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📰 CATL says sodium batteries are mainstream-ready, signs massive 60 GWh deal 🗒 "Sodium is roughly 1,000 times more abundant in the Earth’s crust than lithium and far cheaper to source, which makes sodium-ion batteries a compelling alternative for applications where cost matters more than maximum energy density — particularly grid-scale energy storage." https://electrek.co/2026/04/27/catl-sodium-ion-battery-60gwh-energy-storage-deal/ #greenenergy #environment #SodiumBatteries #batteries #energy

📰 "How Community-Based Regenerative Farming in Nepal is Rebuilding Villages"

🗒 About 100 households in Patalekhet directly benefit from HASERA’s community programs. Fifteen of those households are actively developing their properties as permaculture homestays, with HASERA providing both technical guidance to help them reach that goal.

https://happyeconews.com/community-based-regenerative-farming-in-nepal/

#permaculture #Farming #Nepal #community #coop #sustainable #environment #solarpunk

📰 Successful Homeless Village in Scotland Offers Residents Independence but Asks Responsibility

🗒 The Salvation Army will be on site 24/7 to provide support of any kind for residents, including “practical help, emotional support and guidance with day‑to‑day challenges,”

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/successful-homeless-village-model-in-scotland-offers-residents-independence-but-asks-responsibility/

#housingfirst #community #homeless #Scotland #tinyhome #tinyhomes

📰 Special bricks to help birds put in every new home in Scotland

🗒 "A new law has been passed in Scotland which means that every new house built in the country will have to have a swift brick in them."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/cly9r7d74l5o

#wildlife #conservation #birds #nature #Scotland #uk #goodnews #solarpunk

📰 "Scientists Were Wrong About How Fast Solar Panels Degrade – They May Last Twice as Long"

🗒 "The authors found annual degradation rates of 0.52–0.61%, roughly half the average reported in prior studies, which also had limitations of smaller sample sizes (the largest other survey of this kind was with 4,200 installations) and shorter study durations averaging between 2 and 7 years."

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/weve-been-overestimating-how-fast-solar-panels-degrade-by-half-they-may-last-twice-as-long/

#Solar #goodnews #greenenergy #solarpunk #solarenergy

📰 "Cooling green roofs seemed like an impossible dream for Brazil's favelas. Not true!"

🗒 "And it was cheap. Because of the bidim and the vinyl sheets used as waterproof screening (as opposed to the traditional asphalt blanket), Cassiano's green roofs cost just 5 Brazilian reais, or $1, per square foot. A conventional green roof can cost as much as 53 Brazilian reais, or $11, for the same amount of space."

https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/01/25/g-s1-28783/brazil-health-heat-garden-roof

#Brazil #solarpunk #citygreenery #goodnews #happynews

📰 Regenerative agriculture sows success in Kenya

🗒 "They’re reporting up to 81% higher yields and 92% improvement in water retention. Meanwhile crop failure, soil erosion and dependence on chemicals have sharply reduced.

Outcomes have been validated by the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry, which analysed samples from 2,000 project sites and reported massive improvements in soil health and microbial diversity."

https://www.positive.news/society/regenerative-agriculture-sows-success-in-kenya/

#gardening #permaculture

📰 " Scientists Create Biodegradable Packaging Film That Matches Plastic Performance"

🗒 "Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology developed a thin film using cellulose, chitosan, and citric acid. These natural ingredients come from plants, mushrooms, and food waste. The new material blocks moisture and oxygen as effectively as traditional plastic."

https://happyeconews.com/scientists-create-biodegradable-packaging-film/

#science #sciencenews #econews #solarpunk #greenliving