The Optimist Daily's Weekly Roundup

It's Healthy Kitchens Week and we've got easy ways you can save water at home and why the kitchens of the future will be gas-free. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today we're getting creative with how glass bottles can protect coastlines in Louisiana and how staggered school start times support students' wellbeing. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today's episode dives into how Native American communities are providing a renewable energy transition blueprint for the rest of the US and 4 small things you can do to be a more conscious consumer. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today we share an unlikely partnership between an airport and local bees. Plus, how floating farms could provide food security as seas rise. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

We've got an environmental focus today with stories about a Spanish chef sourcing sustainable grains from the sea and conservationists in the UK building a giant "sandcastle" for nesting sand martins. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today we're talking about the healing power of music and how a public art installation is encouraging residents to slow down and breathe. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

We're cleaning up our waterways today with the launch of the world's first hydrogen-powered ship and a new app that traces litter back to its source. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Jason Lewis made a name for himself in the exploration community as the first person to circumnavigate the globe using only human power, but these days he and his wife Tammie are shifting their focus towards expanding the adventure sphere to a wider crowd and raising awareness about critical environmental crises like seagrass decline and water pollution. Their work aims to call attention to the po...

We've got bees and batteries today with improved EV battery technology and The Bee Conservancy giving away free habitats to community gardens. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

We're talking food solutions today with the powers of sustainable breadfruit and a partnership in California's Central Valley focused on improving water conservation. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

We've got great stories on the Update today including how coffee waste is boosting reforestation and a mediation program in Philadelphia preventing evictions. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today we welcome guest Jina Carvalho, public information officer for the Santa Barbara Response Network and marketing and communications director at PsychAlive.org and the Glendon Association. In the midst of a global pandemic and mental health crisis, Jina discusses psychological first aid, community-based trauma response, and an upcoming webinar series she has helped organize focused around supp...

Happy Friday! We're covering a new archive from UC Los Angeles that promotes and protects indigenous folk medicine and how an energy project in Rwanda is stopping a lake from exploding. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

It's April Fools' Day, but what's not a joke are the great solutions on The Optimist Daily. We've got the Yurok Tribe reintroducing California condors in Redwood National Park and four books to kelp you kickstart a more sustainable spring. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

We've got a silly hump day episode with biodegradable masks that sow wildflower seeds when you throw them away and researchers studying how humans could potentially regrow teeth. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

We're focusing on renewable energy today with new US measures to expand offshore wind generation and an island in Scotland powering all its electric vehicles with tidal turbines. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

We're kicking off the week with news that New Zealand has approved paid leave for pregnant individuals and their partners who experience miscarriage as well as positive clean air results from California's diesel regulations. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Happy Friday! Today we've got shoes made from kombucha tea waste and Ikea's new sustainable cookbook that will make you rethink how you look at kitchen scraps. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today we're talking about sea cucumbers, the unsung heroes of the sea and how a Chinese village using eco-friendly architecture to create economic prosperity. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today we're sharing how Krispy Kreme is encouraging Covid-19 vaccinations with free doughnuts and how transparent solar panels could build the extra efficient greenhouses of the future. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

We're wrapping up our Austin series with research on how cultivating school gardens encourages children to adopt healthier eating habits. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

As we continue with our Austin series this week, we're looking at how the city is expanding housing for the unsheltered with a partnership between nonprofit Mobile Loaves & Fishes and 3D building company ICON. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

In this second installment of our Austin series we're taking a look at Vital Farms, a company demonstrating that sustainable agriculture and profitability can go hand in hand. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Welcome to our Austin series! In honor of host Summers making the big move to Texas, we're sharing solutions from Austin starting with the city's $7 billion investment to revolutionize their transportation system while fighting gentrification. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

We hope you're feeling starstruck today because we've got a story from Mars on how NASA is collaborating with indigenous leaders to name their findings in the Navajo language and how Tinder is making their love matches more safe with background checks. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!