Highlights of the Week (April 22, 2022) 🌎

The theme of this year’s Earth Day celebration is “Invest in our Planet.” With that theme in mind, we’ve compiled some stories from our most popular climate-related Daily Stack editions, including ESG investing, climatetech innovators, and more. Here's a sampling:

Mad Scientists covered the increasingly desperate calls for climate action from leading climate scientists.

Regenerative Farming 🌿 covered the niche agtech category taking VC by storm.

OKRs and the Climate Crisis looked at applying personal and business goal setting to the climate crisis.

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• Monday we looked at the retail industry's latest revamp of an old favorite: televised home shopping. From QVC to the apps for Gen Z consumers, we tracked the progress of this old-but-new shopping experience. See for yourself.

• We checked in on the uselessness of climate ‘doomism,’ the problematic response to the climate crisis wherein we give up entirely. See what’s fueling optimism instead here.

• This week’s other holiday–green, but in a different way– was 420. We looked at how the cannabis industry is faring amidst Federal regulations and rising investor interest on the blockchain. Learn about crypto and cannabis rolled into one.

• With IPOs slowing down, we looked at the alternative exit called acquisition. Learn how some companies are going off-market through buyouts. Check it out.