emissions, but really they have to do more than that. For businesses in other sectors, it may not be that simple. Certainly there are harder to abate sectors, and so it could be that you are the CEO of a steel company, and your emissions are still gigantic, but the change you can make by introducing, say, hydrogen, and getting rid of coal, or introducing renewable energy plus hydrogen to your—the way in which you do steel, is transformative for the global economy and transformative for the climate system, and in a way investing in that company is more climate-friendly than investing in a tech company; but chances are you have an ETF and you're doing both.” Despite everything I've talked about today, it's important for all of us to remain optimistic. I asked Anne Therese Gennari why optimism is important, and her answer didn't disappoint. Anne Therese Gennari: “Optimism, for scientific reasons, is actually very important. If you look to neuroscience, we need optimism to believe something better is possible, and then find the motivation and the courage to take action right now to get us closer to that goal. And I think there is a huge difference between optimism and toxic positivity, and I think a lot of people who don't agree with optimism associate it with always trying to be happy, thinking good thoughts and hoping things will turn out to the better. And that's why I love to come back to this understanding that ‘awareness hurts, and that's okay.' Because when we tell ourselves that not everything is beautiful, and sometimes things will be painful, we can actually handle that, and we can take that. But from that place of awareness, we can start to grow a seed of hope and tell ourselves, ‘well, what if? What if we did take action, and this happened? What if we can create a more beautiful world in the future? And so, we can paint a picture that's all doomsday, or we can paint one that's beautiful. So which one do we want to start working towards?” And if you find yourself saying, “I really want to be optimistic, but it's too hard! There's just so much bad news out there…” don't fret! You aren't alone. You might even say that's a quite human response. Anne Therese Gennari: “We're human beings, and as a species, we respond to certain kinds of information in different ways. Information that's negative or fear based has a very limiting response in our brains. When we hear something that's overwhelming, like climate change, and we know it's urgent, we might understand that it's urgent, but the action isn't there. Because how our brains respond to something that we don't want to happen is actually to not take action. And it goes back to way back in time, where like, you're facing this dangerous animal, and you're like ‘there's no way I can fight this animal, I can't outrun it, so what am I gonna do? I'm gonna stand here super still and hope that it doesn't see me.' That's literally what our brains think about when something's that overwhelming. And so I think the more urgent the matter is, the more important it is that we actually fuel ourselves with an optimistic future or goal to work towards, because that is the only way that we can actually trigger action.” So let's fuel our minds with an optimistic future to work towards. Despite all the bad news you've heard—even on this episode—there are a lot of hopeful developments happening! The most recent U.N. Climate Conference, COP26, established the Glasgow Climate Pact, which recognizes that the situation is at an emergency level, asking countries to accelerate their plans by calling for provable action by next year. Policy changes, government regulations, and people becoming motivated are all on the rise. Caleb Gardner, who was lead digital strategist for President Obama's political advocacy group, OFA and is now founding partner of 18 Coffees, a strategy firm working at the intersection of digital innovation, social change, and the future of work, spoke to me about what he's most optimistic about, which is right in line with this show's values. Caleb Gardner: “I'm probably most optimistic about technology's ability to tackle global problems like climate change. I'm actually pretty bullish on technology's ability to solve and actually innovate around the reduction of carbon in our atmosphere, electric vehicles, electric grid… and what's great is a lot of that's already being driven by the private sector around the world, so it's not as dependent on government as we think that it is.” So let's talk about some of the emerging technologies that show a lot of promise in mitigating the effects of climate change—and that might make sense to invest in, if you have the means to do so. A team of UCLA scientists led by Aaswath Raman has developed a thin, mirror-like film that reflects heat to outer space through radiative cooling, and can lower the temperatures of objects it's applied to by more than 10 degrees. The idea comes from generations of knowledge from people living in desert climates who learned to cool water by letting the heat radiate out of it overnight. If this film were added to paint and/or applied to pipes and refrigeration units, it