Yves here. It’s gratifying to see New Mexico take a forward step in combatting homelessness by providing them with housing and using solar power to make it even more affordable. The only sad note is that they can do it only on a modest scale compared to the need.
By April M. Short, an editor, journalist and documentary editor and producer. She is a writing fellow at Local Peace Economy, a project of the Independent Media Institute. Previously, she served as a managing editor at AlterNet as well as an award-winning senior staff writer for Santa Cruz, California’s weekly newspaper. Her work has been published with the San Francisco Chronicle, In These Times, Salon and many others. Produced by Local Peace Economy, a project of the Independent Media Institute