Archive - The Grumpy Optimists

🌱 The Grumpy Optimists #167

On life coaches, cheap solar, and things quietly going right

Jun 1 • George Wade

May 2026

🌱 The Grumpy Optimists #166

Can 3D printed shoes be the future of sustainable footwear?

May 26 • George Wade

🌱 The Grumpy Optimists #165

Your weekly dose of positive climate news

May 18 • George Wade

🌱 The Grumpy Optimists #164 - Event Edition

What does the future look like in 2035?

May 11 • George Wade

🌱 The Grumpy Optimists #163

War, oil, and the quiet end of coal's 100-year reign

May 5 • George Wade

April 2026

🌱 The Grumpy Optimists #162

I made the Forbes 30 under 30 list!

Apr 19 • George Wade

🌱 The Grumpy Optimists #161

Grumpy Optimists event, renewable energy records, oceans reaching 10% protected, and golden eagles returning to England

Apr 13 • George Wade

March 2026

🌱 The Grumpy Optimists #160

Did somebody say a the Grumpy Optimists event??

Mar 30 • George Wade

🌱 The Grumpy Optimists #159

The transition keeps moving while everyone argues about it

Mar 23 • George Wade

🌱 The Grumpy Optimists #158

"Extinct" things returning, the real cost of doing nothing, and 94% recycling rates

Mar 16 • George Wade

🌱 The Grumpy Optimists #157

Turns out saving the planet is good business

Mar 9 • George Wade

🌱 The Grumpy Optimists #156

This week: geothermal firsts, a parrot comeback, and why even Trump is retiring coal.

Mar 2 • George Wade

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