Newsletters Archive

• What's the deal with rising home insurance rates?

  It has something to do with expensive disasters

  Jan. 25, 2023

• Listen, act and hope: These and other insights in our latest column

  We're featuring writing by applied physics major Jervon Sands

  Jan. 18, 2023

• What does it take to build a rural biodigester from the grassroots up?

  Plus another dispatch from COP27!

  Jan. 11, 2023

• We're kicking off the year with some joy from artist Nancy X. Valentine

  Art, a correction, some celebration and 2 job openings

  Jan. 4, 2023

• Twofer this week! The year in review and a student dispatch from COP27

  We've got our first piece from a student who attended the U.N. Climate Change Conference

  Dec. 28, 2022

• Curl up for a solutions story on digital literacy in rural America

  Learn why internet and digital resources are as important as electricity

  Dec. 21, 2022

• Check out the bold artwork of Wasima Farah in this week's Artist's Joy feature

  She explores the challenge of being a first-born daughter in a Somali family.

  Dec. 14, 2022

• Big news today! We're changing our name!

  It's only a smidge different than The Optimist. And our work won't change!

  Dec. 7, 2022

• A German camp in Minnesota models 3 keys to low-energy living

  The Optimist newsletter brings insights on insulation, circulation and heat pumps:

  Nov. 30, 2022

• Food and gratitude: A story on Indigenous food and the people lifting it up

  What is "food sovereignty"? And check out "The Wedge" podcast this Thanksgiving!

  Nov. 23, 2022