May 12, 2021
Today we're talking about the case for kindness: why we should practice kindness at work and how one Swedish city is embracing it's rainy weather. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
Five ways to defeat morning grogginess
Have you ever noticed that some mornings you feel more groggy than usual and it’s just harder to get yourself out of bed? If so, you’ve experienced the highly common phenomenon of sleep inertia. This uncomfortable feeling can make it difficult to get a jump on the day and leave you feeling Read More...
Stimulus checks were critical in dropping hunger rates during pandemic
Back in April, we wrote about how Americans were overwhelmingly using their stimulus checks to cover basic expenses and reduce their personal debt. Now, according to new census data, stimulus checks, in conjunction with expanded access to SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits, Read More...
The lettuce you eat at a Seoul Subway might literally be grown in a subway
From underground mushroom farms to rooftop oases, the urban farming movement is hitting its stride for the betterment of the planet and city residents. In South Korea, this concept is taking root in a local metro station where startup Farm8 uses 4,240 square feet to improve food resilience and Read More...
May 11, 2021
Did you know that every dollar invested in regenerative agriculture provides $40 in improved resilience, water conservation, farmer prosperity, and carbon removal? Today we welcome Anthony Myint, founder of Zero Foodprint, to the pod to talk about how community choice aggregation can revolutionize Read More...
May 11, 2021
Did you know that every dollar invested in regenerative agriculture provides $40 in improved resilience, water conservation, farmer prosperity, and carbon removal? Today we welcome Anthony Myint, founder of Zero Foodprint, to the pod to talk about how community choice aggregation can revolutionize Read More...
May 11, 2021
Did you know that every dollar invested in regenerative agriculture provides $40 in improved resilience, water conservation, farmer prosperity, and carbon removal? Today we welcome Anthony Myint, founder of Zero Foodprint, to the pod to talk about how community choice aggregation can revolutionize Read More...
May 11, 2021
Did you know that every dollar invested in regenerative agriculture provides $40 in improved resilience, water conservation, farmer prosperity, and carbon removal? Today we welcome Anthony Myint, founder of Zero Foodprint, to the pod to talk about how community choice aggregation can revolutionize Read More...
Study: Current Covid-19 vaccines highly effective against existing variants
As scientists marveled at the incredible efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines, their only concern was how these vaccines would stand up against more contagious variants of the disease. Many are breathing a small sigh of relief as a new study finds that current Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines Read More...
Isolation can cause cognitive decline, but socialization can be a cure
"It's something I'm seeing clinically. Some people were okay before the pandemic and now they're having faster cognitive decline," says Dr. Joel Salinas, a behavioral neurologist and faculty member of the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies. If you feel like you’re forgetting Read More...