Positive Future #816 (Feature photo – California Solar Power Farm – BLM Public Domain) CleanTechnica journalist Zachary Shahan brings us an encouraging story. New power from renewable sources (wind and solar) accounted for 63 percent of all new energy additions in the first half of 2020. There have been no new coal power additions since…
Touch the Soil News #1686 (Feature Photo – Grubhub Hat – courtesy of Grubhub) Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) brings us news of what foods are popular that people have been ordering for home delivery. Grubhub disclosed the trends from their actual sales, which are large enough to represent national trends. Grub Hub claims to have almost…
Positive Future #812 (Feature photo – Apollo Robotaxi – courtesy of Baidu Apollo) CleanTechnica journalist Zachary Shahan brings us the story of Robotaxis in China. As we speak, there have been hundreds of thousand of miles logged by autonomous taxis in China over the past two years. One must ponder – Is China the global…
Positive Future #811 (Feature photo – Proposed Bicycle and Walking Bridge in Heidelberg, Germany – Courtesy of Inhabitat) Inhabitat journalist Lucy Wang brings the story of a new generation of human friendly bridges. This story is about one particular bridge scheduled to be built in Heidelberg, Germany – a city with roots that go back…
Positive Future #809 (Feature photo – A Livestock Carrier from Australia – CCA SA 2.0 Generic Tom Jervis) News is surfacing over the fate of 6,000 head of cattle and 43 crewmembers on a ship bound from New Zealand to China. The ship was caught in a typhoon near Japan and capsized. There seems to…
Positive Future #808 (Feature photo – Avrom Farm Offerings – courtesy of Avrom Farm) Greenbiz journalist Jim Giles brings us the story of how people and farmers have connected in recent months. Essentially, the long-term movement of a different food system just took another notch up the ladder of expression. Giles covers the story of…
Positive Future #807 (Feature photo – The Seal of Bangkok – public domain) Global economic sanctions against non-essential workers does not protect the lives of non-essential workers. Those without jobs, healthcare or housing are a risk to health crisis from insufficient calories due to insufficient purchasing power. Complicating the issues is the retraction of global…
Positive Future #805 (Feature photo – Strawberries By Vintagenie – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=85819971) Horti Daily brings us information about the company called iFarm. iFarm researches technology for growing food in indoor vertical gardens and is now working on over 50 projects in Europe and the Middle East. iFarm is like a research…
Positive Future #804 (Feature photo – U.S. Botanic Garden – CCA 3.0 Unported, Alma mater) To shore up food gardening in the U.S., The U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington D.C. is reaching out across the nation to help promote urban food gardening. So far, they have made awards to 28 public gardens across the nation.…
Positive Future #803 (Feature photo – The Seal of Bangkok – public domain) Global economic sanctions against non-essential workers does not protect the lives of non-essential workers. In fact, it can lead them to health crisis from insufficient calories due to insufficient purchasing power. Complicating the issues is the retraction of global trade – compromising…
