www.reuters.com/world/middle... The #coldchain is critical for many pharmaceuticals. The war in the Middle East continues to disrupt the transport and distribution of products, and not just oil and gas. #supplychains
What happens when just twenty miles of water can shake the global economy?
The 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis exposed something most people rarely see: the fragile clockwork beneath modern civilization.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/archim...
#EnergySecurity #Geopolitics #AI #GlobalEconomy #SupplyChains
The retail afterlife: How surplus goods find new value at ‘binz’ stores
#Retail #Recommerce #Liquidation #BargainHunting #RetailIndustry #SupplyChains #SecondaryMarkets #DiscountShopping #RetailTrends #Economy #ShoppingCulture #RetailSurplus #MarketTrends
the-14.com/the-retail-a...
The #Iranwar has exposed vulnerabilities in #global #supplychains
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/b... It's not the first time: my take from 2021 and alternative #vision news.mongabay.com/2021/12/visi... #iran #trump #trade #hormuz #khamenei #globalization #cooperatives #csa #agriculture #food
NEW PODCAST
🇮🇷 As the #Iran war continues to disrupt #oil, #trade & global #SupplyChains I've been speaking to the influential CEO of #shipping giant @Maersk
🎧LISTEN to my extended conversation with Vincent Clerc on the impact on the global economy 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#trends today for 'supply chains' 'oil shock' & 'plane crashes'
Click/Tap below:
www.newsmason.com?query=%22sup...
www.newsmason.com?query=%22oil...
www.newsmason.com?query=%22pla...
#supplychains #oilshock #planecrashes
Middle East tensions are disrupting container flows and driving higher logistics costs across Europe. #Sogese CEO #AndreaMonti warns longer routes, trapped containers, and rising premiums are reshaping #containerShipping, #ItalianPorts, and global #SupplyChains.
Tracing a tomato or salmon fillet is harder than it should be.
Supply chains cross borders & intermediaries and corporations rely on their obscurity.
How do we shine light on hidden systems?
More: thesalmonandthetomato.org
#SupplyChains #Transparency #FoodSystem
Today marks three years of VillageReach, the Ministry of Health & partners strengthening Kenya's community health supply chains. Now, we're advancing policy & tools to support frontline workers, together.
#CommunityHealth #HealthSystems #Kenya #SupplyChains #GlobalHealth
The U.S. Trade Representative is taking public comment on a proposed critical minerals trade agreement covering materials key for EVs, clean energy, data centers, and defense.
Supporters cite supply chain security; critics raise concerns about labor and environmental standards.
#SupplyChains
New OnlineFirst article: "Congestion Conversations: Efficiency and Politics in an Eastern Mediterranean Port City" by Canay Özden-Schilling #markets #economies #supplychains #maritime #shipping #congestion #ports #Turkey
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#trends today for 'mark ballas' 'global energy' & 'supply chains'
Click/Tap below:
www.newsmason.com?query=%22mar...
www.newsmason.com?query=%22glo...
www.newsmason.com?query=%22sup...
#markballas #globalenergy #supplychains
The Red Sea shipping disruptions showed how maritime instability can ripple across global supply chains and fuel economic pressure far from the ocean.
#RedSeaCrisis #SupplyChains #MaritimeRisk
stratheia.com/why-we-under...
Most produce travels thousands of miles.
Which means freshness depends on logistics.
Local controlled production flips that equation.
Grow closer → waste less.
#SupplyChains #FoodSecurity
Design for Freedom Summit, March 26, #NewCanaan #Connecticut buff.ly/mT4eqvY #DesignforFreedom #GraceFarms #architecture #design #building #buildings #construction #circularity #humanrights #equity #socialjustice #development #SGDs #finance #supplychains #greenbuilding
Middle East conflict raises farmers’ concerns
#Manitoba #Canada #MiddleEast #Farmers #Agriculture #Fertilizer #FertilizerSupply #FoodSecurity #StraitOfHormuz #FuelPrices #DieselPrices #SupplyChains #World #Politics #Geopolitics #Economy #SpringPlanting
the-14.com/middle-east-...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... We had published a paper on investing in transport security of high value cargo back in 2018 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #supplychains #perishability #losses
This is something I told a journalist from Marketplace a week ago. And now I am reading about it, thanks to Peter Goddman, in @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/b... Our research on #agricultural & #food #supplychains & #disruptions continues.
