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"An Economic Vision" with Hazel Henderson
In this first teleseminar of 2009, renowned futurist, evolutionary economist and author, Hazel Henderson talks with host and IONS Editorial Director Matthew Gilbert about the current state of the economy. Hazel share’s her in-depth knowledge and offers studied, positive alternatives for the future including digital currencies, green economy and local community banking.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2009-01-07
- 00:41:55
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"New Money for a New World" with Bernard Lietaer
Join host Matthew Gilbert and his guest Bernard Lietaer, an economist and author who was one of the designers of the European currency, the Euro. His consulting experience spans four continents and ranges from multinational corporations to developing countries.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2007-02-14
- 01:06:41
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"Building True Wealth" with Catherine Austin Fitts
IONS Editorial Director Matthew Gilbert and guest Catherine Austin Fitts engage in a thought provoking conversation which includes the analogy of big business as a tape worm. Catherine describes what we need to be aware of in our investments to insure that we are not unintentionally feeding the 'tape worm.'
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2006-01-03
- 01:01:01
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"Frontiers of the Heart" with Mitchell Krucoff
Dr. Mitchell Krucoff and host Marilyn Schlitz engage a thought-provoking discussion of noetic health care. After Dr. Krucoff's visit to a hospital in India, he was inspired to research the intangible. Why were the pediatric cardiology patients in India smiling? When children with severe heart problems didn't cry, he and his team wanted to know why.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2006-10-18
- 01:03:58
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Bernard Lietaer
Bernard Lietaer is an economist and author who was one of the designers of the Euro. He has been active in the domain of money systems for over 25 years in a wide variety of functions. While at the Central Bank in Belgium he co-designed and implemented the convergence mechanism (ECU) to the single European currency system. During that period, he also served as President of Belgium's Electronic Payment System.
His consultant experience in monetary aspects on four continents ranges from multinational corporations to developing countries. He co-founded one of the largest and most successful currency funds becoming its General Manager and Currency Trader, and is the originator of a complementary currency called the Terra. He is the author of The Future of Money
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His academic history includes a Professorship of International Finance at the University of Louvain in Belgium. He is currently a Research Fellow at the Center for Sustainable Resources of the University of California at Berkeley, and is co-founder of ACCESS Foundation, (www.accessfoundation.org ), an educational non-profit whose objective is to communicate best practices in the domain of complementary currencies. -
How to "heal" the earth:
1. Dig water wells where needed and provide pumps and sprinkler systems for farming on a worldwide scale. 2. Finance with "e-currency" backed by worldwide concensus. 3. Build affordable, interest-free ... -
Cosponsored EventSages and Scientists Symposium 2013
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- The Chopra Foundation
The Chopra Foundation hosts the 2013 Symposium: Sages and Scientists, over two and half days of inspiring and empowering dialogue to help create a peaceful, just, sustainable, and healthy world.
- IONS Events
- Aug 16, 2013 – Aug 18, 2013
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William "Bill" Sechrest, JD
William Sechrest is the Chair of the IONS Board of Directors.
He joined the Law Firm of Shartsis Friese, LLP, in the capacity "Of Counsel" on January 2, 2007. Mr. Sechrest has practiced law for forty years; most of that time being invested with the 300 law firm he founded in Dallas, Texas in 1973. During the forty years, Mr. Sechrest has represented clients and served as a consultant in a variety of matters including real estate acquisition and development; real estate finance; land use and entitlement issues; corporate, partnership, and limited liability debt offerings; equity and debt structures and restructures (including reorganizations both outside and inside bankruptcy); commercial lending; and general corporate issues for both private and publicly held organizations, including regulatory and financial issues and most recently issues involving Sarbanes Oxley. Mr. Sechrest is a member of the Board of Directors of The Men's Wearhouse, Inc., a NYSE company, and Ojai Community Bank which is also publicly traded. Mr. Sechrest chairs the Board of Directors of Vitamin Angel Alliance, a Section 501©(3) organization located in Santa Barbara, California. Mr. Sechrest is a frequent lecturer at conferences regarding currencies, markets, and monetary policy. Mr. Sechrest received his BA degree from Stanford University in Economics and his JD from Southern Methodist University. He is a member of the American Bar Association and the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL).