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Shaylyn Warrior at the Lubbock, Texas, Climate Strike. (Codi Clark/Texas Tech University)
Planet Forward Correspondent | Texas Tech University
Tuesday, October 08, 2019
Despite growing up around the oil industry, Shaylyn Warrior talks about how she and others at the Lubbock, Texas, march think it's time the Southwest turns away from fossil fuel production.
Tags: climate action, climate change, strike, lubbock, texas, oil, action, green living, PFfaces, storyfest2020
White tailed deer stands on beach in Fire Island National Seashore. (Skylar Epstein/George Washington University)
Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University
Monday, May 03, 2021
If this goal is met it could help address the twin ecological catastrophes of our time, the biodiversity crisis and the climate crisis — but only with the proper implementation.
Tags: biden, land conservation, Biodiversity, public lands, Policy, climate
Do you really need that decoration in your drink? Or the straw, for that matter? It's OK to pass on these extras. (Alpha du centaure/Creative Commons)
GWU
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
I've found not many college students know the basics of living more sustainably and cheaply. Here are a few ideas students can use to change up their daily routine to be more gentle to our earth.
Tags: sustainable, zero waste, reducing waste, reduce, reuse, recycle, college students, Dorms
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George Washington University
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Global Food Challenge Emerging Leader Ayse Muratoglu begins her series on how food waste is a critical issue in food sustainability.
Tags: Food Waste, solutions, global food challenge
A hydrogen fuel cell bus in Sullivan Station in Boston, Massachusetts. (King TransitMA/Wikimedia Commons)
Northwestern University
Friday, February 11, 2022
As Jorja Siemons reports experts discuss clean hydrogen fuel's usefulness in Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources hearing Thursday.
Tags: Joe Manchin, Hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cells, Build Back Better, Policy
(Photos by Katherine Baker/Columbia University)
Planet Forward Senior Correspondent | Cornell University
Thursday, December 06, 2018
Next in our Tackling Food Waste series: Any food discussion inevitably involves GMOs. Columbia University's Katherine Baker spoke with an organic farmer and plant pathologist/geneticist to find out more.
Tags: woodland, davis, pfincali, agriculture, sustainable agriculture, consumers, skepticism, storyfest2019
A towering sand dune in Wadi Rum. (Farzona Comnas/George Washington University)
George Washington University
Friday, November 12, 2021
Climate Hits Home | Jordan's deserts and rocky landscapes have been beloved by Hollywood and cinephiles for decades, yet the country has seen deadly flash floods. How are local environmentalists to respond?
Tags: Climate Hits Home, drought, Flood, Jordan, Middle East and North Africa, mitigation, storyfest2022
Tara McLaughlin, president of Kalu Yala Institute, speaks about her background doing volunteer work abroad and current efforts of Kalu Yala to increase integration with San Miguel. (Abigail Foerstner/Medill)
Northwestern University
Friday, June 29, 2018
Real estate entrepreneur Jimmy Stice hopes to build small, sustainable houses in Kalu Yala, the jungle retreat, eco-town, and host to an institute for college interns he founded in the Panamanian rainforest. Medill's Leah Dunlevy reports.
Tags: kalu yala, climate change, Jimmy Stice, sustainable development, real estate
(Photo by Julia MacCary)
Northwestern University
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
As reported by Julia MacCary, carbon offsets, monetary investments into global projects that reduce carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to counterbalance one’s emissions, have grown in popularity. But do they stand up to scrutiny?
Tags: transportation, Carbon Offsets, aviation, Business & Economics, biofuel, storyfest2022
Dr. Stephen Carmody founded the Native Cultigen Project at Sewanee: The University of the South. (Photo courtesy Stephen Carmody)
Sewanee: University of the South
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
By understanding agricultural practices of those indigenous to this region, the Native Cultigen Project may be able to ignite a new wave of sustainable agriculture – one that looks to the past for solutions for the future.