Touch the Soil News #1473 (Feature photo – Fruit Tree – Public Domain) Canadian CBC News brings us the story of the city of Saskatoon. A group of college students planted 210 fruit trees along a public green trail. Called the Snack Belt, people walking by the trees can help themselves to the fruit. You…
Touch the Soil News #1472 (Feature photo – Deforestation – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, Diorit) Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) brings us news about how big companies are driving big problems – particularly as relates to climate change. You can see more of the story here:
Positive Future #586 (Feature photo – New Beijing Airport – CCA SA 4.0 International, 王之桐) Called the Beijing Daxing International Airport, the new facility hosts energy savings and water catchment technology. The new airport building represents a covered space of 172 acres – making it the largest of its kind in the world. Beijing, at…
Positive Future #608 (Feature photo – Harvesting Algae – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Aquaticweedharvester ) BrightVibes brings us the story of new water purification systems that are simpler and more affordable than high-tech. It is no secret that over 2 billion people around the world do not have access to clean and abundant water. This…
Positive Future #607 (Feature photo – Coastal Flooding – Public Domain) Whether you own or rent, you are integrally tied to real estate and the real estate market. Curbed news portal journalist Patrick Sisson tackles head on the coming reality of risks to real estate from climate change. In his latest article, he even highlights…
Positive Future #606 (Feature photo – Electric Car Icon – Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication, Tommaso Sansone91) We all know the names of the major car companies. However, the future of transportation is as much driven by big suppliers in the background that build-out much of what we buy in a car.…
Positive Future #605 (Feature photo – An Old Gas Peaker Plant – Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication, Jim Henderson) PV Magazine reports that New York regulators just approved the Ravenwood Development to build out 2.5 gigawatts of battery storage. Equally important is that this new project will be built were there are…
Positive Future #604 (Feature photo – Tesla Charging Station – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Jusdafax) Irvine, California (a city of 250,000 people) is getting itself on the map as one of the first cities to have autonomous shuttle services by Botride. Hyundai has partnered with other tech companies to bring the service to reality. Hyundai…
Positive Future #601 (Feature photo – Senator Chuck Schumer – Public Domain) Prominent Senator Chuck Schumer from New York is moving up the ante on electric cars. The senator is working on a plan to promote clean, electric vehicles. The flip side is that he also wants to get rid of fossil-fuel cars. The plan…
Touch the Soil News #1471 (Feature photo – Sheep – Public Domain, USDA) The Metro news portal brings us the story of the Ancient Farming Festival in Madrid. So why would folks show up by the thousands to see thousands of sheep move through the streets of Madrid? Is that we crave some more ancestral…
