Laura suspended herself below the Sydney Harbour Bridge today, drawing attention to the climate emergency. Having grown up near an open-cut coal mine, she witnessed the devastating health impacts

Laura suspended herself below the Sydney Harbour Bridge today, drawing attention to the climate emergency. Having grown up near an open-cut coal mine, she witnessed the devastating health impacts of coal firsthand. She now calls on Scott Morrison to declare a climate emergency and transition Australia away from dirty coal.

Stand with Laura: act.gp/climateemergency

Lord Adair Turner, former Chairman of the UK Financial Services Authority and Senior Fellow at

Lord Adair Turner, former Chairman of the UK Financial Services Authority and Senior Fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking, delivered a presentation titled "Money and Debt: Radical Solutions to the Challenge of Deleveraging."

Turner highlighted a fundamental insight: banks simultaneously create new credit and new money "ex nihilo." He stressed this as a crucial concept for economics undergraduates to understand about the monetary economy.

This presentation was given at the "Fix the Banking System for Good" conference at the Philadelphia Fed on April 17, 2013, and published on May 5, 2013.

Ted Turner and his daughter, Laura Turner Seydel, participated in the One Billion Rising campaign on February 14, 2013.

They joined the global movement to raise awareness and demand an end

Ted Turner and his daughter, Laura Turner Seydel, participated in the One Billion Rising campaign on February 14, 2013.

They joined the global movement to raise awareness and demand an end to violence against women and girls. Learn more about this initiative at www.onebillionrising.org.

Join us for a special keynote address by Laura Turner Seydel, a Board Member of the Turner Foundation and Board Chair for Mothers and Others for Clean Air.

Discover more about the Climate

Join us for a special keynote address by Laura Turner Seydel, a Board Member of the Turner Foundation and Board Chair for Mothers and Others for Clean Air.

Discover more about the Climate Reality Project at climaterealityproject.org, and learn about Laura Turner Seydel at lauraseydel.com.