Re #MultipleEmergencies “Right Livelihood in the Multiple Emergencies Era” in profile 1000s of local Community Visioning Initiatives, in communities around the world, can activate most possible participation (by way of 6-12 months of workshops, meetings, brainstorming, and prioritizing challenges and solutions) + help build a high level of consensus for specific action plans in shortest amount of time, w/ support from universities, colleges, and 1000s of positive tipping point related orgs and institutions (https://www.cpcsi.org/231-positive-tipping-point-orgs-and-insti ) creating related curriculum--and offering resources, classes, workshops, teacher training to max identification of challenges,solutions during Community Visioning process [Exs: “Chattanooga: A Community with a Vision” 13 min documentary https://vimeo.com/9653090 , https://www.cpcsi.org/constellations-of-initiatives-approach (photo in post from 9:37) ] Thru workshops and local learning networks, citizens can gain greater awareness of how all the investments of time, energy, money (the “votes”) each of us make in our everyday circumstances become the larger economy. People from every variety of circumstances can learn how to wisely cast such “votes”. Wisely directed, such “votes” can result in countless ways of earning a living which contribute to peacebuilding, community revitalization, and ecological sustainability efforts necessary to drastically reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and minimize other related challenges. Once it becomes clear local residents are “getting together” on Net Zero #GHG (Greenhouse Gas) emission #supplychains and #SRI (Socially Responsible Investing) enabling-peace supply chains; + many local communities = “driving” economies from global to just, sustainable communities, ecosystems; changes many come more quickly in upper echelons of govts, intl corporations, intl banks, etc., which have been--thus far--slow to respond to Climate Emergency (and many other challenges).
2/2
#IWD
“13 Post 🧵 Accel Positive” 18p
bit.ly/4l19FUY
+“Rethinking Cost-Benefit of
#HigherEd #LocalCommunityEd” 4p
bit.ly/46PaRoL
+A. above
= local Clearinghouse Challenges/Solutions
=catalyst for #LocalCommunityEd Solution Hubs
+ #RightLivelihood #supplychains
= B. #CircularEconomies
@wired.com
Re #MultipleEmergencies “Right Livelihood in the Multiple Emergencies Era” in profile 1000s of local Community Visioning Initiatives, in communities around the world, can activate most possible participation (by way of 6-12 months of workshops, meetings, brainstorming, and prioritizing challenges and solutions) + help build a high level of consensus for specific action plans in shortest amount of time, w/ support from universities, colleges, and 1000s of positive tipping point related orgs and institutions (https://www.cpcsi.org/231-positive-tipping-point-orgs-and-insti ) creating related curriculum--and offering resources, classes, workshops, teacher training to max identification of challenges,solutions during Community Visioning process [Exs: “Chattanooga: A Community with a Vision” 13 min documentary https://vimeo.com/9653090 , https://www.cpcsi.org/constellations-of-initiatives-approach (photo in post from 9:37) ] Thru workshops and local learning networks, citizens can gain greater awareness of how all the investments of time, energy, money (the “votes”) each of us make in our everyday circumstances become the larger economy. People from every variety of circumstances can learn how to wisely cast such “votes”. Wisely directed, such “votes” can result in countless ways of earning a living which contribute to peacebuilding, community revitalization, and ecological sustainability efforts necessary to drastically reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and minimize other related challenges. Once it becomes clear local residents are “getting together” on Net Zero #GHG (Greenhouse Gas) emission #supplychains and #SRI (Socially Responsible Investing) enabling-peace supply chains; + many local communities = “driving” economies from global to just, sustainable communities, ecosystems; changes many come more quickly in upper echelons of govts, intl corporations, intl banks, etc., which have been--thus far--slow to respond to Climate Emergency (and many other challenges).
