Positive Future #594 (Feature photo – Wind Rotor Sails – CCA SA 3.0 Germany, Karstn Disk/Kat) CleanTechnica journalist Tina Casey brings us the story of rotor sails on ships to aid in their forward propulsion. There are other technologies that are being considered to not only lessen the environmental impact, but reduce the enormous costs…
Positive Future #593 (Feature photo – Mobile Food Lab – courtesy of https://www.mobilefoodlab.org/) Inhabitat journalist Nicole Jewell brings us the story of the Mobile Food Lab. It is a retrofitted bus that teaches children about sustainable and healthy eating habits. You can read the full story here: https://inhabitat.com/old-bus-is-converted-into-a-mobile-greenhouse-to-teach-students-about-sustainable-eating-habits/
Positive Future #592 (Feature photo – Power Lines – CCA SA 3.0, Ikar.us) PG&E, the giant California utility responsible for poor transmission lines that cause fires and deaths has come up with a new plan. If the risks are too high for their existing power lines to cause fires, just shut off the power. That…
Positive Future #591 (Feature photo – Minimalist Phone – courtesy of Mudita) New Atlas Technology brings is news about the minimalist 2-ink phone that gives us our lives back by ditching the internet. What is interesting is that this new Kickstarter company already has $231,615 in pledges to meet its original $100,000 goal. That should…
Positive Future #590 (Feature photo – Mangrove Trees – By see other version – transferred from English wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1867805) Being able to restore and maintain critical forests and shorelines by drone seeding is no small discovery. BrightVibes brings us the story here: https://brightvibes.com/1460/en/tree-planting-drones-fire-seed-missiles-into-myanmar
Positive Future #589 (Feature photo – Nissan eNV200 CCA SA 3.0 unported Bertel Schmitt) Chronopost, a French delivery and express shipping company is going emissions-free in Paris. The effort is aided in part by the recent purchase of 400 all electric Voltia delivery vans (Nissan e-NV200s with an enlarged body. Paris is one of those…
Positive Future #588 (Feature photo – StreetScooter Delivery Van – CCA SA 4.0 International, Superbass) CleanTechnica journalist Steve Hanley brings us news of the growing fleets of electric delivery vans by StreetScooter. The kicker is that StreetScooter is owned by Deutsche Post – one of the world’s largest delivery companies. Deutsche Post is using its…
Positive Future #587 (Feature photo – Accessory Dwelling Unit Over Garage – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Abel Ezekowitz) Taking the lead, California has legalized Accessory Dwelling Units – the right to build small houses on your existing home lot or retrofit a garage. This means you can build for relatives or create affordable rentals for…
Positive Future #585 (Feature photo – Activists blocking a Coal Mine in Germany – CCA SA 4.0 International Rikuti) News portal ALT Energy Stocks looks at a recent research paper in which the New York State Pension Fund is $22 billion poorer by not divesting itself from fossil fuel investments 10 years ago. One wonders,…
Positive Future #584 (Feature photo – Rob Greenfield – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Sean Aranda) Inhabitat journalist Teresa Bergen talks to Rob Greenfield, and adventurer and environmental activist. Greenfield’s current project is to go for 1 year eating only what he can grow or forage for. Nothing like someone that actually does what they preach.…
