Today’s Solutions: July 15, 2026

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How Paris uses the Seine to cool thousands of buildings without AC

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Every air conditioner does the same thing: pull heat from inside a building and dump it outside. On ...

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The 30 percent parenting rule: how to raise securely attached kids

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM If you're a parent, you've had these moments. Not the big, dramatic parenting failures, the ones easy to ...

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Colombia outlaws child marriage in landmark move

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Colombia made a historic move to protect its youngest citizens by prohibiting child marriage. After nearly two decades ...

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World’s first Indigenous-led ocean reserve is one step closer to reality

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM An extraordinary marine conservation initiative has taken a major step forward in the Pacific. The Melanesian Ocean Reserve, ...

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