The Optimist Daily's Weekly Roundup

Today we've got a study indicating that the second hand clothing market is here to stay, plus how a Norwegian community is shaking up the single family home model. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today, Kristy brings us solutions for space junk, and Summers shares how Maine is making pension funds more sustainable. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

We're nurturing nature on the Update today with stories about bee gardens in Germany and oyster reefs in Southern California. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today we're covering how to improve teacher diversity in schools, and how a grassroots team is promoting harm reduction by training bartenders on how to treat overdoses. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today we're talking about the future! Five doctors weigh in on the future of hospitals and old wind turbines are seeing second lives as building materials for bridges. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

We're celebrating World Unity Week with 7 lessons we can learn from Indigenous wisdom keepers, inspired by Natasha Deganello Giraudie's short film, 'Sawalmem.' Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today we welcome guest Dr. Adolph 'Doc' Brown, a lifelong advocate for education and social justice. Doc has experience as a clinical psychologist, university dean, teacher educator, businessman, investor, and research scientist. His motivational speaking and research focuses on reducing bias and promoting enhanced educational opportunities for all. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers...

Today we're commemorating the designation of Juneteenth as a federal holiday with some ideas on how you can celebrate the day. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Scientists develop self-healing concrete, and how North Carolina is transforming industrial spaces into centers of community today on the Update. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

It's an animal-themed day on the Update with stories about the world's first bionic bird and an explosives-sniffing rat which has saved thousands of lives in Cambodia. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today we're talking about the benefits of listening to nature and how the Pulitzer Prizes honored the teen who bravely captured George Floyd's murder. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News! 

Happy Monday! Today we're talking about some helpful bacteria and how citizen scientists are tracking cicadas. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News! 

Today we're talking about the future of US solar and how NovoLoop is disrupting our wasteful plastic production process. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News! 

Today we welcome Dr. Shanna Swan and Stacey Colino to talk about their new book, Count Down , and how our modern world is threatening fertility rates around the globe. Tune in to learn about these threats and what you can do to protect yourself in your everyday life. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News! #countmein

Today we're talking about algae curtains and achieving your goals! Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today Kristy shares how one company is making rugs more circular and Summers details ActionAid's program to help women support themselves with sustainable mangrove conservation in Cambodia. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Happy Monday! We're talking about a popcorn-based styrofoam alternative and the 5 easiest veggies to grow in your garden. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Kristy and Summers are rescuing kittens this morning, but they're also talking about important policy updates. G7 finance ministers are working to reduce corporate tax evasion in the EU and the US has suspended oil drilling leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Kristy and Summers celebrate the first ever in-person recording of The Optimist Daily Update with stories about compostable takeout boxes and a rechargeable battery that uses CO2 to store renewable energy. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

In true hump day fashion, we're talking about sex! Listen to learn about breaking your phone addiction and how to make your sexual routine more sustainable. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

We're talking about practical solutions today including how food banks can strategically boost public health and how a construction choice can cut down on malaria risk in Sub Saharan Africa. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today we welcome guest Olivia Knight, racial justice initiative manager for As You Sow. Olivia joins us to discuss the role of corporations in the racial justice movement and how As You Sow works to hold shareholders accountable for environmental and social justice decision making. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today we welcome guest Kati Morton, LMFT, to discuss mental health in the age of the internet and how our outlook on mental wellness is shifting as we move out of the pandemic. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

We've got two animal stories today! There's a shepherding program that bridges cultural divides in Switzerland and the news that Kenya is conducting its first nation-wide animal census. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today we're talking about resilience, both in our energy systems and our personal lives. Tune in to learn how Vermont's energy utility is developing distributed grids and how parasympathetic breathing can calm you in times of stress. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!