Touch the Soil News #1606 (Feature Photo – Aerial Photo of Victoria, BC – By Ron Reiring – Victoria, BC Canada, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5830773 The Huffington Post brings us interesting news of how one Canadian city – Victoria, B.C. – is gearing up to raise food for residents. Some parks department employees are being…
Touch the Soil News #1605 (Feature Photo – Director Generals of WHO, FAO & WTO – By M. Jacobson – Gonzalez – ITU Pictures from Geneva, Switzerland – https://www.flickr.com/photos/itupictures/36433272494, CC BY 2.0, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic,By The White House from Washington, DC – President Trump at Davos, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=86339937https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65393569 While shutting the…
Touch the Soil News #1604 (Feature Photo – Apple – By Jonathunder – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11808709) Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) brings us the most impacting story of which foods have the greatest environmental impact. One of the lowest is apples. Can you guess the highest? You can see the video here:
Positive Future #738 (Feature photo – Solar Panels – By AleSpa – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29290121) CleanTechnica journalist Steve Hanley brings us the story of a Chinese company – GCL Systems Integration Technology. This company plans to build the world’s largest solar panel factory. With a goal of producing 60 gigawatts of solar…
Positive Future #737 (Feature photo – Coffee Trees – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Jmhullot) Inhabitat News portal brings us the story of planting trees. Trees help with air quality. While it is not mainstream yet, questions are being asked about the link between air pollution and respiratory diseases. Th obvious question people are looking for…
Positive Future #736 (Feature photo – Unpolluted Garden – CCA SA 4.0 International, Basile Morin) Inhabitat journalist Teresa Bergen brings us a story that makes one wonder what happens when no one is looking. Recently the EPA announced that it will suspend enforcing environmental laws for the duration of the coronavirus situation. Since air pollution…
Touch the Soil News #1603 (Feature Photo – A Community Garden – By Art Anderson, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54523644) The Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation brings news of how the shock of empty grocery shelves is getting people to start thinking outside grocery stores. While interest in growing food may be due to a temporary virus…
Touch the Soil News #1602 (Feature Photo – A Micro Grid – By U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District – Ribbon cutting for new solar microgrid at Fort Hunter Liggett, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=52215098) GreenBiz journalist Sarah Golden brings us the story of microgrids and indoor agriculture. Microgrids are just that – smaller electricity generating…
Touch the Soil News #1601 (Feature Photo – Kelp – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Bjorn Christian Terrissen) GreenBiz journalist Lauren Phipps brings news about new uses for algae – which in her definition includes things like seaweeds, kelp and other photosynthetic species. There new value comes in the form of creating materials such as bioplastics…
Touch the Soil News #1599 (Feature Photo – Plant-Based Foods – By Keith Weller, USDA ARS – This image was released by the Agricultural Research Service, the research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, with the ID K3839-3 (next)., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25115238 Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/ ) tells us about the 2020 Culinary Forecast…