could help cool buildings and make refrigeration systems more efficient, reducing the need for air conditioning, which accounts for as much as 70% of residential energy demand in the United States and Middle East. One of the strongest selling points of innovations like this film is that it doesn't need electricity; it only needs a clear day to do its job. Another innovation in reflecting energy back into space comes in the form of ‘cloud brightening,' a technique where salt drops are sprayed into the sky so that clouds reflect more radiation, allowing us to refreeze the polar ice caps. Then there's the new trend of green roofs, in particular the California Academy of Sciences' Living Roof, which spans 2.5 acres and runs six inches deep, with an estimated 1.7 million plants, collecting 100 percent of storm water runoff and offering insulation to the building below. The whole endeavor is brilliantly hopeful and strategic. A massive green roof is completely on brand for a science museum, but that doesn't mean other buildings and businesses wouldn't benefit from them as well. The National Park Service even estimates that over a forty year building lifespan, a green roof could save a typical structure about $200,000, nearly two-thirds of which would come from reduced energy costs. Other building technologies move beyond solar panels and green roofs, with automated building management systems detecting usage patterns of lighting, heating, and air conditioning. There have also been innovations in window insulation, trapping heat during the winter and blocking it out in the summer. ‘Green cement' can be heated to lower temperatures and cuts emissions by a third compared to regular cement. There are new Hydrogen-powered ships whose emissions are water. Electric planes have been developed for short-distance flights. Large floating solar power installations have the potential to generate terawatts of energy on a global scale, and when built near hydropower, can generate electricity even in the dark. Lithium batteries continue to get smaller and more efficient, and can be charged faster and more often than other batteries, making electric vehicles cheaper. And speaking of electric vehicles, they can help with our energy storage problems, with owners buying electricity at night to charge their cars and selling it to the grid when demand is high and cars are unused during the day. Feeding cows seaweed and replacing beef with insects such as mealworms can drastically reduce methane emissions. Scientists in Argentina are working on backpacks for cows that collect their methane, which have shown to collect enough methane from a single cow every day to fuel a refrigerator for 24 hours. To help curb other types of emissions, carbon capture and storage technologies like NZT allow us to capture CO2 in offshore storage sites several kilometres beneath the North Sea. But it's not just about new technologies, or technologies that only work for the richest people. Here's Tan again to elaborate on this idea. Tan Copsey: “This is a really tricky moment, y'know, this is a really bad time to be inefficiently using the resources we have. As we think about climate tech, think about optimizing mobility, as well as copying the existing model. There's a lot of existing tech out there that would make people's lives better—very simple irrigation systems—and so, we shouldn't just think of this in terms of big new exciting things, we should think about it in terms of deploying existing things.” All of this is part of embracing the mindset that says things can change. We need a can-do mindset, but we also need clarity and collaboration. Basically all options need to be implemented if we want to curb the damage that has already been done. Our solutions need to work in conjunction with one another, and support the greatest number of people. To close out, here's Christopher Mims with the last word on putting away the doom and gloom, and remaining optimistic in the face of overwhelming adversity. Christopher Mims: “If you really think about the whole sweep of human history, we live in a time where the pace of especially technological, and therefore in some ways cultural change, is so much faster than ever. We keep inventing new ways to kind of trip ourselves up, and then we have to just adapt so quickly to them. We're constantly playing catch-up with our own technological and social developments. So there's a lot of beating ourselves up over like, ‘woah, how come we didn't do it this way, or we didn't do this right?' or whatever. Sometimes I'm just like, ahh, just chill! We're going as fast as we can. It's very easy to get caught up in the moment to moment, but I think there is this kind of overall arc where, if we don't cook ourselves to death, or blow ourselves up, or distract ourselves to death, we're moving in directions that, once we have fully understood how to live in harmony with the technology that we've created, we'll probably be okay.” Thanks for joining me on The Tech Humanist Show today. I hope you've learned something, and at the very least, that you're going into the future with more hope than you had before.

