@projectoptimist

projectoptimist has been a member of Linktree for 3 years and joined in June 2023. The social media accounts linked to from projectoptimist are: • Facebook • Instagram • LinkedIn Besides social media accounts, projectoptimist has populated their site with: • Adopting solutions journalism in Minnesota: Q&A with Project Optimist founder Nora Hertel • Why some communities don’t trust the media — and what newsrooms are doing about it • Prophecy and road map: How 'Letter from Birmingham Jail' can guide Minnesotans today • Join us at Back to Basics on February 7 • There’s a surprising climate solution right under your feet • How Rochester and Duluth respond to mental health and substance use calls • School maps show promise as safety tool. Here's how they work. • Project Optimist made leaps in 2024: The year in review • We're in the news! • Local News Giving Day is April 30 - Support trustworthy local news • Duluth Community Garden Program wilted. Volunteers stepped in to save it. • Join Our Mailing List • Support Project Optimist in 2026 with a donation • Minnesota’s ‘red flag law’ is a year old. What have we learned? • Decades of effort revitalize St. Louis River • Can philanthropy bridge our divides? Q&A with the Council on Foundations • How LGBTQ+ Minnesotans navigate end-of-life plans • The future of geothermal energy may depend on fossil fuel workers • Worthington artist and mental health advocate channels Mother Nature for latest sculptures • Men build health, community, and little libraries at Hopkins Men’s Shed • 'STILL' creatively captures Minnesota's micro-seasons • Can we expect to see more U.S. citizens denaturalized? • Drawn by Nature: Seeds are mini marvels • In polarized times some MN Democrats and Republicans find common ground • Drawn by Nature: Chickadee, squirrel brains expand for food caches • Community Voices | Somali Americans in St. Cloud share impact of ICE • Make a difference: Take our 2025 audience survey! • How Grand Rapids residents talk about firearms – with civility • ‘We pray upon them’: A Muslim take on end-of-life rituals • 65% of college students feel lonely. Moorhead students share solutions • Winona residents call for zoning, funding, and empathy to spur needed housing • Rural Voice - follow up gathering (Long Prairie) | TheSowingRoom2024 • Award-winning recycling coverage • Rural Voice - follow up gathering (Wadena) | TheSowingRoom2024 • “Waan u ducaynaa ” Caadada Muslimka xiliga geeridda. • Wildfire in the northland - Project Optimist • The Misinformation Susceptibility Test • Nuclear power - Project Optimist • Community Voices ⎸ The pragmatic case for climate optimism • Register for Let's Talk Housing in Winona Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM | Eventbrite • Hire us for media consulting and training • ‘We have always existed with fire’ • Project Optimist swag! • What is the proper role of guns in our community? 5 Minnesotans answer • About Us • SPONSORED STORY | From formal to personal: Williams Dingmann adapts to funeral trends through 5 generations • What is Solutions Journalism? • Training in Duluth 6/24: Solutions-Based Journalism for Nonprofits • Project Optimist Website • ‘Temples of the spirit’: A Catholic take on end-of-life plans • Coalition wants to end Minnesota's nuclear moratorium • Solar power gives resort ‘new blood, new life’ • Minnesota youth, seniors fight social isolation and loneliness • Ancestral seed relatives offer healing, better health • RSVP to Lunch and Learn Recycling: Q&A on Minnesota's new waste-reduction law • How 'good fire' could reshape forests, culture of Minnesota • Firewise USA 101: What it is, how it works, and more • 'We can't ignore the reality': Minnesota community works together to prepare for wildfire • Cleanup continues 3 years after Greenwood Fire • Sprinklers in the forest: How lake water can protect northern Minnesota properties from fire and how they might fail • Fuel to the fire: How climate change makes wildfire season worse • Seaplanes have patrolled northern Minnesota forests for nearly a century. They're ready for this fire season • It’s Wildfire Season: Explore it with Project Optimist • Project Optimist launches Biophilia program • Drawn by Nature: Citizen science helps counter climate anxiety • Poems that bring nature to life • 'The Connection Cure' dives into biophilia, forest bathing • College students share insights on social connection • Discover Lake Superior diamonds • First Friday: Project Optimist, A future for Local News in Uncertain Times • Biophilia: How nature invites us home • Kids flex green thumbs at Moorhead farm camp • Drawn by Nature: Merlin app identifies unseen birds • Bonus content! Answers to your recycling questions • Join Project Optimist's founder Dec 11 at noon for A Light in the Dark: Lessons on sustaining ourselves in the climate crisis • MinnPost Social: Rebuilding Local News in Greater Minnesota • Artist Kent Estey listens to his heart • Learn about the state of recycling at Project Optimist's Oct. 24 panel • Take our 2024 Project Optimist audience survey! • 5 Questions with Project Optimist founder Nora Hertel • Minnesota tests roads paved with carbon-injected concrete • Project Optimist's Wildfire Dialogue • Support Project Optimist in 2024! Donate today • Emerging tech could change the game for nuclear power forever • The limits, benefits of security measures in health care • These 2 countries embraced nuclear power. Here’s what they can teach Minnesota • Nuclear at a Crossroads: Does nuclear power stand a chance in Minnesota? • Why the US doesn't recycle spent nuclear fuel • 3 accidents haunt nuclear's past. Will they dictate its future? • A utility, a tribe, a professor, and ... Miss America? 4 voices in today's nuclear power debate • Sign up for our Shades of Purple Firearms Dialogue on March 21 • Donate to help Project Optimist leap into our next phase! • How Wisconsin launched a rural medical school