This video game enables players to tackle real-world environmental problems
From companies using more recycled materials in their products to corporations increasing their focus on sustainability, and people learning about ways to green up their lifestyle, climate change concerns have become ubiquitous. Now, even video games are joining the climate movement. One of these Read More...
These racially inclusive building blocks teach kids to celebrate diversity
Teaching kids about the value of human diversity is key to instilling a sense of acceptance and tolerance within future generations. That's the line of thinking behind the design of a new set of building blocks that are shaped like abstract people and painted with a diverse range of skin tone Read More...
World Unity Week: 'Yo Tambien'
Welcome to World Unity Week! We’re collaborating with other change-making organizations around the world to promote healing, community, and discussion. Each day, we will be featuring one of the many great events happening this week, and we encourage you to head over to the World Unity Week Read More...
Indigenous Photograph is an online gallery that uplifts Native voices worldwide
The way in which Indigenous identities are understood has been rooted in the projections and definitions that have been put upon them by colonizing forces throughout history. There are plenty of stereotypes that have been written into the narrative of non-Indigenous communities that victimize, Read More...
June 23, 2021
Today we're talking about the future! Five doctors weigh in on the future of hospitals and old wind turbines are seeing second lives as building materials for bridges. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
June 23, 2021
Today we're talking about the future! Five doctors weigh in on the future of hospitals and old wind turbines are seeing second lives as building materials for bridges. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
Five medical innovators on the future of hospitals
Few things shake up the public health sector like a global pandemic, and now that we’re looking towards the recovery phase of the Covid-19 epidemic, many doctors, nurses, hospitals, and even medical teaching programs are rethinking what medical care of the future will look like. Today, we share Read More...
Climate campaigners claim victory over Belgium's inadequate climate policy
Climate campaigners in Brussels came out on top last Thursday in court against the Belgian government in another victory that demonstrates how, when it comes to climate policies, the people can overturn the presiding authority of their countries. The campaigners claimed that Belgium’s climate Read More...
Urine tests could accurately diagnose brain tumors early on
In recent years, scientists have increasingly proved the potential of urine tests as a promising technique for non-invasive and effective cancer diagnosis. Last year, we wrote about the impressive efficiency of urine tests in detecting lung cancer early on, and now a new study shows that the Read More...
Retired wind turbine blades get reincarnated into bridges and railway links
Even renewable energy has waste byproducts that become a major recycling problem for the industry. Many wind turbine blades are reaching the end of their lifespan, and plenty more are taken out of service early to be replaced by blades that can produce more energy. This means that by 2023, Read More...