Insect Informants and How To Reduce the Environmental Cost of Meat
Today's solutions news: Italy's special police force, the Carabinieri, teams up with bees to fight climate change, and here are four policy changes we can make to reduce the environmental cost of the ...
9 Jun 202215min
Electric Food Trucks and Scaling Up Solar Production
Today's good news: Summers talks about how students at the University of Illinois, Chicago have built a fully functional solar charging station for an on-campus food truck and other EVs. Then, Kristy ...
8 Jun 202214min
Composting in California and The Attentional Failure during Driving Questionnaire (AFDQ)
Today's good news: California levels up its composting game by making composting a statewide practice. Plus, North Carolina State University has developed an Attentional Failure during Driving Questio...
7 Jun 202215min
Mental Health Benefits of Youth Team Sports and the VEST Hackathon
Today's good news: Summers and Kristy start the week by talking about how new research from the University of California, Fullerton reveals a correlation between youth who participate in team sports a...
6 Jun 202215min
Firefighting Goats and World's Largest Plant
Today's positive news: Firefighting goats are helping prevent wildfires in California's Ojai Valley (shout out to Emissary Warren Petersen for submitting this story for our Optimist Change-Makers nomi...
3 Jun 202214min
Barbie's First Trans Doll and Germany Returns Namibian Artifacts
Today's good news: Kristy shares exciting news about Barbie's first trans doll, modeled after amazing actress and trans woman Laverne Cox. Then, Summers discusses how Germany is coming to terms with i...
2 Jun 202211min
The Biggest Photo Database of Amazonian Wildlife and The Fight Against Greenwashing
Today's good news: Summers talks about how the Wildlife Conservation Society is building an enormous photo database of Amazonian wildlife with the help of an international team of scientists. Then, Kr...
1 Jun 202212min
Colorado Law Defends LGBTQ+ Parents' Rights and Talking with Kids Afraid of Going Back To School
Today's positive parenting news: Arielle talks about a Colorado law that gives LGBTQ+ parents rightful custody over their own children and Kristy shares advice on how to talk to students who are afrai...
30 Mai 202214min