2/2
#IWD2026
“13 Post 🧵 Accelerate Positive Transformation” 18p
bit.ly/4l19FUY
+“Rethinking ‘Cost-Benefit’ of
#HigherEd #LocalCommunityEd” 4p
bit.ly/46PaRoL
+A. above
=catalyst for #LocalCommunityEd
Challenges/Solution Hubs
+ #RightLivelihood #supplychains
= B. #CircularEconomies
@news.rte.ie
Re #MultipleEmergencies “Right Livelihood in the Multiple Emergencies Era” in profile 1000s of local Community Visioning Initiatives, in communities around the world, can activate most possible participation (by way of 6-12 months of workshops, meetings, brainstorming, and prioritizing challenges and solutions) + help build a high level of consensus for specific action plans in shortest amount of time, w/ support from universities, colleges, and 1000s of positive tipping point related orgs and institutions (https://www.cpcsi.org/231-positive-tipping-point-orgs-and-insti ) creating related curriculum--and offering resources, classes, workshops, teacher training to max identification of challenges,solutions during Community Visioning process [Exs: “Chattanooga: A Community with a Vision” 13 min documentary https://vimeo.com/9653090 , https://www.cpcsi.org/constellations-of-initiatives-approach (photo in post from 9:37) ] Thru workshops and local learning networks, citizens can gain greater awareness of how all the investments of time, energy, money (the “votes”) each of us make in our everyday circumstances become the larger economy. People from every variety of circumstances can learn how to wisely cast such “votes”. Wisely directed, such “votes” can result in countless ways of earning a living which contribute to peacebuilding, community revitalization, and ecological sustainability efforts necessary to drastically reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and minimize other related challenges. Once it becomes clear local residents are “getting together” on Net Zero #GHG (Greenhouse Gas) emission #supplychains and #SRI (Socially Responsible Investing) enabling-peace supply chains; + many local communities = “driving” economies from global to just, sustainable communities, ecosystems; changes many come more quickly in upper echelons of govts, intl corporations, intl banks, etc., which have been--thus far--slow to respond to Climate Emergency (and many other challenges).
2/2
#IWD26
“13 Post 🧵 Accel Positive”18p
bit.ly/4l19FUY
+“Rethinking ‘Cost-Benefit’ of
#HigherEd #LocalCommunityEd” 4p
bit.ly/46PaRoL
+A. above
=local Clearinghouse Challenges/Solutions
=catalyst for #LocalCommunityEd Solution Hubs
+ #RightLivelihood #supplychains
=B. #CircularEconomies
@lbc.co.uk
Re #MultipleEmergencies “Right Livelihood in the Multiple Emergencies Era” in profile 1000s of local Community Visioning Initiatives, in communities around the world, can activate most possible participation (by way of 6-12 months of workshops, meetings, brainstorming, and prioritizing challenges and solutions) + help build a high level of consensus for specific action plans in shortest amount of time, w/ support from universities, colleges, and 1000s of positive tipping point related orgs and institutions (https://www.cpcsi.org/231-positive-tipping-point-orgs-and-insti ) creating related curriculum--and offering resources, classes, workshops, teacher training to max identification of challenges,solutions during Community Visioning process [Exs: “Chattanooga: A Community with a Vision” 13 min documentary https://vimeo.com/9653090 , https://www.cpcsi.org/constellations-of-initiatives-approach (photo in post from 9:37) ] Thru workshops and local learning networks, citizens can gain greater awareness of how all the investments of time, energy, money (the “votes”) each of us make in our everyday circumstances become the larger economy. People from every variety of circumstances can learn how to wisely cast such “votes”. Wisely directed, such “votes” can result in countless ways of earning a living which contribute to peacebuilding, community revitalization, and ecological sustainability efforts necessary to drastically reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and minimize other related challenges. Once it becomes clear local residents are “getting together” on Net Zero #GHG (Greenhouse Gas) emission #supplychains and #SRI (Socially Responsible Investing) enabling-peace supply chains; + many local communities = “driving” economies from global to just, sustainable communities, ecosystems; changes many come more quickly in upper echelons of govts, intl corporations, intl banks, etc., which have been--thus far--slow to respond to Climate Emergency (and many other challenges).
