University of Massachusetts Amherst (Sustainable UMass)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

UMass Amherst is a sustainability leader - offering 25 majors and 300+ courses that are sustainability related and operating one of the greenest large university campuses. To learn more visit www.umass.edu/sustainability

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A woman stands in a garden wearing a winter coat and holding an orange pumpkin.

Co-founder of Cedillo’s Produce Dulce Morales standing before the farm’s hoop house. (Astry Rodriguez)

Astry Rodriguez

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A dark plate sits on a wooden table holding artfully placed plant-based food.

One of the many plant based dishes at Rasoterra (Courtesy of Mariano Martinez)

Matthew Cox

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A green sign reads "Ruelle verte" or green alley over a wooden pagado.

The sign on the wooden arch reads "Ruelle verte" or "green alley." (Clarice Knelly/SUNY-Plattsburgh).

Clarice Knelly

Planet Forward Correspondent | SUNY-Plattsburgh

Task force developing plan to reduce single-use plastics on campus

One of the bottle refilling stations on campus. (Alexander Welling/The Hatchet)

Sejal Govindarao

Planet Forward FAO Fellow | George Washington University

Hazon: A Jewish vision for the future of the environment

An event held at the Oakland Avenue Urban Farm, for which Hazon is a supporting partner. (Lottie Spady/Hazon)

Hadar Pepperstone

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Farmers markets bounce back from pandemic

(Rosie De La Cruz/Unsplash)

Mary Magnuson

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Customers walk through the Dupont FRESHFARM Market in Washington, D.C., which has been open throughout the pandemic under public health restrictions. (Lizzie Stricklin/George Washington University)

Lizzie Stricklin

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Lancaster Central Market in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, faced drastic customer reductions at the beginning of the pandemic, resulting in the closure of several stands, and yet most still endure. (Jared Kofsky/PlaceNJ.com/Creative Commons)

Max Sano

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The internet’s effect on teenage activism

(Photo illustration by Matías Heitner)

Matías Heitner

St. Andrew's Episcopal School