A thoughtfully curated collection of articles on innovative solutions, brought together to inspire and inform.
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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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Beyond the Grid: 3 U.S. Cities Reinventing Renewable Energy from the Ground Up
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Video – How do human genes act in space?
“Looking at gene expression … we really see an explosion, like fireworks taking off, as soon as the human body…
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4 Ways to Give Your Body Back to Nature After You Die
These alternative burial methods give a purpose to your remains.
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Major Win! 15 Brooklyn Schools Are Going Meatless on Mondays
Mayor Bill de Blasio, Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams announced the news at PS 1…
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Eve Kaplan-Walbrecht Talks About How to Keep Local Farmers Farming
We visited Garden of Eve’s annual Garlic Festival and chatted with Eve about maintaining a 65-acre biodiverse farm and delivering…
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Nat’l Chicken Council Wants to Increase Poultry Slaughterhouse Speeds; Comment Period Open
Make your voice heard on whether the National Chicken Council should be able to further increase the speeds that companies…
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What will it really take for vertical farms to succeed?
Funders and proponents say vertical farming is the future. But demand may change the nature of what it means to…
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Could a Global Living Wage Put an End to Corporations’ ‘Race to the Bottom’?
A true living wage would take into account the needs not just of workers but of society as a whole.
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Russian Trolling of US Social Media May Have Been Much Greater Than We Thought
The latest revelations from inside Russia heighten concern over Moscow’s Internet “troll farm.”
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How the Swindlers of Silicon Valley Avoid Paying Taxes
Now they’re pushing an ingenious new dodge that would allow them to pay even less.
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Blue jets, red sprites and other flashes
In recent years, the International Space Station has given astronauts the chance to photograph transient luminous events – or TLEs…