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Celebrate and honor your heritage by preserving family recipes
Montreal sisters Helen and Billie Bitzas were struggling with a challenge that is likely not unfamiliar to many first-generation immigrants: recreating their parents’ traditional dishes in their own kitchens. Every time they attempted to pull together one of their family’s time-honored Greek Read More...
Scientists use silk to make a sustainable leather alternative
Though highly useful thanks to its impressive properties of durability and versatility, animal-derived leather has its issues, most of which pertain to the environmental toll associated with its production. That’s why, scientists and designers are in search of more sustainable materials to Read More...
Three inspiring women tackling climate change head on
Studies show that educating and empowering women to take up sustainable and eco-friendly livelihoods is one of the most effective solutions in tackling human-induced climate change. Sometimes, life experience is the best teacher and organically spurs women to lead environmental missions in their Read More...
Cosimo Scottuci plans to turn Times Square into a monument for diversity
New York’s iconic Times Square will soon transform into an art installation by the Italian artist and architect Cosimo Scotucci named “Spectrum, a monument for diversity.” The intricate urban-land-art installation is inspired by the concept behind Isaac Newton’s discovery of the color Read More...
May 10, 2021
Are solar panels and water canals the perfect symbiotic solution? Today we look at how these green energy and water conservation strategies can be combined for improved efficiency. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
May 10, 2021
Are solar panels and water canals the perfect symbiotic solution? Today we look at how these green energy and water conservation strategies can be combined for improved efficiency. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
May 10, 2021
Are solar panels and water canals the perfect symbiotic solution? Today we look at how these green energy and water conservation strategies can be combined for improved efficiency. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
May 10, 2021
Are solar panels and water canals the perfect symbiotic solution? Today we look at how these green energy and water conservation strategies can be combined for improved efficiency. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
Rewilding: A Key Solution for Biodiversity
Wild wolves used to roam freely across most of the United States, but when these wolves were hunted to extinction in areas like Montana and Wyoming, ecosystems quickly fell out of balance. Without natural predators, elk populations soared, eating away at trees and grasses, eliminating building Read More...
New Belgium Brewing Co. hopes you hate the taste of their new ale
New Belgium Brewing Co. is making strong statements about climate change that other businesses may find hard to swallow—perhaps just as hard to swallow as their new, limited-edition beer, Torched Earth Ale. New Belgium brewed Torched Earth Ale from drought-resistant grains, dandelion weeds, and Read More...