A thoughtfully curated collection of articles on innovative solutions, brought together to inspire and inform.
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Life in the soil was thought to be silent. What if it isn’t?
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Helsinki marks a year without traffic deaths, thanks to slower speeds and smarter streets | The Optimist Daily
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Heat pumps can help clean up factories — and save lives
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How to listen like a therapist with four ways to build deeper connection and trust | The Optimist Daily
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Dublin expands car-free zones to improve bus travel and city life | The Optimist Daily
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Why Today’s Young People Think Differently About Guns
Teens and Millennials are aren’t trapped in age-old talking points and battles, and they’re seeing dramatically steeper declines in anti-social…
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Scott Pruitt Ensnares the Clean Power Plan in More Red Tape
For a man who swears to be laser-focused on ridding the world of regulatory red tape, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt…
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Asteroid 2017 VR12 will sweep close tonight
2017 VR12 will pass 3.76 times the moon’s distance during the night of March 6-7. Here are some images and…
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Fair Trade As We Do It: the Story of Jumbo Nuts
Fair Trade Alliance Kerala, the small-farmer collective I work for, is recapturing the homestead farming traditions of Kerala. Our goal…
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Trump Commerce Secretary: Let them eat soup
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross appeared on CNBC Friday to argue that Trump’s steel tariffs are “no big deal,” and he…
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Interdependence Makes Businesses More Resilient: The Roshan Story
Roshan, a large telecom company, has used its business to develop safer, more connected communities and empower women throughout Afghanistan.
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Saudis in market to buy nuclear power plants….and make nuclear weapons?
The Saudi shopping spree includes talks with U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who is in London hoping to sell the…
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See all 5 bright planets in March
You can’t see them simultaneously. But, especially from the Northern Hemisphere, March 2018 is a great month for catching all…
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Danish students take to the seas in floating shipping container apartments
By utilizing modular shipping container homes in Copenhagen’s urban harbors, Urban Rigger and architecture firm Bjarke Ingels have reinvented student…
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The Nest is a modern tiny house that visitors can rent
Nestled in a backyard in sunny Arizona, this contemporary tiny house on wheels offers big comforts in a tiny footprint.