National Land Podcast: Episode 02 In this episode we will be discussing the mineral rights, how they work and how to find out what you own.  Land Professional Keith Morris worked with Royal Dutch Shell for over 30 years as a petroleum land man in addition to handling international contracts for the company. In addition to his work with National Land Realty as a land professional, he also works as an adjunct professor for Ole Miss, teaching negotiation and international business. Needless to say, if you are curious about mineral rights on your land, you would do well to listen to him.  Read the article here: https://nationalland.com/blog/got-minerals-what-to-know-about-mineral-rights/  Keith Morris Bio: https://nationalland.com/real-estate-agent/keith-morris 

Royal Dutch Shell Oil, Miss America PageantLencola Sullivan Verseveldt is a American news anchor, singer and former beauty queen who has competed in the Miss America pageant & the 1st Black Runner-Up ever in that Pageant. She was the first African-American to be crowned Miss Arkansas.The oldest of five children born to Richard and Macie Sullivan. She attended the University of Central Arkansas where she received a degree in broadcasting.Sullivan won the Miss Arkansas title in July 1980 and represented Arkansas in the Miss America 1981 pageant held later that year in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Sullivan and Doris Hayes (Washington) became the first African-American women to win preliminary talent awards in the pageant. She was also the first to place among the top five, where she was fourth runner-up.Lencola became a news reporter on KARK-TV in Little Rock, Arkansas, and later moved to New York City. She has also worked for KTTV-TV in Austin, Texas, and sang with renown music artists Stevie Wonder, Kool & the Gang (for example on the album Unite) and Jazz Legend Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra, among many other things.She married Roel P. Verseveldt, a native of the Netherlands, in Little Rock, Arkansas. She and her husband have since been involved in international business activities. Among other things, Sullivan also works at Royal Dutch Shell and teaches and guest-lectures at the University of Groningen, both in the area of diversity and inclusion. She currently lives in The Hague. ~https://twitter.com/Lencola?s=20© 2022 Building Abundant Success!!2022 All Rights ReservedJoin Me on ~ iHeart Radio @ https://tinyurl.com/iHeartBASSpot Me on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yxuy23baAmazon ~ https://tinyurl.com/AmzBAS

My guest today is Sonjia “Lioness” Mackey, a powerful and dynamic keynote speaker; two-time Amazon best-selling author; purpose-to-profit life coach; and mindset master (“IEat Fear for Breakfast!”). However, she is most proud of being a laptop freedompreneur and an epic escape artist! Sonjia escaped the corporate chains of mediocrity in May 2016 to live her dream as a location-independent global citizen and digital nomad – living, working, and playing anywhere her wanderlust takes her. To date, those desires have taken her to all 50 states and 79 countries across all 7 continents!Sonjia's career history includes more than 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, working for Fortune Global “Top 10” companies Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell in various business functions such as internal auditing, financial analysis, risk management, contracting and procurement, and global supply management. Before embarking on her own entrepreneurial journey, Sonjia realized she needed location independence and took the scary leap to ask her employer if she could work remotely! She tells us all about it in today's episode! Want to learn more about Sonjia? Sonjia's Instagram Sonjia on Clubhouse If you enjoyed today's episode and had a takeaway moment to share, be sure to take a screenshot and tag me (@thetravelshifters) and Sonjia (@sonjiamackey) on Instagram and let us know what it was! We love connecting with you. Also, I invite you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts or a rating on Spotify. See you in the next episode! Links and Resources Join Remote Work and How to Find it Mini Course Visit my website Follow me on Instagram Follow me on TikTok Join my Facebook Group Leave a Podcast Review or Rating

