Posts by Jeff & Susan
Economics and the Establishment of an Energy Currency
In general, we find it difficult to agree with others. We fear committing ourselves to a specific viewpoint, because it might be wrong and have results that we don’t like. Agreement might be one of the most difficult activities in which humans participate. During times of confusion, distrust and fear, agreements are even more important…
Read MorePRESS RELEASE: Renew the Earth suggests a way to balance the unequal impacts of economics on humanity, by using Energy Currency for basic human needs
Albany, New York, October 2020 – Renew the Earth (renew-the-earth.org) suggests an Energy Currency Credit Card be given to every individual for use in acquiring their basic needs of food, shelter, education and healthcare. Renew the Earth, an Albany, New York based non-profit organization has been developing a way to calculate what is necessary to…
Read MoreA Solution to the Economic Problems We are Facing…
Keep economic systems going worldwide without creating inflation and putting our descendants into debt for generations to come. renew-the-earth.org has been working on a calculation called the Human Renewable Energy Measure, HREM. This measure is the standard of value for what we call Energy Currency. The EC exchange functions within existing economic systems and parallels but does…
Read MoreHREM Manuscript…A Work In Progress
“And Raven tried to make People out of Rock, so they would not die and a Leaf, so they would change. Rock was too slow. So People were created from a Leaf. It was light, it was quick, it changed.” Alaskan Native American Tlingit legend, People of the Tides. “The urgent challenge to protect our…
Read MoreChapter II – A Journey to the Center of the Earth
A cool mist brushes Illyrias face. In the semiicoma of first awakening, she tries to turn off the gentle drift of moisture, imagining that she is in the shower. “Sunny! This is not working… What? Oh.” “ I have been watching you, Illyria. Very amusing. You seem to be in the midst, of a mist-conception. …
Read MoreNew Adventures…with Illyria and Sunny!
In this, the first chapter of the new series of Earthling Letters, I am going backward to go forward, using the characters Illyria and Sunny the Robot from the book “Illyria’s World”, once again. To read, please follow this link, https://renew-the-earth.org/we-join-illyria-and-sunny-the-robot-as-they-talk-about-what-they-think-is-real-and-what-they-imagine/ The ebook, Illyrias World, is posted for free on the renew-the-earth.org website if you…
Read MoreWe join Illyria and Sunny the Robot, as they talk about what they think is real and what they imagine…
Chapter 1. In which Sunny mistakes wind generators for a flock of giant white birds. Illyria explains convection to him. And some interesting conversation between them. Our story begins with Illyria and Sunny camping in a forest clearing. We find them waking after sleeping under the night sky. “Good Morning Sunny! How are you?” “Better…
Read MoreNew Zealand plans to plant 100 million trees!
The New Zealand government is putting plans in place to plant 100 million trees… Planting trees. Such an elegant move on the part of the recently elected Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern. This brings to mind Renew the Earths first initiative back in the 70’s, when it was known as Renew America, planting trees! Tina…
Read MoreEarthlings Letter #12 – Diversity
In this letter I want to talk about diversity, a word which means “a range or variety of different things”. And I think this will be the final letter in this series of Earthling Letters. There will be more letters in the future and you can be sure that they will all be about nature…
Read MoreLet’s Defend the Caloosahatchee River
I come to praise the Caloosahatchee River, not condemn her. We have to stop maligning our waterways and start figuring out how to protect and restore them. Projects like Everglades restoration that have been on hold for 20 years or more are a sad testimonial to the lack of focus and flawed thinking going on…
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