Positive Future #523 (Feature photo Africa Map – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license – Martin23230) Making news recently is the continuing interest by China in investing in Africa. Of the roughly $58 billion China is planning to invest over the next 3 years, roughly $18 billion falls under the umbrella of concessionary finance.…
Positive Future #522 (Feature photo – Apartment Projects – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. – SK5893) Curbed News journalist Jeff Andrews takes us to the debates unfolding about affordable housing. It is an eye-opener as relates to the kind of acrobatics and legislation that avoid the key question: Why not just have jobs…
Positive Future #521 (Feature photo – For Decades, Students Have Taken Interest in Solar Powered Cars – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license. – Nuon Hans-Peter van Velthoven) Toyota just announced that it was now testing a solar-powered Prius. The car has high efficiency solar panels on the hood, roof and trunk. Early estimates…
Touch the Soil News #1388 (Feature photo – Seal of the State of Pennsylvania – By Henrik – Own workBoat and plow from File:Flag of Pennsylvania.svg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7002778) For most of our lives, the larger arena of food and farming has been overseen by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The State of Pennsylvania…
Touch the Soil News #1387 (Feature photo – Geoff Welding Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license – JJBers) Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) touches on the trend to shop for groceries at pharmacies, which mostly sell processed and packaged food that is not that healthy. At issue is that pharmacies are often the only place available…
Touch the Soil News #1386 (Feature photo – Geoff Welding Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.) British supermarket retailer Waitrose is different. It is the largest employee-owned retailer in Great Britain. The company, in an effort to become more environmentally conscious, is experimenting with packaging-free grocery shopping. You can read the full story here:…
Positive Future #519 (Feature photo – New York – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license – Siddarth Hanumanthu) EnergyCentral journalist Matt Chester touches on a topic with explosive potential to change the financial and economic world. New York City, after two power blackouts in eight days that left thousands in the dark, is considering…
Touch the Soil News #1385 (Feature photo Soil Profile – USDA, Public Domain) Indigo is a company the strives to improve farmers’ profitability, environmental sustainability and consumer health through the use of natural microbiology and digital technologies. Now, Indigo is putting out a challenge to innovators to come up with a plan on how to…
Touch the Soil News #1384 (Feature photo – Powell River Edible Garden Tour – courtesy of Powell River Food Security Project.) The small town of Powell River, along the west coast of British Columbia, Canada is the center of a metro area of around 17,000 people. Yet, the community is concerned about food security and…
Positive Future #520 (Feature photo – Lake Turkana Power Project – Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license – Andrew Owuor) CNN news brings the story of how Kenya, a poor African nation, is launching the largest wind farm in Africa. Called the Lake Turkana Wind Power project, the 310 megawatt facility will supply 13% of the…
