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Guests attended Dinner 2040 to discuss food security and sustainability. (Anya Magnuson/ASU News Now)
Arizona State University
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Dinner 2040 seeks to explore the “future of food,” integrating sustainable practices into food production and distribution all while respecting health, culture and ecological integrity.
Tags: food, food security, Food Sustainability, communicating science, storyfest2017
State University of New York School of Environmental Science and Forestry
Wednesday, March 06, 2019
A look at oil spills and the regulations that resulted from the environmental disasters.
Tags: oil spill, fossil fuel, storyfest2019
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)
Planet Forward Senior Correspondent | New York University
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Why do people continue to go hungry in one of the wealthiest nations in the world? And what can we do about the food system to prevent this from happening?
Tags: wfd2020, pandemic, food access, hunger, food, agriculture, local food, food system
Northwestern University
Monday, May 08, 2017
Young people are exploring food systems through farming. We compared the group we met while in Panama with an urban farm on the South Side of Chicago.
Tags: panama, kalu yala, The Plant, Plant Chicago
George Washington University
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
A seminar in Stockholm, which aims to be fossil fuel free by 2040, had this student examining the culture and lifestyle that has a much smaller emissions footprint per capita than we do in the United States.
Tags: biofuels, renewable energy, sweden, emissions, fossil fuel, electric cars, biofuel
Protesters chant outside the United States International Trade Commission building. (Brian Johnson/Medill News Service)
Northwestern University
Monday, December 09, 2019
A solar tariff protest, held outside the U.S. International Trade Commission, was organized by Solar Energy Industries Association. Opponents say the tariffs have hurt the U.S. solar industry, the economy, and efforts to combat climate change.
Tags: Solar Energy, solar, politics, Policy, energy, clean energy, storyfest2020
Featured Contributor
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Spoken word artist Dania Roach, a junior at The George Washington University, describes the urgent need to feed the planet in her poem, "Hunger: The Bold Brute".
Tags: feeding the planet, art, poetry, hunger, food security
The George Washington University
Friday, March 07, 2014
Imagine if it took three hours to go grocery shopping just so you could make a healthy meal for your family. That's the reality in Anacostia, and BrightFarms is trying to do something about it.
Tags: food deserts, greenhouse gardening, greenhouse, urban gardening, Anacostia River, Washington DC
Planet Forward
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Join thought-leaders from government, industry, and academics at “GW Moving the Planet Forward,” a symposium to highlight solutions to the challenges of a changing planet. The half-day conference will also highlight “Innovation Challenges” offered...