Positive Future #640 (Feature photo – California Wildfire – Public Domain ) The dramatic electricity blackouts in California are unprecedented for a first-world nation. If keeping the lights on for millions of people cannot be assured, what’s next? The state of California is making hundreds of millions of dollars available to build solar and battery…
Positive Future #639 (Feature photo – Solar Power Chicken Coop – courtesy of the Ecology Center in San Juan Capistrano.) Inhabitat brings us the news of the solar powered mobile chicken coop. Being able to move the chicken coop around the farm for foraging and fertilizing is a great convenience. The protective sides and roof…
Positive Future #638 (Feature photo – Typhoon Haiyan Destruction – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic, Trocaire) CleanTechnica journalist Steve Hanley uncovers a rather disconcerting study. The Philippine Commission on Human Rights did a study on those responsible for climate change and the devastation wrought on the country by Tyhpoon Haiyan. Typhoon Haiyan was the deadliest…
Positive Future #638 (Feature photo – Typhoon Haiyan Destruction – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic, Trocaire) CleanTechnica journalist Steve Hanley uncovers a rather disconcerting study. The Philippine Commission on Human Rights did a study on those responsible for climate change and the devastation wrought on the country by Tyhpoon Haiyan. Typhoon Haiyan was the deadliest…
Positive Future #637 (Feature photo – Iowa School Students Helping with Landscaping Needs – photo courtesy of The Dove TV. Have you ever thought about doing exercise repetitions and at the end you had nothing to show for it? Now, students from the Alternative Learning Center in Dubuque, Iowa get physical education credits for helping…
Positive Future #636 (Feature photo – Inside a BYD Electric Bus – Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication, Spielvogel) InsideEVs journalist Mark Kane brings us the story of the largest-ever electric bus order for Europe. Chinese electric bus manufacturer BYD recently announced it sold 259 electric buses in a single order destined for…
Positive Future #635 (Feature photo – Kansas City, Missouri Public Bus – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, Ansacosf2010) CleanTechnica journalist Steve Hanley brings us the story of how Kansas City, Missouri has decided to offer free public transportation. Free public transportation not only leaves more dollars for other necessities. It also offers a better…
Positive Future #634 (Feature photo – The Squad Solar Car – courtesy of Squad Mobility) CleanTechnica journalist Kyle Field brings is the story of Squad Mobility. Squad Mobility is a company from Amsterdam – the capital of the Netherlands. For $6,300, the company is offering a fully operational solar car that on sunny days is…
Positive Future #633 (Feature photo – Fukushima Disaster – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. IAEA Imagebank) In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster 8 years ago, Japan is re-authorizing the re-opening of many of the impacted nuclear reactors. At the heart of the re-authorization is a reactor that was closest to tsunami…
Positive Future #632 (Feature photo – Bobby Rush – Official photo – public domain) U.S. Representative Bobby Rush with others introduced legislation that would increase the availability of land and capital in communities to encourage more local urban agricultural production. One of the underlying goals is to improve food security for people in areas that…
