Positive Future #477 (Feature photo – Bumble Bee – Public Domain) Inhabitat journalist Lucienne Cross brings us good news about restoration of bee habitats. The legislature of the State of Minnesota just approved $900,000 to help people turn their yards into bee-friendly habitats. Minnesota is not the only state to take action. Other states including…
Positive Future #476 (Feature photo – Powerhouse Mechanic in 1920 – public domain) The National Restaurant Association is certainly concerned about what people feel about the economy. If people don’t feel good about the economy it could impact the numbers of people eating out. Interesting is that millennials are the most negative, with 63 percent…
Positive Future #475 (Feature photo – USDA Seal – public domain) Agri Pulse journalist Sara Wyant uses the term “staggering losses” to explain what is going on in China and Asia as relates to losses of pigs due to the African Swine Fever. If you are a small local pig farmer and serving local markets…
Touch the Soil News #1341 (Feature photo – Dinosaur – Public Domian) Certainly the question is a bit off. However a recent press release by Nestle – the world largest food company – makes one think. In order to invigorate its earnings, the company has announced that it is closing 1 plant of its 413…
Positive Future #474 (Feature photo – The P1 eCargo Delivery Bike – courtesy of EAV)) Inhabitat journalist Katherine Gallagher brings us the story of a new expression of cargo bikes. This small partially enclosed cargo bike can carry up to 330 lbs. of cargo and can negotiate dense urban settings. Based in Great Britain, Electric…
Positive Future #473 (Feature photo –TuSimple Autonomous Semi-Truck – courtesy of TuSimple) CleanTechnica journalist Steve Hanley surprises us with a story of how the U.S. Postal Service is testing autonomous trucks at Level 4 self-driving. The Postal Service is testing the autonomous trucks between Dallas and Phoenix. Plans are to start integrating semi-autonomous trucks into…
Positive Future #472 (Feature photo – 60 Foot, 80,000 Lb. Turbine from 1888 Powered Charles Bush’s Home for 20 Years – Public Domain) Wind Farm Management reminds us about how wind power is a dominant force in transitioning the world to renewable energy going far back in history. Wind has come a long way from…
Positive Future #471 (Feature photo – Mining Sand – By User:Vmenkov – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=58149721) Inhabitat journalist Lucienne Cross raises our awareness of what mining can do. Little known is that 85 percent of all material mined from Earth is sand – mostly used to make concrete. One study found that every…
Positive Future #470 (Feature photo – Small Pre-Fab Homes – CCA SA 4.0 International) As housing costs rise, and apartment dwellers are crunched into tight spaces, the answer might be a pre-fab home. If you can find land, a pre-fab home might well be worth considering, since land is also a basic pre-requisite for having…
Positive Future #469 (Feature photo – Car Exhaust – CCA SA 3.0 Unported) Clean Technica journalist Cynthia Shahan brings us a short report from a larger study on the State of Global Air in 2019. The story reveals how unhealthy air has become a large driver of accelerating deaths from other diseases. As we always…
