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The responses to the Freshest Cargo truck have been really positive, said Danielle Hamilton, Education Program Manager at Fresh Approach. One of their regular visitors explains that in their hometown of Antioch, California, finding fresh produce is difficult, as “the closest decent grocery stores are over 10 miles away.” Additionally, prices, sustainable farming, and CalFresh discounts make this truck a great addition to the community. (Photos courtesy of Fresh Approach)
UC Berkeley
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
A California nonprofit uses an innovative, sustainable approach to combat food insecurity in the Bay Area, finding solutions by understanding the challenges communities face.
Tags: food, food security, california, food deserts
Purin Phanichphant uses interactive art to personalize the issue of climate change for viewers and create a lasting impact in their lives.
UC Berkeley
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Interactive artist Purin Phanichphant shows through his work that the way we communicate ideas is critical to creating an impact.
Tags: climate change, art, innovation, design, art activism, storyfest2018
(Laura Whaling/Planet Forward)
UC Berkeley
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Part of our Stories of Alaska series, this piece explores the state through wildlife, plants and bioindicators, looking at today's challenges and accomplishments, and signs of what's to come.
Tags: Storyfest 2018, storyfest winner, Alaska, Lindblad Expeditions, endangered species, alternative medicine, native perspective, bioindicators
UC Berkeley
Friday, March 01, 2019
Citizen science gives people of all ages the chance to participate in research and re-discover the most curious parts of themselves.
Tags: climate, Polar, antarctica, citizen science, storyfest2019
Here, a citizen scientist does sampling in Rocky Mountain National Park. (National Park Service)
UC Berkeley
Monday, August 06, 2018
Two scientific storytellers explain the communication strategies they use and talk about what the consequences of ineffective communication are in the modern era.
Tags: science communication, scientists, women scientists, female scientists, data, Journalism, communication, storytelling, environmental storytelling
A worker sprays a field with pesticide. (phhere.com/Public Domain)
Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Bartlett Durand of the Sand County Foundation discusses the effects of fertilizer use on waterways and what farmers can do to combat these effects.
Tags: profile, pollution, watershed, agriculture
SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry
Thursday, January 19, 2023
This video explores the composting program at Syracuse University and the process by which food scraps are turned into reusable mulch.
Tags: composting, Food Waste, campus involvement
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The south end of Otisco Lake, looking north on September 10, 2022. (Adam McIntyre)
SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Zebra muscles are an invasive species that pose many risks for the ecological health of Otisco Lake in upstate New York, but they might be here to stay.
Tags: Oticso lake, Zebra muscles, Syracuse, Onondaga County
Hewlett, NY is the home of one of the nation's many superfund sites, the Peninsula Boulevard Groundwater Plume. Superfunds are areas where the EPA has determined that the release of toxic wastes has necessitated emergency clean up actions. (DanTD/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0)
SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry
Monday, December 12, 2022
Hewlett, NY, located on Long Island, is the home of the Peninsula Boulevard Groundwater Plume, a toxic waste clean-up project that is urgently underway.
(Photo by Jonathan Lavan)
George Washington University
Wednesday, December 07, 2022
How will rising marine temperatures in the Gulf of Maine affect lobstering, my community's culture, and my state's economy?