Mark van Baal, founder of Follow This, joins the show to talk about how his activist investing strategy of getting individual and institutional shareholders of the world's biggest oil companies, is forcing change from the inside of Royal Dutch Shell, Exxon Mobil and others. Plus, hundreds of billions of dollars flowed into mutual funds, ETFs, and private investments in climate technologies last year. We follow the money and the sectors it is flowing to. And, universities are jumping into the Green Bond game to green up their campuses. We go back to school on The Green Investor. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Happy New Year, Awesome People! Welcome to 2022! The turning of the year provides the opportunity to stop, see where we are, remember the lessons of where we've come from, and determine our intentions and goals for the future. In the first AWESome EarthKind episode over a year ago, we interviewed Denis Hayes, the original organizer of Earth Day who then led the movement that made Earth Day the most widely celebrated secular holiday in the world, involving over 1 Billion human beings. In that interview, Denis spoke about how there is Always Hope. He recounts several turning points in history where the future was dark and bleak – and yet, despite the odds, people held onto hope and snatched victory out of the jaws of impending defeat. While today there is much to be rightly concerned about – there are also brilliant starbursts of light that ignite hope and show us a path forward. Here are some excerpts from the Good News Network (https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/) and various other sources: Despite a few national governments continuing to keep their coal and oil projects afloat, market demand and private entrepreneurship is driving what can only be described as a revolution in renewable energy. These latest achievements were basically unbelievable when global climate change was first being discussed as a serious threat. But today, each successive development of renewable energy generation, clean heating & cooling, and electric cars, makes new achievements cheaper and easier to scale. Solar for the Developing World A half-million people living in 3 of the Northern Congo cities are going to be supplied with reliable renewable energy by a trio of United Kingdom, French, and Spanish solar power companies. Citizens from that region suffer from the lowest rates of reliable electricity in the world. The solar power plants with battery storage will now resolve this problem. In West Africa, 2 Senegalese cities will find 60MW of solar power available to them in the coming months as a variety of institutions offer government financing for sustainable energy. Senegal is a heavy net energy-importer, placing enormous financial burdens on people for the importatino of coal and oil. In Nigeria, one of Africa's largest economies, the Solar Power Naija program will equip 500,000 homes with solar panels, generating electricity for 25 million Nigerians. Solar on Demand – the least expensive energy source on the planet The United States National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) reports that solar and storage costs have fallen dramatically over the past decade. The price of residential solar was reported down from $7.53/W in 2010 to $2.65/W in 2021,; utility-scale solar was $5.66/W a decade ago to $0.89/W today. That was driven in large part by higher module efficiency and lower module cost.  The combination of low-cost solar farms and lithium-ion batteries has produced a dynamic new hybrid resource capable of providing energy from the sun after dark and reshaping America's power mix in the 2020s. The spread of these hybrid facilities has been fueled largely by plummeting solar-plus-storage prices, which have begun undercutting conventional fossil-fueled generation. Levelized solar energy prices - Adjusted for inflation over the estimated 30-year lives of the projects - are in the 2 to 3 cents per kwh range, according to a recent report from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Just a few years ago, solar-plus-storage prices were more than triple today's going rates. Today, solar and battery storage provide the lowest cost energy on the planet. Last year, 3/4s of all new electric generation capacity in the world was built with solar.   The windiest on record   2021 was the single best year on record for wind turbine manufacturers with 93 new gigawatts (BILLION watts) being added—a 53% increase since 2020.  The 2021 Global Wind Report summary states:   “Through technology innovations and economies of scale, the global wind power market has nearly quadrupled in size over the past decade and established itself as one of the most cost-competitive and resilient power sources across the world.”   “Today, there is now 743 GW of wind power capacity worldwide, helping to avoid over 1.1 billion tons of CO2 globally—equivalent to the annual carbon emissions of South America.”   HOT ELECTRIC CARS   Data assembled back in March from Germany's largest automotive industry review produced a startling statistic - 1 in 5 cars made in Germany can be plugged in.   