Education
Great minds lead to great solutions. Our education section features solutions and innovations directed at strengthening educational systems around the world.
The Optimist View: A Business Warrior Monk's Core Principles
By Summers McKay & Rinaldo Brutoco The Optimist Daily is a business on a mission. We are determined to accelerate the shift in human consciousness by catalyzing 100,000,000 people to start each day with a positive solutions mindset. We live and breathe this mission. It drives our every Read More...
Music festivals are leading to sustainable-living experiments
Go to the grounds of a music festival after it comes to a close, and you’ll think you just arrived at the scene of an apocalypse with all the plastic that gets left behind. It’s the unfortunate downside of music festivals, which have become increasingly popular over the last few years. In fact, Read More...
These photographs capture the beautiful details of Día De Los Muertos
The two day holiday of Día De Los Muertos begins on November 1. Beautiful displays, art exhibits, and parades have come to life across Mexico as the country prepares to celebrate and honor their departed family members. This week we share with you some of the images of celebrations taking place Read More...
This puppy is boosting attendance at this Australian primary school
Ask yourself this: if there had been a fluffy, playful dog in your classroom when you were a kid, would you have been more motivated to go? Our guess is yes. At an elementary school in Victoria, Australia, a six-month-old Golden Doodle named Daisy has become the latest staff member of the school. Read More...
Behold the drama and intensity of nature with award-winning photo gallery
At the Optimist Daily, we love diving into photo galleries of nature and wildlife. They’re a wonderful reminder of the precious beauty we’re trying to preserve and regenerate in our world and of the drama that plays out in nature outside our day-to-day lives. During this year’s wildlife Read More...
Teach your kids about the plight of endangered animals with this beautiful book
As depressing as it sounds, there’s definitely a need to teach children about the current state of our ecosystems and the endangered animals that live within them. That’s why New York Times bestselling author, Millie Marotta, has created a beautiful children’s book called A Wild Child’s Read More...
Your toddler can now attend an outdoor preschool in Washington state
For many of us, the idea of wrangling several toddlers outside may seem like a nightmare, but at outdoor schools, this is exactly the idea. Although many parents are apprehensive about this alternative education option, outdoor preschools are gaining popularity, as they have been shown to be Read More...
Next time you need a boost in creativity, try this simple trick
We’ve all been there-you're sitting at your desk, trying to come up with some juicy new idea, only to find your creative pipes clogged. While sometimes we blame it on a lack of caffeine in our bodies, some of the most frustrating roadblocks to creativity can actually stem from being in a static Read More...
The discovery of ancient sippy cups could explain prehistoric baby boom
Time for a little history lesson: In Southeastern Europe, starting around 7000 BC, people began farming and raising livestock after millennia of hunting and gathering. Archaeologists studying ancient human remains noticed that around the same time, populations in early farming cultures started to Read More...
These displaced coal miners are finding new, greener work in beekeeping
Do coal miners really love mining coal—and therefore, advocate to keep coal mines open? Or is it that they need the income that coal mining gives them to support themselves and their families? For most miners, the latter is the truth, but as more coal mines across the country shut down despite a Read More...