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Get lost in these incredible x-ray images of the universe
You would only need to be subscribed to the Optimist Daily for a little while to know we are geeks for outer space. That’s why we were over the moon when NASA released a gallery of jaw-dropping imagery of the universe captured by telescopes from around the world. The gallery is a “treasure Read More...
Thought Leader Series: Jay Inslee on the power of optimistic climate action
The climate crisis is an increasingly present and visible threat to our world and few know this better than Jay Inslee, the governor of Washington, who watched more than 600,000 acres burn in his state during just the beginning of the second-worst fire season on record. In this week’s Thought Read More...
Archaeologists in Egypt unveil 59 coffins that date back millennia
Archaeologists in Egypt recently announced the exciting discovery of 59 well-preserved and sealed wooden coffins dating back to more than 2,500 years ago. The extraordinary discovery took place in the desert necropolis of Saqqara, believed to have served as an extensive burial ground for Memphis, Read More...
October 8, 2020
We're all about mushrooms today! We've got alternative packaging grown from carbon-absorbing mycelium and major fashion brands ditching cows in favor of fungus leather in 2021. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
October 8, 2020
We're all about mushrooms today! We've got alternative packaging grown from carbon-absorbing mycelium and major fashion brands ditching cows in favor of fungus leather in 2021. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
October 8, 2020
We're all about mushrooms today! We've got alternative packaging grown from carbon-absorbing mycelium and major fashion brands ditching cows in favor of fungus leather in 2021. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
October 8, 2020
We're all about mushrooms today! We've got alternative packaging grown from carbon-absorbing mycelium and major fashion brands ditching cows in favor of fungus leather in 2021. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
Starbucks offers employees free rides to polling places
If you work at Starbucks and aren’t sure how you’re getting to the polls, you’re in luck. The coffee chain announced it will offer employees complimentary Lyft rides to polling stations. This includes voting in person, going to volunteer at voting stations, or even just a ride to the post Read More...
The votes are in! Meet the big winner of this year’s Fat Bear Week
Last week, we told you about the most body-positive competition on the planet: Fat Bear Week. If you didn’t catch that story, Fat Bear Week is a competition dedicated to the brown bears of Katmai National Park in Alaska. These bears have been eating as much as they can before the upcoming winter Read More...
Ambitious reforestation project will plant 3 million trees in Uganda
Successful efforts of reforestation and wildlife conservation typically go hand in hand with involving local communities in the process. Not only does this tap into valuable local knowledge around the issue but it also enables local communities to sustain these efforts in the future. This is Read More...