Neil Hopkins (He/Him)<p>I thought that the collision of these two <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> related stories in my news feed was interesting:</p><p>Story 1: <a href="https://thebristolcable.org/2023/08/urban-growing-laying-ground-for-food-revolution-can-it-become-reality/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thebristolcable.org/2023/08/ur</span><span class="invisible">ban-growing-laying-ground-for-food-revolution-can-it-become-reality/</span></a></p><p>Story 2: <a href="https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/solar-farm-approved-on-outskirts-of-bristol/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bristol247.com/news-and-featur</span><span class="invisible">es/news/solar-farm-approved-on-outskirts-of-bristol/</span></a></p><p>Both are great news. Story 1 examines the potential for <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/local" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>local</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> growth in and around <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Bristol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bristol</span></a>. <br>This is something that I'm passionate about - you could take the <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> stance, or the local <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/resiliency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>resiliency</span></a> stance, or the supporting people to re-engage with the <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Earth</span></a> stance. It also aligns nicely with <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Schumacher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Schumacher</span></a>'s 'Small Is Beautiful' philosophy.</p><p>Story 2 is about a new <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Solar</span></a> farm being approved on the outskirts of Bristol.</p><p>Again - big YES. Give me that free energy that's been falling on our heads since the dawn of recorded time! </p><p>What interested me is the collision in between land uses.</p><p>In story 1, we hear that <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Bristol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bristol</span></a> has the potential to oversupply the <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/fruit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fruit</span></a> and <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/vegetable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vegetable</span></a> needs of its population if "all of its green space was used for urban growing". This includes currently unused tracts of land beside the motorway, not just urban snippets and disused corners.</p><p>Story 2 naturally needs space. Solar farms need to go on the land.</p><p>So is there a tension between the needs for human power (food) and the need for technological power (solar = energy = phone chargers, heart monitors, oxygen pumps etc)?</p><p>Is there a balance between the two, and what choices need to be made?</p><p>This might not be "A Thing", but it sparked my interest & I'd love to hear from folks in the know!</p><p><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/ClimateSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateSystem</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/SolarPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPower</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Farming</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/UrbanFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanFarms</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/AgroEcology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AgroEcology</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/LocalProduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LocalProduction</span></a></p>