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The agricultural industry is an overwhelming consumer of the Colorado River Basin water supply. In spite of the status quo, funding from the Inflation Reduction Act, the upcoming Farm Bill, and creative problem solving between governments, companies, and communities are potent solutions for sustainable water and food governance. (Leslie Cross/Unsplash License)
Planet Forward Senior Correspondent | New York University
The agricultural industry is an overwhelming consumer of the Colorado River Basin water supply. Major policy changes are necessary for sustainable water and food governance.
(Kevin R. Darcy)
SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry
Important pollinators are losing their habitats at an alarming rate. Planting native flowers can help provide essential habitats for rebuilding healthy ecosystems.
Graphic by Sachi Kitajima Mulkey.
Planet Forward Correspondent | UC Berkeley
In this podcast, Stephen Mulkey, a former president of Unity College in Maine, discusses the financial and ethical considerations for an institution divesting from fossil fuels.
Seaweed harvesting in the Philippines. (ILCP (IDB) via Flickr/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
University of the Philippines Los Baños
Seaweed may help solve the plastic pollution problem, with a little help from materials researchers at Flinders University in Australia and a German biomaterials developer.
Stephen Yellowtail is a generational Crow cowboy who has held onto the Yellowtail ranching legacy on the Crow Reservation. (JoRee LaFrance)
Indigenous Correspondents Program | University of Arizona
This photoessay captures the working lives of the Yellowtail family as they embody the ranching and cowboy livelihood, while weaving together values passed down by the generations.
Michigan State University, Knight Center for Environmental Journalism
Special microbial mat systems in Alpena, Michigan, are helping scientists search for extraterrestrial life. They could also lead to advances in other scientific fields, such as evolutionary biology and medicine.
My family at the summit of Bubble Rock, Acadia National Park. (Courtesy of Kristen Caldwell)
The George Washington University
Visitation in America's National Parks surged after the pandemic. Here's how parks deal with overcrowding.
(Courtesy of Maria Zaharatos)
The Middlebury Institute of International Studies
The story of how one non-profit is bringing climate change awareness to children with engaging books and educational materials.
Collage by Victoria Smith.
Condé Nast College of Fashion and Design
The partnership between the fungi kingdom and the fashion industry is fueling exciting innovations that scale and replace synthetic materials with plastic free mycelium materials, specifically leathers.
Bax Bond at his workstation. (Shondiin Mayo)
Indigenous Correspondents Program | University of Alaska Fairbanks
As climate change impacts the price of energy in Alaska, Indigenous researcher Bax Bond abides by his heritage while using modern-day equations to help the rural communities that he once grew up in.