The Schmidt Automotive Research Center found that 74,000 of the 374,000 cars that left German assembly lines were either electric or hybrid electric vehicles.   On the demand side, things are just as rosy. Germany is the fourth largest auto market in the world, and electric car registrations grew from a 4% national market share in December 2019, to a whopping 26% market share just 12 months later.    This is just in the background of a global surge in EV purchasing that climbed 40% during 2020, when most markets were suffering from COVID-related issues. Bloomberg New Energy Fund “expects that EVs will make up 20-30% of sales in the United States, European Union and China by 2025, based on "proposed and confirmed rules" in those markets. President Joe Biden has set a goal for half of new passenger vehicle sales in the United States to be electric vehicles by 2030. And New York and others have banned the sale of gas cars by 2035. 2021 is estimated to be "yet another record year for EV sales globally," with 5.6 million sold. That is 83% higher than 2020 and a 168% increase over 2019 sales. And global momentum towards zero-emissions vehicles (ZEV) has "accelerated significantly," Bloomberg said. EVs will "capture a higher share of passenger vehicle sales, sooner than previously expected."   The green new pension   Since its green shoots 50 years ago, acceptance of ESG (environmental, social, and governance) considerations in institutional investing – especially at pension funds – has evolved with distinct shifts in investor preferences.   As the holders of the largest state-controlled pension fund on Earth, the South Korean monetary authorities released a statement in May that the $771 billion National Pension Fund will cease all investments related to coal power both at home and abroad.   The fund also announced that they would revamp guidelines for investment strategies to ensure a more sustainable pattern emerges in the future.   Worldwide, ESG (Environmental Social & Governance) assets surpassed $35 trillion in 2020 - up from $30.6 trillion in 2018 and $22.8 trillion in 2016 reaching a third of current total global assets under management, according to the Global Sustainable Investment Association.   ExxonMobil – long known for its anti-climate change positions - used to have bragging rights as the world's most valuable public company with $500 Billion of market valuation. Now, America's largest oil company is in steady decline. It's been kicked out of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and has less than half of its peak market value. Adios, coal: Spain hits 50% renewable milestone Back in mid-May, the Spanish legislature announced it would be phasing out all oil, coal, and gas production by 2042, and that all carbon-emitting vehicle sales would be banned by 2040.   In the short term, the Spanish lawmakers want 74% of the national energy consumption to be entirely renewable by the end of the decade. They are quite close to that goal already, as the month of May saw 50% of the nation's energy demand fulfilled by green energy.   Romania also joined the effort, alerting the EU that through its National Recovery and Resilience Plan the country would cease all coal production by 2032, at which time it plans to have installed 34% renewable electricity to take over the baton.   G7, the world's seven largest developed economies, all agreed to stop coal financing by the end of the year. Now that Japan is also on board, that leaves the African, India, and China as the last remaining holdouts.   In the US, 22 states now have carbon-free energy goals:   Arizona 100% carbon-free electricity by 2070 Adopted by order of the Arizona Commerce Commission in May 2021, extending and expanding the existing state RPS. Docket number RU-00000A-18-0284. California 100% carbon-free electricity by 2045 2018 legislation (SB 100) extended and expanded the existing state RPS. State agencies are required to submit implementation plans by January 1, 2021. Also in 2018, Gov. Jerry Brown's Executive Order B-55-18 set a goal of statewide carbon neutrality by no later than 2045, with net negative GHG emissions thereafter. Colorado 100% carbon-free electricity by 2050 for Xcel Energy A 2019 law (SB 19-236) codified a pledge previously made by Xcel, whose service territory covers approximately 60% of the state's load. It is mandatory “so long as it is technically and economically feasible.” Connecticut 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040 Governor Ned Lamont's 2019 Executive Order (Number 3) set a 2040 goal for carbon-free electricity and asked