A thoughtfully curated collection of articles on innovative solutions, brought together to inspire and inform.
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How a pop-up apple orchard is turning surplus into joy and helping New Yorkers in need | The Optimist Daily
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How New York's Boroughs Went Green – Earth Day
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How Minnesota’s Sherco Solar is leading a clean energy revolution | The Optimist Daily
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UK government unveils bold plan to achieve 95% green energy by 2030 | The Optimist Daily
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New uses for everyday spaces: South Korea turns parking lots into solar power hubs | The Optimist Daily
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Global Climate Change, Melting Glaciers
As the climate warms, how much, and how quickly, will Earth’s glaciers melt?
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Tiny Town in the Heartland Creates Homegrown Sanctuary by Bian Elkhatib — YES! Magazine
Residents of Iowa’s first Hispanic-majority town don’t need sanctuary city policies to support their immigrant neighbors.
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May Day rallies across U.S. target Trump immigration policy
Labor unions and civil rights groups staged May Day rallies in several U.S. cities on Monday to denounce President Donald…
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Don’t be mad at your meteorologist for a poor forecast. We’re mad enough at ourselves. – The Washington Post
And please stop calling for us to be fired, geez.
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5 Old-Fashioned Ways to Predict the Weather by Lydia Cain
Have you noticed how nature gives its own subtle forecast clues?
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Watch Milky Way’s Stars Move 5 Million Years into the Future
Astronomers have transformed star data from the Gaia and Hipparcos missions into a video that predicts stellar motions millions of…
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The Key to Feeding the World? It’s Healthy Soil by David R. Montgomery — YES! Magazine
Conventional farming practices that degrade soil health undermine humanity’s ability to continue feeding everyone over the long run.
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Dirt Poor: Have Fruits and Vegetables Become Less Nutritious?
Because of soil depletion, crops grown decades ago were much richer in vitamins and minerals than the varieties most of…
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5 Ways Henrietta Lacks Changed Medical Science
The controversial history of her “immortal” cells will be the subject of an HBO movie
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Your Cells. Their Research. Your Permission?
Tissues from millions of Americans are used in research without their knowledge. These “clinical biospecimens” are leftovers from blood tests,…