Positive Future #507 (Feature photo – Solar Cells – Public Domain) Improvements in solar power generation do hold the power to change the future of food. Cities in northern climates depend upon food produced in southern climates. The game changer is cheaper and more efficient energy for greenhouses to shift production close to colder climate…
Positive Future #506 (Feature photo – Housing – Public Domain) As housing becomes a larger issue financially and politically, housing affordability is crowding food affordability. In a rare survey by Freddie Mac, owning versus renting explored in more detail. While many renters believe that renting is cheaper, that is not always the case. Should there…
Positive Future #505 (Feature photo – Paris – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license – Governo do Estado de São Paulo) CleanTechnica brings us the story of the latest YouTube by Arnold Swarzenegger and his spoof on electric cars. What do you think: https://cleantechnica.com/2019/07/04/arnold-schwarzenegger-tells-you-the-patriotic-thing-to-do-this-4th-of-july/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXodSqMpuUQ
Positive Future #504 (Feature photo – Rainforest – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license – Adam Jones, Ph.D. CleanTechnica Journalist Steve Hanely explores how planting trees turns out to be the most effective way to mitigate climate change. However, the number off trees needed is over 1 trillion – about 133 trees per person…
Touch the Soil News #1369 (Feature photo – Solar Desalination and Food Greenhouses Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license – Mansouraboud68)) In dry climates near oceans, it is tough to grow food. Given global trade tensions, the nation of Iran is making the development and research of greenhouses supplied by seawater desalinated with solar…
Positive Future #503 (Feature photo – Paris – By Zinneke – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27736570 ) The city of Paris in France is at the center of a metro area of 12.5 million people. Urban centers are known to heat up more in times of heat waves. The recent record-breaking heat wave has…
Positive Future #502 (Feature photo – Moapa Indian Reservation – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license – P199) If you live in Nevada and have lots of sun, then solar energy and big battery storage are a good combination. The Moapa Band of Piute Native Americans are teaming up with tech companies to install…
Positive Future #501 (Feature photo – Poverty Along the Shore of a Disappearing Lake Chad – Public Domain) CleanTechnica journalist David Zarembka, takes us to Lake Chad in Africa. Lake Chad has almost dried up over the past 50 years and is one of the world’s most graphic environmental crisis. A crisis that has enveloped…
Positive Future #500 (Feature photo – Plastic Water Bottles – By Ananyaalien – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18194989) Inhabitat journalist Lucienne Cross brings us the story of elevated levels of arsenic in bottled water. According to the California Center for Environmental Health, a couple of popular water brands were found to exceed the federal…
Positive Future #499 (Feature photo – Export Port – Public Domain) (Disclaimer – this story is an editorial of Benjamin Gisin of Touch the Soil) China is a nation with 1.4 billion people with a land area about the same as that of the United States. The United States only as 326 million people or…
