Today’s Solutions: July 18, 2026

Close-up of a dense cluster of oyster shells with rough, layered surfaces in beige, brown, and purple tones.

Dinner scraps are rebuilding California’s lost oyster reefs

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM What if scraps from a dinner could become a habitat? That's the basic premise of the Shells for Shorelines program in a meaningful sense: the shells of oysters eaten at restaurants in Orange County can become the foundation on which new oysters settle and Read More...