Positive Future #669 (Feature photo – Public Housing in Brazil – By Secom Bahia – Flickr: Minha Casa, Minha Vida em Eunápolis, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20183953 Big cities, with all of their attributes, can be quite unfriendly to people. As people move to the city, they create their own problems by pushing up housing prices…
Positive Future #668 (Feature photo – BYD Bus CCA SA 4.0 International, LoveofZ) GreenBiz journalist Katie Fehrenbacher brings us the story of electric commuter buses in the Silicon Valley. The buses are big, comfortable and full of amenities. Over 1,000 private buses carry people from all over the Bay area to their jobs each day.…
Positive Future #667 (Feature photo – Public Housing in Hong Kong – CCA SA 2.5, Baycrest) Curbed journalist Jeff Andrews brings us news on the unfolding debate over affordable housing and homelessness. Public housing is when a government entity – federal or more local – owns and operates the housing project. At present, there are…
Positive Future #666 (Feature photo – Dutch Citizens Celebrate Legal Victory on Climate Change – courtesy of Ugenda.nl) BrightVibes brings us the story of how the Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled that government must protect citizens from climate change. The Netherlands (often called Holland) is a nation of 17.5 million people in Europe and…
Positive Future #665 (Feature photo – Charles Groenhuijsen – courtesy of Charles Groenhuijsen) BrightVibes brings us the story of Charles Groenhuijsen, a journalist that believes our negative media makes miserable people who don’t realize good things do happen. You can read the full story here: https://brightvibes.com/1573/en/seasoned-journalist-uncovers-what-most-media-ignore-but-is-crucial-for-us-all-to-know
Positive Future #664 (Feature photo – Nevada Solar Farms – By Michael Adams, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23131135) CleanTechnica Journalist Steve Hanley brings us news of plans to build the largest solar farm in the U.S. outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. The new $1 billion facility will also have battery storage to deliver power at night.…
Positive Future #663 (Feature photo – Thomas School Bus – By Alexandra Campo – originally posted to Flickr as The Number 69, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12118287) CleanTechnica Journalist Cynthia Shahan brings us the story of how Dominion Energy in Virginia is working with local school districts to begin replacing diesel buses with 100% electric buses.…
Positive Future #662 (Feature photo – Norway – CCO 1.0 Universal, Thhist) Norway, a small nation of 5.3 million people in Europe is one of the world’s leading adopters of electric car transportation. CleanTechnica journalist Zachary Shahan reports on Norway’s uptake of electric cars. Interestingly, the top selling electric car in Norway is the Tesla…
Positive Future #661 (Feature photo – The Ocean – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Tiago Floreze) EnergyCentral journalist Jim Baird brings us some interesting insights about the science of Thermodynamic GeoEngineering. The concept is to convert the heat in the oceans from global warming into energy – thus cooling the ocean and the planet while offering…
Positive Future #658 (Feature photo – Tesla Gigafactory 1 Near Reno, Nevada – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International , Smnt) Clean Technica journalist Johnna Crider brings us insights into the scope of Tesla’s planned Gigafactory 4 in Berlin Germany. The planned facility will operate three (3) shifts 24 hours a day and employ almost 2,900 people.…
