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How Bridges Programming Shares Global Success Stories in Renewable Energy and Sustainability

November 15, 2024

Innovation to Enable Change

Renewable energy and sustainable practices are reshaping communities worldwide, with innovative projects that tackle pressing environmental challenges and inspire change. However, connecting people to these success stories can be difficult, especially with the volume of information available. That’s why Renew the Earth created Bridges Programming, an online media platform dedicated to broadcasting and archiving stories of progress and innovation in renewable energy and sustainability.


Bridges Programming’s mission is to inform, educate, and empower individuals and organizations through carefully vetted success stories from around the globe. By making this information accessible and organized, Bridges Programming provides a resource that connects people with the inspiration and knowledge they need to pursue sustainable practices in their own lives and communities.

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Why Share Success Stories?
Sustainable change often begins with inspiration. When people see the positive outcomes of renewable energy initiatives, organic agriculture, community-driven conservation, and other sustainable projects, they’re more likely to adopt similar practices or support these efforts. Sharing success stories is also practical—it can prevent “reinventing the wheel” by allowing individuals and communities to build on what has already been achieved elsewhere.


For example, a community in need of an affordable energy solution might look to a successful solar microgrid project from another part of the world. By learning how others designed and implemented such a project, this community can save time, resources, and effort, while also benefiting from the experience of others. Bridges Programming is designed to facilitate this kind of knowledge-sharing, connecting people with stories and strategies they can apply to their own challenges.

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What Kind of Stories Does Bridges Programming Share?
Bridges Programming curates a diverse array of stories in renewable energy and sustainability, aiming to represent a variety of innovative solutions. Here are some examples of the topics and projects that the platform covers:


  • Community-Scale Solar Projects: Solar energy initiatives that bring affordable, clean energy to neighborhoods, reducing reliance on fossil fuels and lowering utility costs for residents.
  • Organic Gardening and Local Agriculture: Sustainable agriculture practices that support biodiversity, reduce pesticide use, and promote food security by empowering communities to grow their own food organically.
  • Biomass Conversion for Clean Fuel: Projects that turn farm waste or other organic materials into clean-burning biofuels, providing a renewable energy source that minimizes waste and reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Recycling and Composting Programs: Local efforts to reduce landfill waste through recycling and composting, which conserve natural resources, reduce pollution, and promote environmental responsibility.
  • Conservation of Local Natural Resources: Projects focused on protecting and restoring natural resources like forests, waterways, and minerals, ensuring these resources remain healthy and available for future generations.
  • Educational Outreach for Young People: Programs designed to connect children and youth with nature, teaching them about sustainability and nurturing their innate compassion for the environment.


Through these success stories, Bridges Programming not only showcases practical solutions but also highlights the human impact of these efforts, emphasizing that every positive step toward sustainability can make a difference.

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How Bridges Programming Works
Bridges Programming is built on accessibility and engagement, making sure that anyone interested in sustainable practices can easily find and use the platform’s resources. Here’s how it works:



  • Live Broadcasting and Recorded Episodes: Bridges Programming regularly broadcasts live interviews, talks, and presentations with leaders in renewable energy, sustainability, and conservation. These broadcasts are also recorded and archived, allowing users to access the content on demand.
  • Organized and Indexed Archives: Each success story and broadcast is cataloged with a clear index and categories, so users can quickly find information related to specific topics, regions, or types of renewable energy. This organization streamlines access to vital information and helps users easily explore areas of interest.
  • Daily Updates and Fresh Content: Bridges Programming frequently updates its content to reflect the latest achievements in sustainability, providing users with a steady stream of fresh, relevant information. New stories, insights, and case studies are added regularly, ensuring that the platform remains a vibrant resource for its users.
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Inspiring Change Through Connection
Renewable energy and sustainable practices are not just technical solutions—they are humanitarian solutions. As a platform, Bridges Programming emphasizes the connection between sustainable practices and human well-being. By highlighting the efforts of communities, organizations, and individuals working to make the world more sustainable, Bridges Programming shows that everyone has a role to play in building a healthier, more balanced planet.


Bridges Programming’s accessible format invites people to engage with these stories and apply the insights to their own lives. By connecting individuals, educators, and organizations to real-world examples, Bridges Programming fosters a supportive network of people motivated to drive change in their communities.


The Future of Bridges Programming
As part of Renew the Earth’s mission to advocate for renewable energy and sustainable development, Bridges Programming is continuously evolving to reach a wider audience. Plans include expanding content to cover emerging topics in renewable technology, economic restructuring, and conservation practices. The ultimate goal is to build a community of advocates who can share resources and knowledge, making sustainable change more achievable and widely practiced.


