HREM/HERM
A 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 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…
Read MoreUniversal Basic Income (UBI) Trial in Finland
Finland’s Universal Basic Income (UBI) trial highlights the need for improving how compensation for our work contributions are managed. This includes an expanded definition of what is work. Presently, everyone is challenged by the limitations of the work for profit emphasis, automation of jobs that exist, downsizing to increase profit and stock dividends, elimination of…
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