A thoughtfully curated collection of articles on innovative solutions, brought together to inspire and inform.
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The European Parliament passes incredible bill that criminalizes ecosystem destruction | The Optimist Daily
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U.S. cities drive energy transition despite Trump resistance | Context
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To Save Trees, We Should Act Like Them – Earth Day
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What can we do about ultraprocessed foods?
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7 Things That Make Climate Change Deniers Sound Unhinged – Earth Day
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Women Warriors Among Northern Plains Indians
The popular media and sometimes history book view of the Northern Plains Indians of the nineteenth century envisions a male…
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First-Ever GMO Labeling Law in U.S. Is Finally Here
Vermont requires GMOs to be labeled, but the future of regulations for genetically engineered ingredients and labels is anything but…
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Thirteen Facts About America Conservatives Would Like You to Forget
Conservatives opposed the Founding Fathers, the American Revolution and a lot of other righteous stuff as well.
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ISIS Is a Symptom, Not the Cause, of the Middle East’s Disintegration
We live in an age of disintegration. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Greater Middle East and Africa.…
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A haunting silence is spreading over the natural world.
The first mammal has gone extinct from climate change. The Australian Bramble Cay melomys have vanished from its 350m-long cay…
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Rare footage of Bryde’s whales feeding
Captured via drone off the coast of Auckland. There are thought to be fewer than 200 of these creatures left…
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Harrowing video shows black man shot by Baton Rouge police
Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old black man, was shot and killed by a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, police office
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New Film ‘Zero Days’ Foreshadows Cyberwarfare’s Frightening Future
The documentary is an ominous warning that cyber attacks are the new, unregulated, furtive frontier in warfare.
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The U.S. Spends Hundreds of Billions on Crops That Make Us Unhealthy
A new study finds that high consumption of commodity crops is linked with poor health outcomes.
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When Soldiers Come Home, Who Tends to Their Moral Injuries?
Listening can help ease the transition home for veterans and ultimately heal us as a nation.