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Wolves, Bats, and Parthenogenesis In This Week's Earth Optimism

These stories celebrate success, uncover a spark of hope, share a new idea, or might just make you feel good about Planet Earth.

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Wildlife Solutions and Jane Goodall's Hope in This Week's Earth Optimism

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A Tweeting Tree and Climate Refugia in This Week's Earth Optimism

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Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day With These Indigenous-Focused Conservation Reads

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Climate Anxiety Remedies and Fighting Fast Fashion in This Week's Earth Optimism

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A Different Kind of Podcast: The Possibilists From Pelecanus and Earth Optimism

Paine uses her background in social work and sustainable development to develop solutions that work for both people and the planet.

Empowering Pastoralists and Hunter-Gatherers for Conservation in Tanzania

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The Power of Storytelling in Conservation

Celebrate Earth Day online again with Earth Optimism.

Earth Day Is Going Digital Again, but Don't Let That Get You Down

Shreya Ramachandran created her own nonprofit, The Grey Water Project, to educate and provide resources to diverse audiences on water recycling both at home and in the workplace.

Meet Shreya Ramachandran, Water Hero and Advocate

James Miller has used his personal passion for wildlife to draft other youth to the cause.

Meet James Miller: A Cambridge Student and Aspiring Champion for Biodiversity

Don't forget to give to the planet this holiday season.

5 Ways to Bring Earth Optimism to the Holidays

The Global Co Lab Network and Smithsonian Conservation Commons partnered to create the Eco Teen Action Network to empower teens locally and globally to address the United Nations Sustainable Development goals and Earth Optimism.

Meet The Eco Teens Who Are Learning How To Save The Planet

Fred Tutman is the Patuxent Riverkeeper, the longest-serving Waterkeeper in the Chesapeake Bay region, and the only African-American Waterkeeper in the nation

Discerning Blades of Grass in Grassroots Movements: A Riverkeeper's Perspective on Environmental Equity and Diversity

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More Sharks in the Water? That's a Good Thing.

Sahara Conservation Fund ecological monitoring member Habib Ali (next to vehicle) engaging in typical day-to-day monitoring of reintroduced oryx. Photo credit: Tim Wacher, Zoological Society of London.

Continuing Conservation on a Planet on Lockdown

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Framing Hope Through A Photographer's Lens

The Smithsonian's Earth Optimism Summit was a 3-day global live-streamed event that took place on the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, April 22, 2020, through April 24.

Positivity Has a Voice in Science

Catch Bill's 90-minute special on Saturday April 25, 2020 on CNN.

Bill Weir's Road to Optimism

Scientists from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History (including Nick Pyenson, left) and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute collect a fossil dolphin from the Caribbean coast of Panama. The fossil is encased in a white plaster jacket, and recovered as the tide rushed in. © Aaron O'Dea / Smithsonian Institution

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