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Business Matchmaking and Strategic Consultancy for a brighter future The negative prices in the electricity market, created by a surplus of electricity supply and a shortage in demand, accelerate the transition A great example of what modern minimalist living can become: being rich by limiting waste. Will this bring us closer to nature again or will it increase our alienation? self-contained device capable of harvesting up to 10 liters of clean drinking water per day from the air. Yet another step on the way towards a future of decentralized and abundant water supply for everyone. The high price currently limits the system to use by eager early adopters in rich countries, but this is bound to change. >>>>    Crops like corn, tomatoes, sorghum and sunflowers are >>>>    transforming more than 200 hectares of sand dunes into an >>>>    oasis – all within six months. >>>>     >>>>    It’s all thanks to new technology developed by researchers >>>>    at Chongqing Jiaotong University. They developed a paste made >>>>    of a substance found in plant cell walls. >>>>     >>>>    When it’s added to sand, it’s able to retain water, >>>>    nutrients and air. >>>>    “The costs of artificial materials and machines for >>>>    transforming sand into soil is lower compared with controlled >>>>    environmental agriculture and reclamation,” Yang Qingguo, >>>>    professor at Chongqing Jiaotong University said. >>>>    The research team has big future plans.  This fall, it hopes >>>>    to transform an additional 200 hectares of desert – and >>>>    possibly more than 13,000in the next few years. >>>>     >>>>    The method could be promising for China.  In three years, the >>>>    country hopes to reforest 50 percent of degraded desert land