the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to develop a decarbonization plan for the power sector, in line with previous legislation to cut economy-wide carbon emissions by 80% below 2001 levels by 2050. District of Columbia 100% renewable energy by 2032 through the RPS The Clean Energy DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2018 (DC Act 22-583) amended the existing RPS to mandate 100% renewable electricity by the year 2032. Hawaii 100% renewable energy by 2045 through the RPS 2015 legislation (HB623) made Hawaii the first state to set a 100% RPS for the electricity sector. Illinois 100% clean energy by 2050 2021 legislation (SB2408) established a goal of 100% clean energy by 2050, with interim targets of 40% by 2030 and 50% by 2040. Louisiana Net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 Governor John Bel Edwards' 2020 Executive Order (JBE 2020-18) established a Climate Initiatives Task Force to develop a roadmap and make recommendations. Maine 100% clean energy by 2050 2019 legislation (LD 1494) increased Maine's RPS to 80% by 2030, and set a goal of 100% by 2050. Also LD1679 sets an economy-wide goal of 80% cuts to greenhouse gases by 2050. Massachusetts Net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 In 2020, the Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs set a 2050 net-zero GHG emissions goal under the authority of 2008 legislation. The same goal was then included in a March 2021 climate action law (Bill S.9). A decarbonization roadmap was released at the end of 2020. Michigan Economy-wide carbon neutrality by 2050 Governor Gretchen Whitmer's order in 2020 (Executive Directive 2020-10) set a goal “to achieve economy-wide carbon neutrality no later than 2050.” It directed the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy to develop a plan by the end of 2021. Nebraska Net-zero carbon emissions from generation resources by 2050 for Nebraska Public Power District and Omaha Public Power District; 2040 for Lincoln Electric System Nebraska is the only state served solely by publicly owned utilities. As of December 2021, the three public utilities that serve the vast majority of customers have all adopted 100% clean energy goals. Nevada 100% carbon-free electricity by 2050 2019 legislation (SB 358) raised the RPS to 50% by 2030, and set a goal of a net-zero emission power sector by 2050. New Jersey 100% carbon-free electricity by 2050 Governor Phil Murphy's Executive Order 28 in 2018 set a carbon free goal for the power sector and directed the BPU to develop an Energy Master Plan, which was released in 2020. New Mexico 100% carbon-free electricity by 2045 2019 legislation (SB 489) requires a zero-carbon power supply by 2050, with at least 80% from renewables. New York 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040 2019 legislation (S6599) requires zero-emissions electricity by 2040 and sets a goal of cutting all state GHGs 85% by 2050. A Climate Action Council will develop a plan. North Carolina Carbon neutrality in the electricity sector by 2050 2021 legislation (HB 951) requires the North Carolina Utilities Commission to “take all reasonable steps” to achieve a 70% reduction in CO2 emissions from electric generating facilities in the state by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2050. Oregon Greenhouse gas emissions reduced 100 percent below baseline emissions by 2040 2021 legislation (HB 2021) requires investor-owned utilities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with the electricity they sell to 80 percent below baseline emissions levels by 2030, 90 percent below baseline emissions levels by 2035, and 100 percent below baseline emissions levels by 2040. Puerto Rico 100% renewable energy for electricity by 2050 2019 legislation (SB1121), the Public Energy Policy Law of Puerto Rico, set a timeline for reaching 100% renewable electricity by the year 2050. Rhode Island 100% renewable energy electricity by 2030 Governor Gina Raimondo's 2020 Executive Order (20-01) requires the Office of Energy Resources to “conduct economic and energy market analysis and develop viable policy and programmatic pathways” to meet 100% of statewide electricity deliveries with renewables by 2030. Virginia 100% carbon-free electricity by 2045 for Dominion Energy and 2050 for Appalachian Power Company The 2020 Virginia Clean Economy Act (House Bill 1526 and Senate Bill 851) requires zero-carbon utilities by 2050 at the latest. Washington 100% zero-emissions electricity by 2045 2019's Clean Energy Transformation Act (SB5116) applies to all utilities. The state Commerce Department started a rulemaking process in August 2019. Utilities must file implementation plans by January 2022. Wisconsin 100% carbon-free electricity by 2050 Governor Tony Evers' Executive Order (EO38) in 2019 directed a new Office of Sustainability and Clean Energy to “achieve a goal” of all carbon-free power by 2050. Natural Gas Moratoriums & Heat Pumps Dozens of cities, including San Francisco, Berkeley and San Jose in California; Cambridge, Mass.; and Seattle, Oregon have moved to ban natural gas hook ups in new buildings as a way to combat climate change. In Westchester NY, there has been a moratorium on new natural gas hookups since 2018.  