It's Summers' birthday week and we're celebrating with how psychological ownership can boost environmental stewardship and four key ways everyone can preserve biodiversity. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

You know that Bernie Sanders mitten meme? Well it's raised $1.8 million for Vermont-based charities. That and how scientists are creating lab-grown wood today on the Update! Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today we've got economic solutions for social good. Illinois is the first state to end cash bail, Harriet Tubman will finally take her place on the $20 bill, and the US government plans to transition its entire fleet to electric vehicles. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today we're talking about an innovative machine that lets you recycle your home's water and the great news that book sales increased 5.2 percent last year! Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Kristy and Summers chat with Justin Maness, founder of Buddha Bee Apiary. The North Carolina-based non-profit offers backyard host-a-hive programs, mentorship, and educational content to support bee populations in their local community. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today we share how a middle schooler used her science fair project to convince her school district to switch to all-electric buses and some beautiful news from space. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

Today Kristy and Summers discuss inaugural poet Amanda Gorman and an inspiring river clean-up project in Tennessee. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

We're talking climate solutions today with a regenerative agriculture startup taking the place of coal jobs in Appalachia as well as legislative and economic changes pushing sustainable growth. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

The Optimist Daily Update staff is taking a break from the podcast this morning to watch the inauguration. Please enjoy this brief message from our hosts and remember to share something good today!

Today we're discussing what made West Virginia's nursing home covid-19 vaccine rollout particularly successful and how hiking is good for your brain. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!