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Rising tide
This week, we have been drawn to shocking tales about renewable power. The primary, shared by Government Editor Will Doig from Inside Local weather Information, takes us to a really small island group in Maine that’s taking massive steps towards power resilience.
Will says:
The easternmost level within the US is a tiny island off the coast of Maine. Dwelling to 1,300 residents, Eastport’s diesel generator broke down in 2018 and was by no means changed. As an alternative, the city is constructing a microgrid that runs off tidal and solar energy. Their aim is to point out that even distant locations with harsh climate can turn out to be power impartial.
Winds of change
Our second shocking story about renewables — from Windpower Month-to-month by way of Viewers Engagement Supervisor Sophie Pitt — takes us to the town of Bristol, England, the place residents led a marketing campaign to construct an onshore wind turbine.
Sophie says:
A narrative of unimaginable dedication over 12 years from a “bunch of unruly residents” from Lawrence Weston, an impoverished space of Bristol, who’ve come collectively to construct England’s solely new onshore wind turbine within the final decade. The turbine, which is the biggest within the nation, has been working for a yr and the primary fee from the earnings are due in January. And that’s not all, the residents have constructed 38 inexpensive houses, a group middle and introduced a big grocery store to the world. Improvement Supervisor Mark Pepper says there’s no motive every other group can’t obtain related success.
What else we’re studying
🦾 Sophie de Oliveira Barata’s Different Limb Venture designs artistic prosthetics for amputees — shared by Founding Editor Christine McLaren from 60 Second Docs
🩺 How AI monitoring is reducing stillbirths and neonatal deaths in a clinic in Malawi — shared by Contributing Editor Michaela Haas from The Guardian
🏫 Biden designates nationwide monument at web site of infamous Native American boarding college — shared by Editorial Director Rebecca Worby from The Hill
In different information…
In celebration of our fifth anniversary, RTBC founder David Byrne spoke to NPR’s Scott Simon for the Rotary Voices podcast. Within the episode, Byrne tells Simon about how Causes to be Cheerful helps us to “hear the birds,” why tales like this widespread one concerning the Penobscot River have stayed with him, and what he’s realized from 5 years of the journal. Have a pay attention right here.
