Living off the grid is one thing; not having a grid is another. Areas in Africa, where up to 80 percent of the population lacks access to an electric grid, are beginning to light up and get online with energy provided by solar kiosks, a steadily growing trend in power distribution for remote areas. Imagine a kiosk roofed with photovoltaic...

Among the highlights of Gerald Celente and the Trends Research Institute’s “History Before it Happens” Conference — held Aug. 1-3 at the institute’s headquarters in Colonial Kingston — was Celente’s Keynote Address. Afterwards, some 40 participants, representing five countries, enjoyed the rare opportunity to directly query one of the world’s most noted trend forecasters. “It’s been so enlightening,” said Roseanne...

Trends Monthly is a new electronic newsletter that joins our expanded quarterly print and digital Trends Journal, my nightly Trends In The News broadcasts and the many other features on Trendsresearch.com. Trends Monthly will be emailed to subscribers at the middle of each month and made accessible on Trendsresearch.com. It is designed to keep you updated on emerging trends and critical...

Invigorating. Inspiring. Richly informative. Downright fun. There are many ways to describe our inaugural History Before It Happens conference, which was held just a couple of weeks ago. But perhaps the most gratifying element of the entire affair — the first of many to come — was the group dynamic that filled the conference center and all the various events...

The rise of a Global Chinatown, one of the institute’s Top10 trends for 2014, is accelerating and it is coming to a ballpark, residential community, manufacturing plant, shopping center, entertainment complex, resort or technology company near you. The winter edition of the Trends Journal reported that the common notion that Chinese investment in the US, Canada, Australia, Europe and beyond was primarily...

Here’s a dirty little secret about your hometown daily newspaper: Chances are, it’s profitable. Why then does the traditional print/digital news industry continue to shed journalists by the thousands each year? That profit margin the news organizations still enjoy isn’t going to grow without cutting expenses, and that’s why the chains — some backed by huge investment groups that have no historical interest in newspapers...

As early as October of this year, Bitcoin entrepreneurs will need a BitLicense to cruise the virtual currency highway in New York State. The NY Department of Financial Services is in the process of establishing regulations focused primarily on consumer protection, money laundering and cybersecurity and what they come up with will undoubtedly influence other states’ rulings. The regulations will...

A book titled The General’s Son by Miko Peled is a good read to understand what really is going on in the Israel/Palestinian/Mideast situation. Afterall, it was the Germans (Hitler) with the help of US corporations that made the Holocaust possible. The Vatican and Jesuits are behind the whole thing in my view. I will assume that you have heard of Karen Hudes, a World...

Gerald Celente We heard so many version of what could happen with 2 missing planes Boeing 777. Quickly blaming countries such as Russia and Malaysian government cover up. USA/NATO has the most advance technology in surveillance / remote control etc Malaysian government condemned Israel aggression in Gaza, same with 128 other countries in the world. Palestinians do not have the...

Israel’s end game in Palestine is to keep stealing territory and killing Palestinians until the Palestinians no longer have any land, or the land no longer has any Palestinians.