Positive Future #783 (Feature photo – Swiss Flag – Public Domain) InsideEVs journalist Mark Kane brings the story of how plug-in electric cars in Switzerland in May were up 40 percent year over year. Arguments have been around for decades on how fossil-fuel air pollution hurts people’s health and contributes to climate instability that hurts…
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Volkswagen Factory Goes to 100 Percent Electric Car Production
Positive Future #782 (Feature photo – Volkswagen ID.3 Electric Car produced at Zwickau – CCA SA 4.0 International, Alexander Migl) CleanTechnica journalist Zachary Shahan bring us an amazing story. After producing 6,049,207 internal combustion engine cars at the Volkswagen Zwickau factory, the factory has now gone to producing only 100 percent electric cars. Even more…
New Waves of Electric School Buses
Positive Future #781 (Feature photo – Lion Electric School Bus – courtesy of https://thelionelectric.com/en/products/electric) CleanTechnica journalist Cynthia Shahan brings us the story of 27 new electric school buses being delivered to Quebec, Canada schools. Plans are to electrify 100% of Quebec school buses by 2025. This is no small feat, since the Province of Quebec…
Checking Water Is A Good Idea
Positive Future #780 (Feature photo – Water – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, W.J.Pilsak) Inhabitat brings us a story about water purity – or should we say in some cases the lack of purity. Whole Foods bottled water brand Starkey Spring Water has been tested for arsenic. Results are that Starkey Spring Water may contain up…
Seed Libraries – The Future of Food?
Positive Future #779 (Feature photo – Seeds – Public Domain USDA) Shareable journalist Enrique Gili brings us the story of seed libraries. Seed libraries are local initiatives to bring in local seeds and distribute local seeds. This story, about the San Diego seed library, covers an important movement as there are over 600 such libraries…
A One-Woman Urban Farm
Positive Future #777 (Feature photo – Jessica Bryant – Photo courtesy of Jessica Bryant) Comstock’s Magazine brings us the story of Jessica Bryant and her urban farm called Corn Poppy Produce. Bryant began volunteering at a community farm in Stockton, California several years ago. When that farm lost funding, Bryant decided to jump in with…
Urban Farm Survives Shutdown – Thanks to Home Delivery
Positive Future #776 (Feature photo – Micro-Greens – Public Domain USDA) WJLA news brings us the story of Little Wild Thins City Farm in Washington D.C. Owned and operated by Mary Ackley, she explains how she lost 90 percent of her business in one week. https://www.littlewildthingsfarm.com/ Thanks to locals stepping out to buy home-delivery micro-greens…
New Dietary Guidelines from the American Cancer Society
Positive Future #775 (Feature photo – Vegetables – Courtesy of Jasper Greek Golanco) The American Cancer Society just published its new dietary guidelines. from the American Cancer Society. In a nutshell, the guidelines suggest no red or processed meats, no sugar-sweetened beverages, no highly processed foods or refined grains and no alcohol and more exercise…
The Future of Power – It Has to Be Something Different
Positive Future #774 (Feature photo – Power Lines – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, 123df) The future of power can be uncertain, especially if you live in California and are depended upon PG&E for power. The company responsible for the deaths of 84 people in the Paradise, California wildfires – PG&E – plead guilty to those…
Saving the House and Orchard from Power Outages – Get Off the Grid
Positive Future #773 (Feature photo – Rooftop Solar –Universal Public Domain) EnergyCentral brings us news of how microgrids for smaller projects are becoming more sophisticated and workable. Here is the story of a homeowner that is taking the situation head on in Southern California – ahead of the fire season and almost assuredly grid shut…