Smithsonian Earth Optimism Autumn 2021 Updates

Earth Optimism • Movement of Life • Working Land & Seascapes

Save the date! The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is bringing Earth Optimism to the National Mall in the summer of 2022. Stay tuned for more details and updates on our website.

We’ve partnered with the conservation podcast creators at Pelecanus to bring you The Possibilists – an Earth Optimism podcast. Tune in to the latest episode featuring Smithsonian researcher Hila Shamon.

In our most recent Earth Optimism youth spotlight, we talk to environmental activist Jessie Stevens, who rode her bike 570 miles to the 26th UN Conference of the Parties in Glasgow.

The Smithsonian was proud to participate in COP26 as part of the U.S. Center. Watch the video presentation, Life on a Sustainable Planet, on the Earth Optimism YouTube channel.