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Jupiter and Saturn will appear to collide this winter solstice
During this year's winter solstice on December 21st, two of our solar system’s largest planets will appear to collide for the first time since the Middle Ages. This event, featuring Jupiter and Saturn, will show the two planets at one super bright spot of light in our skies. Although the Read More...
December 7, 2020
Today we’re chatting about small ways to work exercise into your daily routine and San Francisco’s proposed ban on indoor tobacco smoking. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
December 7, 2020
Today we’re chatting about small ways to work exercise into your daily routine and San Francisco’s proposed ban on indoor tobacco smoking. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
December 7, 2020
Today we’re chatting about small ways to work exercise into your daily routine and San Francisco’s proposed ban on indoor tobacco smoking. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
December 7, 2020
Today we’re chatting about small ways to work exercise into your daily routine and San Francisco’s proposed ban on indoor tobacco smoking. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
The Optimist View: A holiday solutions guide for the strangest year ever
The Norweigian city of Tromsø sits 200 miles north of the Arctic circle, yet for the large part, the residents don’t experience the sort of seasonal depression you might expect with so many months of darkness. A big part of this successful wintertime living is what psychologist Kari Leibowitz Read More...
How to let your intuition guide your exercise habits
If you want to make consistent exercise a part of your life, then you should consider the practice of intuitive exercise. The idea behind the intuitive exercise is that the tendency for people to work out simply because they want their bodies to look good or ideal is actually damaging to both Read More...
These modular and breathable micro-environments make growing crops easier
Finding smarter ways to produce our food is an essential step in adapting to an increasingly volatile global agricultural system. Equipping local farmers with better, more innovative tools is one way to do this. With that in mind, Mexico City-based design studio NOS has created a new way for Read More...
San Francisco votes to ban cigarette smoking in apartments
Big cities can have some strange odors, but one thing you won’t smell anymore if you live in a San Francisco apartment building is tobacco smoke. Last week, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 10-1 to outlaw tobacco smoking in the city’s apartments. The ban applies to apartments Read More...
A guide to mailing homemade treats this holiday season
In our guide to more socially distanced holidays, we recommended sending care packages with homemade treats to relatives you can’t see in person. Today, we’re diving deeper into how you can safely prepare and mail those goods. First things first, it’s important that the food is being Read More...