And on December 15th, 2021 - New York City banned natural gas hookups for new buildings starting in 2027. Previously, Geothermal or ground source heat pumps were growing at a rate of  7% per year. Since geothermal is the most efficient form of heating and cooling – with 500% efficiencies from using the stored heat in the ground beneath our feet – it is expected that the growth in both air and ground source heat pumps will soon reach double digits.    Green oil All is not business-as-usual in the boardrooms of some of the world's largest petroleum producers.   In a landmark court decision, a judge in the Netherlands ordered Royal Dutch Shell to cut emissions by 45% after 17,000 people brought a lawsuit that Shell's large greenhouse gas footprint merits a significant investment in CO2-slashing as a debt to society. Elsewhere in Europe, the Italian oil company Eni became the first European oil company to launch a corporate bond that is linked to sustainability. The €1 billion 7-year bond is linked to two key performance indicators: “Increasing renewable installed capacity to 5GW by the end of 2025; and cutting the net carbon footprint of its upstream business by 50% by 2024,” Lastly, Engine No.1, a shareholder group of ExxonMobil, managed to get two of their candidates elected to the American company's board on the argument that the company's long-term business strategy didn't take into account all of the value loss potential from climate change, both from shareholders jumping ship, and potential damages from extreme weather events. BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager with $8.6 trillion in private capital, ensured the Engine No.1 candidates got the positions by utilizing their vote as large shareholders. 100% Clean Energy On April 29th, 2021 over 29 million people in California got 95% of their power from renewable energy— and were contributing virtually nothing towards climate change as far as their electricity needs were concerned.  California follows another major population center, South Australia, which recently fulfilled 100% demand with renewables. “It sends chills down my spine. It's amazing,” said Elliot Mainzer, president and CEO of the California Independent System Operator, which runs the state's main power grid. “These types of transitions aren't always pretty. But we're getting a lot of renewable generation online, making a real dent in the state's carbon emissions,”  Mainzer recently urged the state to construct another 10,000 megawatts of renewables, an equivalent of one-eighth of the entire state baseload power, in order to cover the gaps in the grid. Covering gaps in renewables is important for two reasons. The first is that electricity is the only resource that must be consumed as soon as it's produced. That means projections of demand must always be just about perfect.  The second reason is that renewables most often have no form of storage, and the electricity they generate goes into the grid immediately upon production. To help navigate around these natural flaws in renewable energy, California has been a key leader in coordinating with other states in the west to share surplus power across state lines, creating a more robust grid, removing more need for fossil fuels, and taking advantage of other states' resources. For example, California is much sunnier than Wyoming, but Wyoming has the most consistent wind power of any state. Utility companies in each place can exchange their baseload power with the strengths of the other and reduce fossil fuel input and increase grid stability. This is the best method for protecting against blackouts and drops in supply due to changing weather until cost-effective and scalable storage technology become widely implemented. A Clean Economy = Healthier Communities Scientists at UC Berkeley are hailing the state's diesel engine standards for drastically dropping the amount of diesel particulate matter in the air, and reducing the cardiopulmonary deaths attributable to poor air quality. If you never saw the pictures of the city of Los Angeles before the Clean Air Act, they look like something out of the movie Escape from L.A. But encouraging shifts away from high-sulfur fuels, and replacing diesel ships with electric ones, has gradually scaled the horror show back. “Our analysis of mobile source DPM (diesel particulate matter) emissions suggests that many California sector-based policies have been highly effective,” write the authors of the paper published in Science. They found that from 1990 to 2014, the amount of DPM in the California skies fell by 78%, while cardiopulmonary and cancer deaths linked to diesel pollution dropped by 82%. These are just some of the many positive actions that have been happening around the country and globe. Obviously, there still much to be concerned about.  