The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News

What nobody mentions in the return-to-office debate: babies

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Governments have spent decades and billions trying to reverse falling birth rates. Cash bonuses for new parents in ...

Why the kiwiberry might be the most nutritious fruit you’ve never tried

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM For most of human history, the kiwiberry was valued for its flowers while the fruit was just an ...

Emergency shelter transformation for disability-inclusive disaster response

Following the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy, the Alliance Center for Independence (ACI) in Edison, New Jersey, responded to the dismal truth that emergency ...

University students transform workouts into power with energy-generating gym ...

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Imagine getting on the treadmill and knowing that every stride you take burns calories and helps keep the ...

Steering toward the future: how solar-powered canoes are transforming life in...

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM In the dense, green arteries of Ecuador’s Amazon, something remarkable is gliding across the water without a sound. ...