2/2
#IWD2026
“13 Post 🧵 Accel Positive”18p
bit.ly/4l19FUY
+“Rethinking Cost-Benefit of
#HigherEd #LocalCommunityEd” 4p
bit.ly/46PaRoL
+A. above
=local Clearinghouse Challenges/Solutions
=catalyst for #LocalCommunityEd Solution Hubs
+ #RightLivelihood #supplychains
=B. #CircularEconomies
@lbc.co.uk
The new era of global trade prioritizes resilience, technology, and sustainability over just-in-time efficiency. By integrating digital tools and diversifying networks, businesses can build adaptive #supplychains that thrive amid uncertainty.
https://bit.ly/3N63Edk
Re #MultipleEmergencies “Right Livelihood in the Multiple Emergencies Era” in profile 1000s of local Community Visioning Initiatives, in communities around the world, can activate most possible participation (by way of 6-12 months of workshops, meetings, brainstorming, and prioritizing challenges and solutions) + help build a high level of consensus for specific action plans in shortest amount of time, w/ support from universities, colleges, and 1000s of positive tipping point related orgs and institutions (https://www.cpcsi.org/231-positive-tipping-point-orgs-and-insti ) creating related curriculum--and offering resources, classes, workshops, teacher training to max identification of challenges,solutions during Community Visioning process [Exs: “Chattanooga: A Community with a Vision” 13 min documentary https://vimeo.com/9653090 , https://www.cpcsi.org/constellations-of-initiatives-approach (photo in post from 9:37) ] Thru workshops and local learning networks, citizens can gain greater awareness of how all the investments of time, energy, money (the “votes”) each of us make in our everyday circumstances become the larger economy. People from every variety of circumstances can learn how to wisely cast such “votes”. Wisely directed, such “votes” can result in countless ways of earning a living which contribute to peacebuilding, community revitalization, and ecological sustainability efforts necessary to drastically reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and minimize other related challenges. Once it becomes clear local residents are “getting together” on Net Zero #GHG (Greenhouse Gas) emission #supplychains and #SRI (Socially Responsible Investing) enabling-peace supply chains; + many local communities = “driving” economies from global to just, sustainable communities, ecosystems; changes many come more quickly in upper echelons of govts, intl corporations, intl banks, etc., which have been--thus far--slow to respond to Climate Emergency (and many other challenges).
2/2
#IWD2026
“13 Post 🧵 Accel Positive” 18p
bit.ly/4l19FUY
+“Rethinking ‘Cost-Benefit’ of
#HigherEd #LocalCommunityEd” 4p
bit.ly/46PaRoL
+A. above
=local Clearinghouse Challenges/Solutions
=catalyst for #LocalCommunityEd SolutionHubs
+ #RightLivelihood #supplychains
=B. #CircularEconomies
@npr.org
Re #MultipleEmergencies “Right Livelihood in the Multiple Emergencies Era” in profile 1000s of local Community Visioning Initiatives, in communities around the world, can activate most possible participation (by way of 6-12 months of workshops, meetings, brainstorming, and prioritizing challenges and solutions) + help build a high level of consensus for specific action plans in shortest amount of time, w/ support from universities, colleges, and 1000s of positive tipping point related orgs and institutions (https://www.cpcsi.org/231-positive-tipping-point-orgs-and-insti ) creating related curriculum--and offering resources, classes, workshops, teacher training to max identification of challenges,solutions during Community Visioning process [Exs: “Chattanooga: A Community with a Vision” 13 min documentary https://vimeo.com/9653090 , https://www.cpcsi.org/constellations-of-initiatives-approach (photo in post from 9:37) ] Thru workshops and local learning networks, citizens can gain greater awareness of how all the investments of time, energy, money (the “votes”) each of us make in our everyday circumstances become the larger economy. People from every variety of circumstances can learn how to wisely cast such “votes”. Wisely directed, such “votes” can result in countless ways of earning a living which contribute to peacebuilding, community revitalization, and ecological sustainability efforts necessary to drastically reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and minimize other related challenges. Once it becomes clear local residents are “getting together” on Net Zero #GHG (Greenhouse Gas) emission #supplychains and #SRI (Socially Responsible Investing) enabling-peace supply chains; + many local communities = “driving” economies from global to just, sustainable communities, ecosystems; changes many come more quickly in upper echelons of govts, intl corporations, intl banks, etc., which have been--thus far--slow to respond to Climate Emergency (and many other challenges).
