Touch the Soil News #1822 (Feature Photo – Manguinhos Neighborhood (Rio de Jainero) Where Urban Farming is Taking Hold – CCA 2.0 Brazil, Marino Azevedo) Positive News, brings the story of people who are on the economic edge and struggling to eat. Poor populations in Rio de Janeiro – a city of 12 million people…
Touch the Soil News #1620 (Feature Photo – Rummaging Through Trash – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, RezviMasood) Researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health found that poverty and related low levels of education and social support may be one of the largest causes of death in the U.S. On the global…
Positive Future #721 (Feature photo – Economic Graph – CCA SA 4.0 International, Statista) One of the key answers to climate change has been the escalating transition to sustainable energy. Green Technology News journalist Karl-Erik Stromsta brings us news of how this positive trend is being slowed. While we can’t predict the extent of an…
Positive Future #654 (Feature photo – the 1600s – Public Domain ) The U.S. Energy Administration just reported that U.S. energy consumption finally reached the same level as energy consumption in 2007. The eleven-year period from 2007 through 2018 represents a rather flat period in terms of energy consumption. One wonders, is this is due…
Positive Future #514 (Feature photo – Auto Dealerships – Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. – Immanuel Giel) While automotive sales are not the only sign that the economy is struggling, it is certainly an indicator of the times. CleanTechnica journalist Zachary Shahan, while he is pro-electric cars, also follows the mainstream auto market. Shahan…
