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My ears perked up recently on hearing several leaders in environmental science talking, for once, about some silver linings in our environment. This 'Earthoptimism' ethic (e.g., https://earthoptimism. si.edu/) does not deny the huge impacts, many negative, our species is having on the planet. It doesn't even claim that things can't get worse. Instead, Earthoptimism strives to point out that much remains. More importantly, the movement seeks foot soldiers to preserve what remains by putting all theirenergy into solutions. Many of us only respond to recruitment fliers when the outcome has some hope of being positive. Nancy Knowlton, an ocean researcher who is driving the Earth Optimism movement, has every reason to be pessimistic. She is well aware of coral bleaching, changing climates, and those swirling masses of ocean plastic that show up on Youtube (https: / /www.youtube.com/ watch?v=fDHuPjxOaPQ). Despite these challenges, she is promoting the more powerful view that there is much to be done and we are the ones to do it. As she says, ""Big problems without solutions leads to apathy. Big problems with solutions leads to action."