Today’s Solutions: December 16, 2025

Japan is known for its expensive, upper-crust golf clubs. But golf participation is down more than 40 percent from its high in the early 1990s. Now, the country is facing a severe over-development of golf courses. One solution: turning them into solar power plants. And so the multinational Kyocera Corporation recently announced it would be turning two golf courses into solar power plants. Now that’s “green” in more than one way.

 

Solutions News Source Print this article
More of Today's Solutions

Vision board ideas for adults: how to create one that inspires real change

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM A vision board might look like a crafty throwback to childhood afternoons spent collaging. But don’t write it ...

Read More

India’s social experiment: how paying women directly reshapes welfare, autono...

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Across India, millions of women now receive a modest but unwavering deposit each month into their bank accounts. ...

Read More

New Zealand’s groundbreaking shift to renewables promises massive emiss...

New Zealand launched its most ambitious emissions reduction initiative to date in an incredible undertaking. The government announced a historic switch from coal to ...

Read More

Going for the goal: the impact of team sports on boosting young girls’ ...

In a pioneering study, the Here for Every Goal report demonstrates that team sports, particularly elite women's soccer (referenced from here on in this ...

Read More