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Reduce children’s pandemic stress with these parenting strategies
The pandemic has taken a toll on everyone’s mental health and unfortunately, children are not immune to the effects of isolation and stress no matter how much we may try to shield them from it. The good news is there are many strategies parents can employ to ease children’s pandemic stress and Read More...
IKEA unveils disassembly instructions to help extend the life of your furniture
Last year, IKEA announced its ambitious vision of becoming fully circular by 2030. This means that over the next two decades the furniture giant will design each one of its products to be reused, repaired, resold, or recycled. And the company has been serious about its goal. It has already Read More...
How well-placed wetlands could dramatically cut nitrogen pollution
Nitrogen runoff from agriculture is a major problem, polluting our waterways and causing algae blooms that damage aquatic ecosystems. Wetlands offer a powerful buffer to nitrogen runoff as they serve as a natural filter to nutrient-polluted water, but we need to restore more wetlands in order to Read More...
More and more Native American tribes are buying back their ancestral land
When the Klamath Tribes of southern Oregon purchased a 1,705-acre patchwork of meadows, wetlands, and timberland that had once belonged to them this past summer, it represented the latest example of Native American tribes taking back their homelands via the real estate market. The loss of Native Read More...
These micromobility vehicles are accessible to people with disabilities
The rapid expansion of micromobility services in recent years has provided residents of many urban areas with a convenient means to get around. The problem, however, is that the vast majority of these micromobility service providers have so far failed to cater to people with disabilities. Now that Read More...
NYC’s High Line park to inspire similar urban renewal project in London
Recently, we shared a story about the expansion of New York’s High Line park, which has been a symbol of urban renewal after it successfully transformed an abandoned railway track into a lively green area — making it one of the city’s main tourist attractions. Now the High Line’s designer, Read More...
February 22, 2021
It's a mental wellness day on the Update. We're talking how to avoid burnout when working from home and the importance of cultivating hope. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
February 22, 2021
It's a mental wellness day on the Update. We're talking how to avoid burnout when working from home and the importance of cultivating hope. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
February 22, 2021
It's a mental wellness day on the Update. We're talking how to avoid burnout when working from home and the importance of cultivating hope. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
February 22, 2021
It's a mental wellness day on the Update. We're talking how to avoid burnout when working from home and the importance of cultivating hope. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...