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What if a new technology has found a way to contribute power to the grid, makes use of already existing infrastructure, and has basically zero environmental impact; it would be a home run, wouldn't it? Lucid Energyhas developed a technology that can harness the downward flow of water in a city’s water pipes to generate energy that can either contribute to the management of the system itself, or be put back into the grid.

Wow great insights from Steven in his talk Where good ideas come from!

As you may or may not know we hold electronic conversations or e-Dialogues (over 40 now) as a way to stimulate conversations around critical sustainable development issues and public policy development.

I don't know how many of you have read the recent report in the newspapers about the "Environmentalist's paradox gets global attention." A researcher at McGill University published a paper in BioScience about the paradox that although humans are having a negative impact on the environment (60% of the planet's ecosystem services are already heavily degraded), human well-being in terms of literacy, life expectancy, income and so forth has risen steadily since the mid-70s across the globe.

Imagine it, you walk into the grocery store go into the produce section and then you pick your veggies right from the plant. This idea may not be very far away. I stumbled upon a new grocery store concept called Agropolis: it combines hydroponic, aeroponic and aquaponic farming to grow vegetables without soil in an urban environment.

Harvest Produce at the Grocery Store