Let’s face it, so many negatives couldn’t help but create a real malaise in 2009. The economic meltdown, corporate infidelity, Climate-Gate, war and disagreement in the Middle East, and the list goes on. We only perked up temporarily from time to time when a new statistic on jobs or the stock market was announced, then we fell right back into gloom.

But there’s a huge learning that’s come out of the mess and more and more folks are waking up to this. That we need to look at all of the above holistically and move on to Capitalism 2.0 and Politics 2.0 and Peace 2.0. That market forces need more management, with consideration to the long term and effects not just on the bottom line, but the populations affected.

Here’s the best summary we’ve seen on things like the renewable energy economy and COP15 and lots of other beginnings in 2009 that may act as a springboard for so many green possibilities this year and beyond:

http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/010923.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+worldchanging_fulltext+%28WorldChanging.com+Full+Text%29&utm_content=Google+Reader