As I record this podcast, I have one son in Boulder Colorado whose former home community was destroyed by the recent wildfires.  Only 1 mile away from his current home, 100 mph winds created a blast furnace of destruction for thousands of homes. Thankfully, the massive snowfall has now contained that catastrophe. But my other son and his family were pummeled by 11 feet of snow on the way to their holiday vacation in Lake Tahoe. Don't Look Up  If you haven't seen the new comedy film “Don't Look Up” – it's worth watching.  While the insanity of ignoring science is pretty funny – the reality is that we can't allow ourselves to continue to be distracted by day-to-day petty politics and our ridiculous obsession with social media. We all need to join together, find a way to overcome our differences, and remember that our children's future is the one overriding priority that we all share.  Creating a sustainable planet is a huge task. But as the recently deceased Desmond Tutu once wisely said: “there is only one way to eat an elephant: one bite at a time.”  Figure out how to take your bite – and let's all keep moving forward, one small bite at a time… ---- Has your workplace conducted a Greenhouse Gas Inventory? Is there a clean energy plan to achieve sustainability goals? Schedule an initial FREE Consultation with EarthKind Energy Consulting to discuss how your workplace can save money and reduce your carbon footprint.  Contact us at www.EarthKindEnergy.com  Ron@EarthKindEnergy.com P: 845-266-3723 Wherever you are on your clean energy journey – we're here to help you take your next step. Please let us know what you need by going to AWESome EarthKind dot com and clicking on “Tell Us”.  When you fill out the online survey, you'll automatically be entered into a Sweepstakes for a Free LED Light Fixture worth $150.  Or… call just us at 845-266-3723 

In today's episode, Eric talks to the brains behind one of the world's biggest brands, Shell. Jane Keate, Shell's Global Brand Standards and Assurance Manager, and Dean Aragón, CEO & Vice Chairman of Shell Brands International, explain how a brand as massive and well-known as Shell connects to its employees, customers and external stakeholders through its all-in approach to sonic branding, and how building a distinctive yet flexible sound helps deepen and humanize the brand's identity while also fulfilling marketing's ROI goals. We talk about the way Shell's sonic branding adapts for use, geography, and mission so that it is never out of place or time and why this is so key for Shell's messaging. Listen to the Shell's sonic branding for yourself:  Epic, power (Shell V-Power)Calm, reflective (Shell Strategy Day)Positive, uplifting (Nature-based Solutions)Power, drama (Shell Advance Power)Watch the Sound of Shell show reel here, and watch the Making of the Shell Sonic Brand here.To end today's episode, Eric talks to Paul Skinner of Marketing Kind, a community of marketers and change-makers who believe marketing and narrative-building can be an important part of the solution to the many societal and environmental problems we face.  Working with Ian Goldin, former VP of the World Bank,  Marketing Kind asks, Can we rescue humanity? Follow Paul on LinkedIn  to receive invites to Marketing Kind's gatherings. In this month's Coffee with a Cause, on Friday, 26th November, Eric will host a gathering with Matthew Powell of Breaking Barriers, to help refugees gain the skills they need to secure longer term employment.Scratch is a production of Rival, a marketing innovation consultancy that develops strategies and capabilities that help businesses grow faster. Today's episode was produced by Leanne Kilroy and hosted by Eric Fulwiler. Find Rival online at www.wearerival.com, LinkedIn, Twitter. Find Eric on LinkedIn and tweet him @efulwiler.Say hi at media@wearerival.com, we'd love to hear from you. 

US stocks were little changed Monday. Plus, Royal Dutch Shell moves to the UK, Fuel costs weigh on airlines, and Casper goes private.

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