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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Coal to power India for decades to come
Coal will continue to produce roughly three-quarters of India’s electricity, says body charged with central planning, as it lays out…
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UK and Canada announce global alliance to end coal power
UK and Canada challenge other nations to join them in committing to end coal power generation, saying “we are doing…
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A Soil-to-Soil Vision for the Fashion Revolution
From origins in Northern California, Fibershed is building a global network of regional regenerative fiber systems. Founder Rebecca Burgess describes…
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Fair Trade is the Pathway to Regenerative Agriculture
The climate is changing, and our industrial food and farming system plays a big role in that. Over the past…
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Rick Alexander: Benefit Corporations & Pursuing Profit with Purpose
Rick Alexander has practiced law for 26 years at Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP. During that time, he was selected…
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In a First, Gravitational Waves Linked to Neutron Star Crash
The stunning find is already helping astronomers resolve a heated debate about the cosmic origins of gold and silver.
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The rise of community energy in Transition Towns
Around the world, the idea that communities install, own, and enjoy some of the benefits of renewable energy is growing fast.
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Ungersheim, Village in Transition, France
From Ungersheim in north-eastern France comes an amazing tale of what Transition looks like when it’s lead by a Mayor and the…
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Video – Five New pairs of merging supermassive black holes discovered
Astronomers have found five new supermassive black holes in the centers of galaxies. When galaxies collide and merge with each…
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How gravitational waves attracted a Nobel Prize
The 2017 Nobel prize for physics was awarded to scientists who helped pioneer the discovery of ripples in the fabric…