Emissary Profiles
Canada to start building its largest solar farm ever this year
A recent $500 million investment from Denmark’s Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) will begin one of Canada’s most ambitious renewable energy projects to date. With the investment, the province of Alberta will start building 1.5 million solar panels along the southern borders of Canada Read More...
The Ocean Cleanup is successfully capturing plastic for the first time
A huge floating device designed by Boyan Slat and a team of Dutch scientists to clean up an island of rubbish in the Pacific Ocean that is three times the size of France has successfully picked up plastic from the high seas for the first time. Slat, who first unveiled his idea for the Ocean Read More...
A Determined Optimist - Meet Our CEO 🎈
By Summers McKay First and foremost, let me thank you for being the most engaged and committed audience I have ever worked with. We are so very grateful to have readers like you who open, read, and share our stories at unprecedented levels. You are why we work! Long ago, I made a commitment to Read More...
Welcome To The Optimist Daily - A Letter From The Editor 🎈
By Kristy Jansen Welcome! I am thrilled that you have joined me and the many readers and supporters of the Optimist Daily in starting our days with a solutions-oriented mindset. I am the Chief Content Officer around here, and I’d like to share with you why I do what I do and why Optimism Read More...
Emissary Marc M.
EMISSARY BIO NAME: Marc M. FROM: Santa Barbara, CA by way Richland, WA AGE: 77 OCCUPATION / PASSION: Environmental Leader, Lawyer and Educator / Passion: In love with the Earth WHY DID YOU BECOME AN OPTIMIST EMISSARY? In order to join in the important work of the World Business Read More...
Emissary Karol A.
EMISSARY BIO NAME: Karol A. FROM: California and New York AGE: 72 OCCUPATION / PASSION: I am passionate about adding my energy to the awakening of humanity. I produce uplifting inspiring events. WHY DID YOU BECOME AN OPTIMIST EMISSARY? I have always lived on the forefront of the Read More...
Emissary Joyce C.
EMISSARY BIO NAME: Joyce C. FROM: Lexington, KY AGE: 86 OCCUPATION / PASSION: Child mental health specialist, co-author WHY DID YOU BECOME AN OPTIMIST EMISSARY? To receive the Daily Optimist report and support the movement, the events, and staff members' activities. EMISSARY Read More...
Emissary Meghan T.
EMISSARY BIO NAME: Meghan T. FROM: Santa Barbara, CA AGE: 53 OCCUPATION / PASSION: School teacher / Friends & family, travel, nature, reading, hiking WHY DID YOU BECOME AN OPTIMIST EMISSARY? Word of mouth, then to support a good cause, and because I love seeing the Read More...
Emissary Sadie W.
EMISSARY BIO NAME: Sadie W. FROM: Seattle, WA AGE: 22 OCCUPATION / PASSION: Marketing greenhorn, outdoors enthusiast, and free-spirited yogi. WHY DID YOU BECOME AN OPTIMIST EMISSARY? I became an Optimist Emissary when I realized that if I was going to achieve what I wanted to in Read More...
Emissary Robert P.
EMISSARY BIO NAME: Robert "Bob" P. FROM: Goleta/Santa Barbara, CA AGE: 59 (and counting) OCCUPATION / PASSION: Director of Research / Sociopolitical-environmental issues, music, and a good story. WHY DID YOU BECOME AN OPTIMIST EMISSARY? A desire to promote positivity in an Read More...