Bridges Programming stands out as an invaluable resource for anyone committed to renewable energy and environmental stewardship. By amplifying these success stories, Renew the Earth hopes to connect, inform, and inspire people across the world to take meaningful steps toward a sustainable future.

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How Bridges Programming Shares Global Success Stories in Renewable Energy and Sustainability

November 15, 2024
Innovation to Enable Change Renewable energy and sustainable practices are reshaping communities worldwide, with innovative projects that tackle pressing environmental challenges and inspire change. However, connecting people to these success stories can be difficult, especially with the volume of information available. That’s why Renew the Earth created Bridges Programming, an online media platform dedicated to broadcasting and archiving stories of progress and innovation in renewable energy and sustainability. Bridges Programming’s mission is to inform, educate, and empower individuals and organizations through carefully vetted success stories from around the globe. By making this information accessible and organized, Bridges Programming provides a resource that connects people with the inspiration and knowledge they need to pursue sustainable practices in their own lives and communities.

What Game Theory Teaches Us About Sustainability and Economics

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Understanding Physical Economics: A Path to Sustainability and Equity

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Innovation Driving Transformation In a world dominated by traditional economics, prioritizing profit and market-driven values often overlooks the essential human needs for survival and equity. Physical Economics , a forward-thinking alternative championed by organizations like Renew the Earth, proposes a transformative approach—one that aims to address these fundamental needs while aligning with sustainable and renewable resources. But what exactly is Physical Economics, and how can it foster a more balanced, equitable world? What is Physical Economics? Physical Economics is rooted in the concept that the value of an economy should not be based solely on currency and profits . Instead, it should begin with the quantification of energy units required for human survival. By understanding our energy needs—measured in units like calories, BTUs, or megajoules—Physical Economics creates a baseline from which the necessary resources for life can be allocated. This energy-based valuation model is proposed to form the Human Renewable Energy Measure ( HREM ), which Renew the Earth advocates as a starting point to ensure the well-being of every individual.

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A Novel Approach As we move through an era where economics dictates much of our world’s functioning, we are increasingly faced with the challenges posed by its current framework. Traditional economics, which measures value primarily in terms of profit, has become a driving force behind many of the social and environmental issues we see today. It is time for a change—one that prioritizes human life, well-being, and the health of our planet. Renew The Earth, a non-profit organization led by renewable energy experts, advocates for a solution to these problems: Physical Economics , anchored by the Human Renewable Energy Measure (HREM).
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The End of Language?

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(A new word for an old prejudice) We have been approaching this moment for many years. Advertising, ( a gentle word for propaganda and now enhanced by Artificial Intelligence), has been a part of our lives from infancy and for the lives of generations. Starting with the innocence of radio, it's music, narrated stories and news, then television and film with ads interrupting regularly and maddeningly, finally the Internet with AI and infinite potential for influence. We have learned to tolerate lies and ignore misinformation in the form of someone trying to sell us something. But now there's a difference. Artificial technology is being applied to information that is crucial for us to understand, like economics, politics and science. We can't even believe what we see in photos and videos. It has become accepted behavior among influential people and businesses to lie; to lie for advantage; and now a photo and a video can lie too. So well that the artist is the only person who can tell the difference. Companies, politicians, banks, doctors, news outlets, lawyers, on and on are conning us. We are being “sold” a storyline,(often a lot of money has been spent to create the story), a way of thinking to replace our own, to replace our own freedom of thought and speech. This is not new, but the intensity is new. Spurred on by our aggressive marketplace and slicker less discernible techniques. Modern mass internet communication has made information manipulation the most powerful social control tool in history, except war and starvation. In the meantime language is loosing its meaning. Memes, false flags, conspiracy theories confuse and manipulate information. Sometimes these techniques are used to get attention, hits on a website, which can be turned into money. But most ominously and dangerously they are used to persuade. To persuade huge populations to “join with me “because “the sky is falling” and I am your oracle, your savior. All you have to do is leave your common sense behind along with science and your lived experience.
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Economism

