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Maximize the health benefits of legumes and seeds by letting them sprout
Cooked, dried seeds like lentils can be tasty, but consuming them leaves us with only a fraction of their potential nutrients. This is because before seeds reach the sprouting phase, a growth inhibitor called phytic acid keeps vitamins, fiber, and other healthy nutrients locked within their shells, Read More...
This startup is repurposing wastewater one flush at a time
Water conservation is a pillar of environmentalism and critical for protecting the Earth's dwindling fresh water supply. We've featured desalination solutions that are aiding in this effort, but today we're focusing on localized water treatment as a path to water security. Startup Epic Read More...
March 17, 2021
We hope you're feeling starstruck today because we've got a story from Mars on how NASA is collaborating with indigenous leaders to name their findings in the Navajo language and how Tinder is making their love matches more safe with background checks. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Read More...
March 17, 2021
We hope you're feeling starstruck today because we've got a story from Mars on how NASA is collaborating with indigenous leaders to name their findings in the Navajo language and how Tinder is making their love matches more safe with background checks. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Read More...
March 17, 2021
We hope you're feeling starstruck today because we've got a story from Mars on how NASA is collaborating with indigenous leaders to name their findings in the Navajo language and how Tinder is making their love matches more safe with background checks. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Read More...
March 17, 2021
We hope you're feeling starstruck today because we've got a story from Mars on how NASA is collaborating with indigenous leaders to name their findings in the Navajo language and how Tinder is making their love matches more safe with background checks. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Read More...
Athens is tackling urban air pollution and heat stress with "pocket parks"
Adding greenery to urban areas can do wonders for the liveability of a city. On top of providing shade and a cooling effect, trees, and shrubs also remove pollution from the air. That’s why Greece’s capital, Athens, has embarked on a mission to green up the city by creating “pocket parks” Read More...
CityLoops is a grand experiment on the scalability of circularity
If you sit on a bench in the city of Musicon, about 30 kilometers from Denmark’s capital of Copenhagen, you’ll likely be sitting on a slab of concrete recycled from a nearby demolition site. Musicon is one of seven cities around Europe selected for experimentation by CityLoops, a project Read More...
Tinder is adding a background check feature for their matches
Match Group, the parent company of various online dating applications, announced this Monday that, in partnership with nonprofit Garbo, they will roll out a feature that helps their users run background checks on their matches. Garbo is a consumer online background check platform. Its founder, Read More...
Cultivate a more sustainable closet with these green fashion tips
We recently shared three strategies for buying clothes more eco-consciously. In addition to shopping with sustainability in mind, taking a deeper look at your clothing habits, in general, can help you develop an environmentally-friendly closet and ditch fast fashion for good. Here are five Read More...