Touch the Soil News #1538 (Feature photo – Fresh Vegetables – Public Domain, Leon Brooks) The Missourian News brings us opinions of foreign ownership of U.S. farmland. In Addition, the state of Missouri is looking at legislation that would prohibit foreign ownership of farmland within the state. At present, there are no federal prohibitions. You…
Positive Future #660 (Feature photo – Earth – Courtesy of NASA) The United Nations, representing 183 countries around the world, is pushing to have 30 percent of the planet under permanent protection and to have pollution cut in half. A bigger picture approach in a world where nations compete against each other to such a…
Positive Future #659 (Feature photo – Flag of the United Kingdom – Public Domain ) Inhabitat News journalist Dawn Hammon brings us the news of how Rolls Royce is building the world’s fastest electric airplane. Given the polluting footprint of modern jets, this interest and development of alternative technology gives hope. The demo plane is…
Positive Future #673 (Feature photo – Volkswagen Electric Cars – CCO 1.0 Universal Public Domain, Boivie)) CleanTechnica journalist Steve Hanley brings us the story of how Volkswagen plans to beat Tesla as the world’s largest EV manufacturer by 2030. While Tesla has a more prominent front-row presence in the minds of consumers. However, Volkswagen is…
Positive Future #672 (Feature photo – Earth – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Plumbago ) Many of us have heard of the concept of “overshoot”. It is the extent to which the Earth cannot keep up with human consumption. While there is no outward discussion about population, globally there are some undercurrents emerging. In America, for…
Positive Future #671 (Feature photo – The Shoe That Grows – courtesy of Because International https://becauseinternational.org/) BrightVibes brings us the story of the shoes that grow – for poor children around the world. Actually, the idea has application for right here in the United States. Founder Kenton Lee, started the non-profit “Because International” to raise…
Positive Future #670 (Feature photo – China Global Map – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Addicted04) CleanTechnica Journalist Dr. Maximillian Holland brings us an interesting story about car sales in china – gas and electric. Gasoline car sales dropped 8.4 percent in 2019 while electric car sales only dropped one half of one percent. While the…
Positive Future #669 (Feature photo – Public Housing in Brazil – By Secom Bahia – Flickr: Minha Casa, Minha Vida em Eunápolis, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20183953 Big cities, with all of their attributes, can be quite unfriendly to people. As people move to the city, they create their own problems by pushing up housing prices…
Positive Future #668 (Feature photo – BYD Bus CCA SA 4.0 International, LoveofZ) GreenBiz journalist Katie Fehrenbacher brings us the story of electric commuter buses in the Silicon Valley. The buses are big, comfortable and full of amenities. Over 1,000 private buses carry people from all over the Bay area to their jobs each day.…
Touch the Soil News #1537 (Feature photo – Caraga Region – CCA Sa 2.0 2il.org) The Caraga region of the Philippines is one of the last ecological frontiers of the Philippines. It has been identified as home to 12 key biodiversity areas by the nation’s Department of Environmental and Natural Resources. In a story that…
