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The Pennsylvania State University
Ultra-high efficiency solar cells similar to those used in space may now be possible on your rooftop thanks to a new microscale solar concentration technology developed by an international team of researchers.
Planet Forward
Attendees at the 2016 Planet Forward Sustainable Cities Summit weighed in on what we can do right now to make cities more sustainable, reminding us that complicated problems require many solutions.
Cutterhead, shield and partial trailing gantries of the tunnel boring machine known as Lady Bird. (Photo courtesy DC Water)
Bates College
When her husband took office in 1963, Claudia Alta Johnson, better known as Lady Bird, made it her mission to protect and preserve the environment. Now a giant machine, akin to a mechanical earthworm, denominated Lady Bird, has a similar mission.
Satellite image of crops growing in Kansas. (Photo: NASA)
George Washington University
I wanted to figure out the impact food has on the world around us, and search for new ideas about how food shapes our economies, environment, health and, ultimately, survival. It’s something we experience everyday, yet is facing a growing dilemma.
Planet Forward
What do the experts think about the cities of the future — and how will we manage to grow these urban centers sustainably?
We tracked them down at the 2016 Planet Forward Summit on Sustainable Cities and asked them for you.
EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said, "The challenges today are not a question of if we have the the opportunity to make progress on these issues but how do we act when we can’t see the problems?” (Photo: GWU)
Senior Writer, Planet Forward
Effective storytelling rests at the nexus of innovations seeking to address the urgent social and environmental sustainability challenges facing cities across the globe. This was the overarching theme of the 2016 Planet Forward Summit.
(Photo by Pixabay)
George Washington University
Food waste is a social, economic and environmental triple-threat, bearing serious impacts on the way we live.
Chicago O'Hare International Airport had a vertical garden on display, shown here in 2012. (Source: Creative Commons)
Bates College
Much of the food that urbanites eat must be trucked in, frequently from great distances. Faced with this dilemma, some cities are turning to a unique solution: Vertical farming.
Storyfest winners in attendance, Jesse Gurney, Kira Sommer and Sara Merken, are flanked by Ajay Markanday, the Director of the FAO Liaison Office for North America, on their left, and Planet Forward host & founder Frank Sesno. (Photo: GWU)
Planet Forward
Congratulations to the 2016 Storyfest Grand Prize winners, who won $500 and a trip to the UN headquarters in New York City:
The George Washington University, Spring 2016 Editorial Intern
Shelby Thomas' video focused on reversing global warming through the creation of a device that would orbit the planet collecting greenhouse gases.