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October 28, 2020
Today we talk about all-electric homes and what happened when a daycare in Finland replaced their playground with a replicated forest floor. Plus, Summers and Kristy share their best Halloween costumes ever. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
October 28, 2020
Today we talk about all-electric homes and what happened when a daycare in Finland replaced their playground with a replicated forest floor. Plus, Summers and Kristy share their best Halloween costumes ever. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
October 28, 2020
Today we talk about all-electric homes and what happened when a daycare in Finland replaced their playground with a replicated forest floor. Plus, Summers and Kristy share their best Halloween costumes ever. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
The Optimist View: Samhain ─ Inside the pagan traditions of Halloween’s ancient precursor
“The magic of Samhain is that of endless possibility. Since we return to the beginning, we can begin anew in any way we wish.” ~ Michael Furie By: MARVIN LANES A look at today’s date, November 1st, tells us we are collectively entering the darkness. No, this is not an ominous Read More...
South Australia powered itself with 100% solar to set global record
Solar energy is gaining momentum across the globe, but some of the world’s sunniest places have already adopted solar as a primary energy supplier. One of these areas leading by example in the field of renewables is the state of South Australia which just became the world’s largest region to Read More...
Has the pandemic blurred your work-life balance? Here’s how to redefine it
You’ve now made it through seven months of working from home, but is it feeling like your work and personal life are blending together into one big mess? If you find yourself doing more working at home than anything else, here are nine strategies to restore your work-life balance even when the Read More...
Study: Reproductive autonomy and infant health go hand in hand
There are a multitude of factors that affect fetal and infant health including access to medical care, socioeconomic status, and environmental factors, but a new study from the University of California, Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health has narrowed down the relationship between Read More...
In pandemic silence, scientists can finally hear endangered dolphins
Previous recordings of Burrunan dolphin communication were broken up with the noise of passing boats traveling across the dolphins’ Gippsland Lakes habitat. During pandemic lockdowns, however, scientists were able to record the uninterrupted sounds of the endangered dolphins for the very first Read More...
MIT’s autonomous water cabs are almost ready to take to the canals
Autonomous cars may be all the rage now in the world of land transportation but over the course of the last four years, some researchers at MIT have been busy developing a different kind of self-driving vehicle. Enter the Roboat — a smart boat that navigates on its own to transport passengers and Read More...
A daycare built a 'forest floor', and it changed kids' immune systems
Time in nature is valuable for children’s physical and mental health, so one daycare in Finland decided to invest in a playground that replicated the forest floor. The results were amazing. Adding indigenous forest species to the playground The daycare replaced their sandy playground surface Read More...