"We like the environmental benefits of solar and wanted to engage with solar in some fashion."
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"In Guyang-ri, a farming village of 70 households about 90 minutes south-east of Seoul, people gather for communal free lunches six days a week. The meals are funded by the village’s one-megawatt solar installation, which generates roughly 10m won ($6,800) in net profit each month.
“Residents eat lunch together every day, so we see each other’s faces, talk together,” says Jeon Joo-young, the village chief. “Bonds and solidarity between residents become much stronger. Life becomes more enjoyable.”
The shift has been dramatic. Before the solar project launched in 2022, the village of about 130 people had no restaurant, no easy way to move around, and little communal infrastructure. Now solar revenue pays for meals, a village “happiness bus” for elderly people, a table-tennis facility and cultural activities.
The village deliberately chose to spend solar income on welfare rather than individual dividends, a decision Jeon says residents made themselves rather than being persuaded."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/16/south-korea-solar-power-renewables-revolution
Here are 42 #Positive #Environmental and #Climate headlines from #August to help bring some #Positivity. An additional 124 million households in #India have access to tap water. Worldwide over three terawatt of #SolarPower exists. Additionally, #Kazakhstan has released its first #Tiger into the wild. Over in the #UK House Sparrow numbers are starting to stabilise and children's lungs in #London are growing larger thanks to reductions in car #Emissions.
https://primonatura.co.uk/positive-environmental-stories-029/