2/2
#IWD26
“13 Post 🧵 Accel Positive”18p
bit.ly/4l19FUY
+“Rethinking ‘Cost-Benefit’ of
#HigherEd #LocalCommunityEd” 4p
bit.ly/46PaRoL
+A. above
=local Clearinghouse Challenges/Solutions
=catalyst for #LocalCommunityEd SolutionHubs
+ #RightLivelihood #supplychains
=B. #CircularEconomies
@axios.com
Re #MultipleEmergencies “Right Livelihood in the Multiple Emergencies Era” in profile 1000s of local Community Visioning Initiatives, in communities around the world, can activate most possible participation (by way of 6-12 months of workshops, meetings, brainstorming, and prioritizing challenges and solutions) + help build a high level of consensus for specific action plans in shortest amount of time, w/ support from universities, colleges, and 1000s of positive tipping point related orgs and institutions (https://www.cpcsi.org/231-positive-tipping-point-orgs-and-insti ) creating related curriculum--and offering resources, classes, workshops, teacher training to max identification of challenges,solutions during Community Visioning process [Exs: “Chattanooga: A Community with a Vision” 13 min documentary https://vimeo.com/9653090 , https://www.cpcsi.org/constellations-of-initiatives-approach (photo in post from 9:37) ] Thru workshops and local learning networks, citizens can gain greater awareness of how all the investments of time, energy, money (the “votes”) each of us make in our everyday circumstances become the larger economy. People from every variety of circumstances can learn how to wisely cast such “votes”. Wisely directed, such “votes” can result in countless ways of earning a living which contribute to peacebuilding, community revitalization, and ecological sustainability efforts necessary to drastically reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and minimize other related challenges. Once it becomes clear local residents are “getting together” on Net Zero #GHG (Greenhouse Gas) emission #supplychains and #SRI (Socially Responsible Investing) enabling-peace supply chains; + many local communities = “driving” economies from global to just, sustainable communities, ecosystems; changes many come more quickly in upper echelons of govts, intl corporations, intl banks, etc., which have been--thus far--slow to respond to Climate Emergency (and many other challenges).
2/2
#IWD2026
“13 Post 🧵 Accel Positive”18p
bit.ly/4l19FUY
+“Rethinking ‘Cost-Benefit’ of
#HigherEd #LocalCommunityEd” 4p
bit.ly/4sRMZtp
+A.above
=local Clearinghouse Challenges/Solutions
=catalyst for #LocalCommunityEd SolutionHubs
+ #RightLivelihood #supplychains
=B. #CircularEconomies
@apnews.com
2/2
#IWD26
“13 Post 🧵 Accel Positive” 18p
bit.ly/4l19FUY
+“Rethinking ‘Cost-Benefit’ of
#HigherEd #LocalCommunityEd” 4p
bit.ly/4sRMZtp
+A. above
=local Clearinghouse Challenges/Solutions
=catalyst for #LocalCommunityEd Solution Hubs
+ #RightLivelihood #supplychains
=B. #CircularEconomies
@ox.ac.uk
2/2
#IWD2026
“13 Post 🧵 Accel Positive” 18p
bit.ly/4l19FUY
+“Rethinking ‘Cost-Benefit’ of
#HigherEd #LocalCommunityEd” 4p
bit.ly/4sRMZtp
+A. above
= local Clearinghouse Challenges/Solutions
=catalyst for #LocalCommunityEd Solution Hubs
+ #RightLivelihood #supplychains
= B. #CircularEconomies
2/2
#IWD2026
“13 Post 🧵 Accel Positive” 18p
bit.ly/4l19FUY
+“Rethinking ‘Cost-Benefit’ of
#HigherEd #LocalCommunityEd” 4p
bit.ly/4sRMZtp
+A. above
= local Clearinghouse Challenges/Solutions
=catalyst for #LocalCommunityEd Solution Hubs
+ #RightLivelihood #supplychains
= B. #CircularEconomies
Is the logistics infrastructure prepared for this?
Ships waiting there will soon start facing shortages of fresh water and provisions.
#Hormuz #Logistics #SupplyChains