Positive Future #713 (Feature photo – California Flag – Public Domain) There is no question that California is the agricultural capital of fresh produce, fruits and nuts. Now the state wants to start eliminating noxious gas and diesel trucks with a steady and aggressive progression to electrifying trucks. What’s next – diesel tractors and generators?…
Touch the Soil News #1580 (Feature photo – Kimbal Musk – CCA SA 4.0 International, 1000X2020) CNN News brings us the latest on Kimbal Musk’s efforts to develop and create vertical indoor farms around the world. You can read the full story here: https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/28/business/musk-vertical-farm/index.html
Touch the Soil News #1579 (Feature photo – WheatGrass – CCA SA 3.0 Unported) This story comes from news portal The Better India. It is about a man who quit his professional job to raise super-foods that combat cancer and then helps people grow their own superfood. You can read the full story here: https://www.thebetterindia.com/218030/punjab-man-earns-lakhs-organic-vegetables-superfood-microgreens-terrace-garden-tip-gop94/
Positive Future #712 (Feature photo – Power Transmission Lines – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, 123df) Headlines over the past decade certainly dramatize events. How many people are out of power relative to weather events and ill-maintained investor power grids make big news every year. Science Daily brings us new research from the University of British…
Positive Future #711 (Feature photo – Coastal Wetlands – CCA SA 4.0 International, Toriqul Islam) GreenBiz journalist Isabella Suarez draws our attention away from the climate alarm bell and onto solutions that make some sense. Obviously for rising sea mitigation, protecting coastal wetlands makes sense in more than one way – protect the coastal areas…
Positive Future #710 (Feature photo – Mexico Coat of Arms – Public Domain) Ensia journalist Paul Biasco covers the story of how Mexico City is planning to build a mega park in an area that was once wetlands and lakes and the city’s source of water hundreds of years ago. Now Mexico wants to restore…
Positive Future #709 (Feature photo – Pedestrians – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Ethan Rose) The most vulnerable people in the world on roadways are the pedestrians that must walk across and along them. Approximately 1.35 million people die each year. The World Health Organization proclaims that it is the leading cause of death for people…
Positive Future #708 (Feature photo – Legislative Assembly of Sikkim, the Place Where History was Made – CCA SA 2.0 Generic, Kalyan) Sikkim is the smallest state in India, but still has a population of around 650,000 people. In 2003 it banned the import of all pesticides, herbicides, synthetic fertilizers and GMOs. As a result,…
Positive Future #707 (Feature photo – Plastic Shopping Bags – CCA SA 4.0 International, Peteruetz) BrightVibes brings us the story of how on March 1st, the State of New York is banning the use of most plastic bags. This is no small feat, for a state of almost 20 million people. New York is ranked…
Touch the Soil News #1578 (Feature photo – Children of South Sudan Before the Current Crisis – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Masiya) According to the latest news, the current coronavirus outbreak started in December 2019. So that means its about 90 days into its crisis. Estimates are that some 3,000 people have died so far…
