MATTERS IN THE AIR …. WELCOMING NEW COMERS – Reminding each other of opportunities before us.

– Reporting on the current surge in action as noted recently – incl. submissions galore to the Independent Commission on Banking and the Treasury – Any more info on The Treasury Committee’s inquiry into the Accountability of the Bank of England??

– FINANCE LAB Report http://tinyurl.com/5unnsul – And the Innovation Gp we are adding to the Finance Lab http://tinyurl.com/682o7c9

– Call for the NEXT KUALA LUMPUR CONFERENCE – AFTER November’s launch of the KLCMJ. Four countries — Indonesia, Malaysia , Iraq and Iran (two conferences to come) — are increasingly active. http://tinyurl.com/5tkdj95

KEEP UP WITH RODNEY’S WORK ON YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=rodney+shakespeare&aq=f – Rodney is now Chairman of the Committee against Torture in Bahrain, London

– Positive Money call for volunteers – http://www.positivemoney.org.uk/volunteering/ —- A report from Oxford Round Table describes Ben’s as the only contribution dealing with monetary reform

Social and Economic Models – extending perspective on the vision at the end of the U curve. What will finance for people and planet look like ?

PERTINENT PICKINGS from the week

– Prem Silkka has an article in the Tribune Magazine which argues that the next financial crisis is inevitable. It argues that the proposed reforms have failed to address the fundamental issues and that the finance theories, which drive much of the speculative trade, are incapable of being reformed http://www.tribunemagazine.co.uk/2011/03/11437/ and you can stimulate the debate by adding your comments.

– WWF report on Frames and Values http://assets.wwf.org.uk/downloads/common_cause_report.pdf 

– Paul Hellyer -former Deputy PM of Canada http://tinyurl.com/5wwkw3g

– THE EXTENDED MIND – Dr. Rupert Sheldrake – Cambridge Biologist Research Fellow of the Royal Society – http://www.sheldrake.org – Friday 18 March 6:30 for 7pm start