Today’s Solutions: October 02, 2026

Did you know we lose 2,000 football fields of agricultural land every hour to desertification? Today we interview Ole-Kristian Sivertsen, CEO of Desert Control, about his mission to save our soil with liquid nanoclay. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy – Making Solutions the News! Want to learn more? Check out his TedTalk!

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