Newsletters Archive
What's the deal with rising home insurance rates?
It has something to do with expensive disasters
Listen, act and hope: These and other insights in our latest column
We're featuring writing by applied physics major Jervon Sands
What does it take to build a rural biodigester from the grassroots up?
Plus another dispatch from COP27!
We're kicking off the year with some joy from artist Nancy X. Valentine
Art, a correction, some celebration and 2 job openings
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
Curl up for a solutions story on digital literacy in rural America
Learn why internet and digital resources are as important as electricity
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.
Big news today! We're changing our name!
It's only a smidge different than The Optimist. And our work won't change!
A German camp in Minnesota models 3 keys to low-energy living
The Optimist newsletter brings insights on insulation, circulation and heat pumps:
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!
A Ray of Light: Solutions, stories and art
Project Optimist’s newsletter features original reporting about solutions in Minnesota. See how people are taking on big problems and innovating on environmental, business and social issues. We practice solutions journalism: rigorous, evidence-based reporting on responses to social problems.