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Examining, “Economism”. ( A new word for an old prejudice ) We all know what racism, sexism, nationalism, ageism, (to name a few) are, but what about “Economism”? Prejudice based on income. Historically, it has been referred to as “the class system” and has been practiced in all nations of the World to varying degrees. We are assured, in our constitutions and religions, that we are created, born, equal. Anyone who has held a baby or watched very young children at play can witness our equality, vast potential and undiluted humanity. We are all equal at the opening of life and that feeling of equality and potential we never forget. We carry it through our lives, indelible. What happens to this feeling? Why is it enhanced in some and suppressed in others as time passes? The environmental and hereditary influences are complex and continue to be studied by experts. (I refer you to the YouTube video “Zeitgeist Moving Forward”, that is posted at the end of this website.) But one influence that everyone contends with and has an oversized and decisive impact, way before a child is aware of it, is economics. Their parents have either benefited or not from their economic status to various degrees. They have been able to provide basic substance or more or less. All these levels provide challenges and hardships but more economic advantage generally makes access to money and influential contacts and quick recovery possible. The more economically disadvantaged a person is, recovery from setbacks and hardships is more difficult and less complete. “Pulling oneself up by the bootstraps” is impossible, just try it, and was meant as a dismissive joke, (or at the very least, a form of magical thinking). Equality is considered favorable by a country when it is young and training its population for skills that provide social necessities like food, roads, vehicles, homes, education, healthcare, etc. The American education system beginning in the 18th century with “common schools”, students of all ages with one teacher in one room, was responsible for 80 percent literacy in males and 50 percent literacy in females by the end of the Colonial era. By 1900 the United States had begun to educate for free at the secondary level with the effect of boosting income for most people and lowering inequality. Setting up the US to become the richest nation in the World. But another result of public education was that the small population with historic privilege who had sent their children overseas for education or hired tutors were not the only ones who could go to college. More college graduates meant that they were no longer an elite group. The wage premium they had earned was spread among a larger population.
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Economic Discrimination

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Explore how Renew the Earth combats economic discrimination through the Energy Currency initiative, promoting equality and sustainable development.
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Why Do We Work?

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The easiest answer would be, we need to work so that we can make money to survive. But, this answer is the result of modern economics. We will do things, we will work, whether we are paid or not. Work is a result and extension of our necessity, curiosity and identity. It can be mental work or physical work. We know each other by what we do. " You will know them by their works." Beyond " the pursuit of happiness." In order to pursue happiness effectively a person must solve the necessity of basic needs: food, shelter, education and healthcare. To accomplish this within the societal agreements of our present involves a pact with "for profit" economics. Economics plays a most profound part in every person's life. We cannot make any move without considering, "how much will it cost?" In the United States we have honed the functions of a Capitalist Economy to their finest edge, warts and all. We have all benefited from "free" markets, but the long term effect is that they enrich only a few; who for many years after the great depression voluntarily or involuntarily (because of an inspired tax structure) considered their workers and enhanced their lives with living wages and healthcare. That all ended with the Ronald Reagan administration. Breaking the Unions, introducing "trickle down economics" and changing the tax structure from very high taxes to the low 30's, stopped the faint motivation that companies had to consider the welfare of workers. Profit became the foremost concern. Consideration of the worker was labeled "socialism" defined as communist fascism, and as a result a very bad word. So, what do we have now that everything has been swept aside as unimportant, except pursuit of profit at all costs? Worldwide, people are electing dictators. They are looking for change. Unfortunately they will not get the relief from pressures they are feeling in this way. For many, money has become the "root of all happiness," the only way to balance their aspirations. A closer look reveals that change in economic practices is the way to better living. T here is an urgent need to define the value of Humanity. Individual Human works in cooperation make economics possible, make society possible. We are of intrinsic value. For that reason our Human value must be equivalent to the reception of Human Basic Needs Worldwide; food, shelter, education and healthcare. Only a healthy, educated World population can meet the challenges of the future. As has been described in previous letters, Energy Currency, a parallel currency, can pay for all basic needs without inflation or taxes. The result will be Human autonomy, which will propel us all into a future of enhanced stability, curiosity and peace. Finally, I come to our initial concept, the Human Energy Renewable Measure, HREM. What is it? It is the energy measurement that has been left out of the economic system. It measures input of Human Energy. Energy that is just as important as fossil fuels or other renewable energies that propel economies and societies. Establishment of an HREM measurement will function as a way of understanding and calculating the financing of Energy Currency. D irectors Letter, 11/5/23 Susan Caumont  " The laissez-faire market- centered approach confuses ends and means. Rather than being a source of dignity, work becomes merely a means of production; profit turns into a goal rather than a means of achieving greater goods. From here we can end up subscribing to the tragically mistaken belief that whatever is good for the market is good for society." Pope Francis, "Let Us Dream, the path to a better future" 2020
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