Positive Future #759 (Feature photo – Tesla Model 3 – CCA SA 4.0 International, Vauxford) The unfolding Covid Recession is taking its toll around the world, but it is interesting who is on top of the car sales that have slowed down. CleanTechnica journalist Zachary Shahan reports that the best-selling luxury car in the USA…
Positive Future #758 (Feature photo – Clean Air Buttons – Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=167450) It is not secret that coal plants emit particle pollution that has been linked to respiratory health. Inhabitat news portal brings news of how Sweden and Austria just closed their last coal plants. Now three nations in Europe are coal-free – Belgium,…
Economic and Job Lockdowns Versus a Food Pandemic and a Global Recession Positive Future #757 (Feature photo – World Food Programme Seal – Public Domain) In a world of economic volatility, anything that increases that volatility will – as in decades past – unleash tremendous increases in risks to life. The World Food Programme –…
Positive Future #756 (Feature photo – Philippine Children – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Anton Zelenov) Mindanao Times journalist Patmei Bello Ruivivar brings us insights to Philippine food security that has messages for the whole world. The nation’s food security was insufficient and has become even more so with the virus curtailment actions. A small Island…
Positive Future #755 (Feature photo – Food Gardening in the Philippines – CCA 2.0 Generic, Sustainable Sanitation Alliance) One thing is becoming clear – food chain disruptions may be the antidote to a world that has succumbed to coronavirus fears. Few things represent a greater existential risk to food than dramatic economic curtailment. While the…
Positive Future #754 (Feature photo – Victory Garden Poster – Public Domain) The mere news of food rotting in the fields from lockdown disruptions of the food chain are frightening at best. ABC News of Tampa Bay brings us the story of how this unacceptable evolution of events must change to Victory Gardens. Watch the…
Positive Future #753 (Feature photo – Air Pollution – By Frank J. (Frank John) Aleksandrowicz, 1921-, Photographer (NARA record: 8452210) – U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17100801) It is generally accepted that health – especially respiratory health – is impacted by air pollution. No wonder that the World Health Organization reports…
Positive Future #752 (Feature photo – Auto Traffic – By Mario Roberto Duran Ortiz Mariordo – Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3684023) CleanTechnica Journalist Maximillian Holland reports on how electric car sales are taking significant market shares around the world. While the numbers for electric car sales are not that big, the bigger news story…
Positive Future #751 (Feature photo – Solar Power Farm – By Jud McCranie – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=70132767 Streetwise Reports brings us the news of a large solar project unfolding in Puerto Rico. Estimates are that the new power project will save the people of Puerto Rico up to $2 billion over 35…
Positive Future #750 (Feature photo – Red Butte Gardens – By No machine-readable author provided. C.Maylett assumed (based on copyright claims). – No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=248678) Inhabitat brings us an interview with Guy Banner – horticulturist at the Red Butte Gardens in Salt Lake…
