A Story of Progress: The DIY Diehards Building Green Infrastructure from Scratch | Good News Today

A Story of Progress: The DIY Diehards Building Green Infrastructure from Scratch | Good News Today

Why this story matters: While challenges remain, stories like this demonstrate that constructive action can make a real difference. Quick summary: This story highlights recent developments related to climate environment, showing how constructive action can lead to meaningful results. E ven at a young age, Jonathan Schreiber found that harnessing the power of wind was something of a breeze. Encouraged by his DIY-loving grandfather, the Austrian teenager was always playing around with scrap metal, trying to build tools. At 14, he began studying a book on how to build a wind turbine from old car parts. “I was fascinated by how you could build things yourself and actually create your own energy,” says Schreiber. So, Schreiber took a flight. Then he took a boat. And when he finally arrived, he met Hugh Piggott, who had been working on plans for DIY wind turbines since the 1970s. Despite Piggott being 30 years older, the unlikely duo hit it off over their shared passion for invention, and Schre…