Fiber is the ultimate superfood. Here’s how to add more of it to your diet
This week we’re talking a lot about food, and for good reason: an overwhelming number of health conditions these days are linked to poor diets that lack diversity and good nutrition. One of the main things that people are missing in the fiber, which is the closest thing we have to a true Read More...
Former poachers help scientists restore the snow leopard population in Siberia
In some parts of Siberia, snow leopards have been nearly wiped out due to poachers hunting the animals for their distinctive spotted coats. But in Russia’s Altai Mountains the snow leopard population is on the rise thanks to former poachers who are now helping scientists to preserve them. In Read More...
Simply heating stones could help solve the problem of storing clean energy
Energy storage has long posed an efficiency problem for renewable energy transformation. But lately, new technologies have been emerging that could solve the matter. One of those technologies comes from Denmark and involves a giant facility that heats up stones to 600 degrees as a means of storing Read More...
Puerto Rico passes historic 100% renewable energy legislation
After Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico in 2017, the island was without energy for months, making it an incredibly pain-staking process to deal with the aftermath of the tropical storm. To make sure that never happens again, Puerto Rico has passed a bill that sets the island on a path to Read More...
Oslo is installing the world’s first wireless electric car charging stations
When it comes to electric vehicles, no one is further ahead of the game than Norway. The Nordic country has the highest percentage of residents driving electric cars, and the government is even mandating that all new cars sold in the country be all-electric by 2025. Now Norway is taking it one Read More...
Instead of plastic, this supermarket is wrapping produce in banana leaves
While most supermarkets are taking their sweet time to find good alternatives to plastic packaging, a supermarket in Thailand has come up with a surprisingly simple way to reduce plastic packaging by wrapping its produce in banana leaves. The use of banana leaves instead of plastic for packaging Read More...
How to shop for healthy food without spending loads of money
At The Optimist Daily, we care deeply about food. We believe food is medicine, and we’re incredibly concerned with how our food is grown and how it affects our bodies. Sunday’s Optimist View was a testament to our desire to create discussion around food as we explored the potentially damaging Read More...
This Polish company uses waste wheat bran to make biodegradable bowls and plates
Isn’t it ridiculous that disposable plastic plates are still being used even though they can take up to 500 years to break down? An innovative Polish company by the name of Biotrem thinks so, which is why they’ve created biodegradable tableware made from compressed wheat bran, a by-product of Read More...
Finland is offering lessons in happiness with free trips to its wonderful nature
For the past two years, Finland has been named the happiest country in the world. Its citizens are relaxed and cheerful, enjoying life in a progressive, technologically advanced society, without becoming overly stressed. The Finns themselves attribute this to their connection with nature and Read More...
Gibraltar bans release of helium balloons in bid to save marine life
For years, Gibraltar used to release 30,000 balloons each year on the 10th of September to celebrate its National Day. After realizing that most of these balloons ended up polluting the sea and seriously threatening marine life, the government decided to put an end to this tradition two years Read More...