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Planet Forward
Thursday, March 30, 2017
A Q&A with our finalists in the Innovator category.
Tags: storyfest2017
Tap water must be boiled before it is safe to drink. (Madeleine Pye/The George Washington University)
The George Washington University
Tuesday, March 06, 2018
Living in the midst of a water crisis in South Africa gives a new perspective on water conservation.
Tags: clean water, South Africa, water conservation
Founding Director, Planet Forward
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
On our latest storytelling expedition, four students traveled with Planet Forward and the FAO Liaison Office of North America to celebrate World Food Day at FAO headquarters in Rome and participate in CFS46.
Tags: PFrome2019, SDGs, nutrition, zerohunger, fao, unfao, united nations, cfs46
George Washington University
Friday, April 30, 2021
Scientists recently identified an infectious cyanobacterium as the origin of vacuolar myelinopathy, a lethal neurological disease in wildlife.
Tags: Water, birds, eagles, disease, invasive species, plants, animals, climate change, conservation, clean water
JoRee LaFrance and Alexander Cotnoir, making the Indigenous Correspondents Program announcement at the 2022 Planet Forward Summit in April, on stage with Frank Sesno. (PlanetForward.org)
Planet Forward
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Planet Forward’s Senior Editor and Education Lead Lisa Palmer talks to Alexander Cotnoir and JoRee LaFrance about the Indigenous Correspondents Program and the future they envision for the program.
Tags: Indigenous, indigenous correspondent program, storytelling, education, environmental justice, nature
Darryl Fears is a Washington Post environmental reporter and 2020 Pulitzer Prize winner. (Photo illustration with photo courtesy Darryl Fears)
The George Washington University
Friday, August 28, 2020
Darryl Fears, a veteran Washington Post reporter who has been covering the environment for the past decade, discusses his Pulitzer Prize-winning work, and offers insight on the issue of racism in both newsrooms and conservation.
Tags: Darryl Fears, The Washington Post, environmental journalism, race, expert voices, Q&A
Planet Forward
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
I will be live blogging for Planet Forward first breakfast salon today from 8a-9:30a ET.
In Pittsburgh, which famously was compared to Paris in President Trump's Paris Accord withdrawal speech, protesters gather weekly to share their views with Sen. Pat Toomey. On March 3 — even before the withdrawal announcement — their focus was the environment. (Mark Dixon/Blue Lens via Flickr)
SUNY Environmental Science & Forestry
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
After Trump’s withdrawal of the United States from the Paris climate agreement, now what? What should Americans with a sense of concern and responsibility for global climate outcomes be focusing on?
Tags: expert voices, trump administration, climate change, Climate Change Agreement, Paris Climate Withdrawal, Paris, #wearestillin
Planet Forward
Thursday, June 08, 2017
This is the first in our series of Expert Voices sharing their thoughts on how we move the planet forward following the United States' withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord.
Tags: expert voices, Paris, Climate Change Agreement, climate change, trump administration, U.S. Climate Alliance, The Nature Conservancy, #wearestillin
The Grand Canyon in northern Arizona is one of the most-visited national parks. (Photos by Colton Stevens/Northeastern University)
Planet Forward Correspondent | Northeastern University
Wednesday, January 09, 2019
As our national parks suffer in the wake of the government shutdown, I reflect on why national parks matter to me, and why they should matter to you, too.