South Africa will end the breeding of lions in captivity
Following a two-year study on the effects of raising and breeding wild animals in captivity, South Africa has announced that it will ban the breeding of lions in captivity for hunting, cub petting, and for the commercial lion-bone trade. Many tourists take photos with lion cubs bred in Read More...
This yacht will fuel itself with the trash it sucks up from our oceans
Professional yacht racer Yves Bourgnon was irritated at the sight of floating plastic trash in seawater and decided to turn that anger into the inspiration he needed to create the concept for the Manta, a water-cleaning sailboat that is powered by the litter it picks up. The Manta will be an Read More...
ActionAid initiative trains Cambodian women to adapt to climate change
We recently wrote about how farmers in Bangladesh are using floating gardens to survive when floods and monsoons raise water levels. Now, the ActionAid campaign She is the Answer is harnessing these same farming tactics to empower women in Cambodia whose livelihoods are increasingly threatened by Read More...
E-waste: Scientists develop the world’s first fully recyclable transistor
One of the main reasons why so many electronics end up as e-waste instead of getting recycled at the end of their life is the fact that it’s really difficult to separate and recover the valuable materials that make them up. Now, a new technique developed by scientists at Duke University may help Read More...
May 5, 2021
Today we explore how telenovelas can bridge the gap between queer Latinx youth and their families as well as how in-utero surgery is improving quality of life for infants with spina bifida. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
May 5, 2021
Today we explore how telenovelas can bridge the gap between queer Latinx youth and their families as well as how in-utero surgery is improving quality of life for infants with spina bifida. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
May 5, 2021
Today we explore how telenovelas can bridge the gap between queer Latinx youth and their families as well as how in-utero surgery is improving quality of life for infants with spina bifida. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
May 5, 2021
Today we explore how telenovelas can bridge the gap between queer Latinx youth and their families as well as how in-utero surgery is improving quality of life for infants with spina bifida. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
Periods for Periods uses design to combat period poverty
We recently wrote about the Irish grocery chain offering free menstrual products to all, as well as other initiatives in Scotland, Wales, Victoria, and New Zealand that address the issue of period poverty by making menstrual products available free of charge. Now, Canadian creative agency Read More...
The Optimist View: Zero Foodprint and the table-to-farm regenerative movement
“Since the goal is to truly change many acres of farmland, then we must not only try to source well, but specifically ask our existing supply chains to change. In fact, we should help pay for the transition.” - Anthony Myint, Zero Foodprint BY Amelia Buckley If you visit the famous Chez Read More...