EU court upholds pesticide ban to protect European bees
Back in 2020, we shared how the European Union’s top court upheld a French pesticide ban to protect bees. Now the court is back with another pro-pollinator ruling, upholding an EU partial ban on three insecticides linked to harming bees. The lawsuit, filed by Bayer, attempted to overturn the Read More...
IBM develops the world’s smallest and most powerful microchip
For years, the tech industry has been seeking hardware that’s smaller, faster, cheaper, and more energy-efficient, constantly driving microchip innovation forward. Now, IBM has achieved another important milestone in this audacious technological endeavor by announcing that it has created a Read More...
Scientists use discarded citrus peels to create sustainable transparent wood
Turning a tree into glass may sound like magic, but creating transparent wood to replace the glass in your windows is something scientists have been working on for some years. This emergent wood-based glass substitute holds great potential as a more sustainable, durable, and thermally-efficient Read More...
How your body tells you you’re not drinking enough water
The water we consume facilitates breathing, digestion, lubricating joints, removing waste, and maintaining homeostasis. It’s essential for virtually every single bodily function, but how do we know if we’re drinking enough water? The old “eight glasses a day” is a fairly good baseline, but Read More...
Celebrate and honor your heritage by preserving family recipes
Montreal sisters Helen and Billie Bitzas were struggling with a challenge that is likely not unfamiliar to many first-generation immigrants: recreating their parents’ traditional dishes in their own kitchens. Every time they attempted to pull together one of their family’s time-honored Greek Read More...
Scientists use silk to make a sustainable leather alternative
Though highly useful thanks to its impressive properties of durability and versatility, animal-derived leather has its issues, most of which pertain to the environmental toll associated with its production. That’s why, scientists and designers are in search of more sustainable materials to Read More...
Three inspiring women tackling climate change head on
Studies show that educating and empowering women to take up sustainable and eco-friendly livelihoods is one of the most effective solutions in tackling human-induced climate change. Sometimes, life experience is the best teacher and organically spurs women to lead environmental missions in their Read More...
Cosimo Scottuci plans to turn Times Square into a monument for diversity
New York’s iconic Times Square will soon transform into an art installation by the Italian artist and architect Cosimo Scotucci named “Spectrum, a monument for diversity.” The intricate urban-land-art installation is inspired by the concept behind Isaac Newton’s discovery of the color Read More...
May 10, 2021
Are solar panels and water canals the perfect symbiotic solution? Today we look at how these green energy and water conservation strategies can be combined for improved efficiency. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
May 10, 2021
Are solar panels and water canals the perfect symbiotic solution? Today we look at how these green energy and water conservation strategies can be combined for improved efficiency. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...