Climate Change
Description of storm water management around the United States.
See the pitch that helped Carbon Lighthouse win one of 15 Echoing Green Fellowships. Carbon Lighthouse was the only environmental firm chosen from a pool of 2,854 applications.
The increase in grocery Cooperatives is drawing customers away from large grocery chains. But why are they becoming so popular? See how cooperatives are supporting local organic products, bringing communities together and spreading environmental... Read More
Cities use parks to provide better air quality and life quality to make sustainable communities.
As a part of our research in our Urban Sustainability class, we created a video on how Cleveland, OH, Baltimore, MD, Pittsburg, PA, and El Paso, TX are enacting initiatives to support weatherizing low-income housing residents in order to reach out... Read More
Planet Forward, GWU School of Media and Public Affairs
With temperatures on the rise, we look to the experts to find out how climate change will impact the future of the Arctic. Their breaking the ice in this conversation with concerns about the Artic's infrastruction, changes in our ability to exploit... Read More
The George Washington University
Lawson Brigham, professor at University of Alaska Fairbanks and governor of the American Polar Society, answers the question "As climate change opens up new trade opportunities in the Arctic, how will populations be affected?".
Deutsche Welle
Floating Into the Future
You know houseboats, you know cars that are build to swim or tanks. But can you image to live on water in a real house? That is reality for example in Nigeria, where the people of Makoko build their houses on stilts above... Read More
Deutsche Welle
Calcutta, Shanghai, London - Low-lying cities will get into trouble if sea levels continue to rise. Ice masses at the poles melting due to global warming are a major reason. But not all ice on the planet is the same. Global Ideas Climate Expert... Read More
Planet Forward, George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs
The expert opinion is that climate change is happening, but what's the perception on the street among DC's highly educated population?