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National Geographic and Planet Forward
Thursday, February 24, 2011
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Friday, April 20, 2012
In case you might have missed it, Planet Forward's highly anticipated Innovation Summit took place this past Tuesday, April 17th 2012 at GW's Foggy Bottom Campus.
Tags: GWMoving
The Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion plant at the HOST park in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
George Washington University
Thursday, March 02, 2017
A technology park in Hawai'i harnesses ocean temperature differences to power its sustainable development projects.
Tags: sustainability, OTEC, hawaii, NELH, storyfest2017
The George Washington University
Friday, March 13, 2015
The Megacity: A Beacon of Sustainability - if you design it right.
Tags: City planning, sustainable urban development
Jordan Welch talks to her grandfather Charlie Payne on July 20 in Concordia. Charlie Payne purchased the Payne family’s land more than 60 years ago, and he still helps out in an advisory capacity on the farm. (Jia Wu/Columbia Missourian)
University of Missouri
Wednesday, February 08, 2023
Climate change is redrawing the agricultural map of the United States. As corn becomes less economically viable with changing Midwestern weather patterns, farmers look to a more diverse future.
Tags: climate smart agriculture, climate change, Midwest, conventional farming, corn, soy, sheep, chestnuts, regenerative agriculture
A homeless encampment in Seattle from 2018. (David Lee/Flickr)
Seattle, WA
Thursday, August 15, 2019
When I leave my apartment in the Chinatown neighborhood of Seattle I see lush green trees, the VA medical building sitting atop a hill, Mt. Rainer off in the distance, and a man with all of his possessions in a rundown van.
Tags: public health, sustainability, pollution, equity, politics, Policy, urban living, homelessness
Planet Forward Correspondent | Sewanee: The University of the South
Friday, March 09, 2018
Researchers from Sewanee and the University of Georgia test wetlands as a means to treat wastewater in the face of a water-scarce future.
Tags: Water, clean water, wastewater, water scarcity, Urban design, storyfest2018
Nelson Boateng, founder and Chief Executive Officer of NelPlast Eco Ghana Limited, stands in front of some of his award-winning bricks made from recycled plastic. (Photo courtesy Nelson Boateng)
Mandela Washington Fellow
Monday, August 15, 2022
A former tech worker turned eco-entrepreneur in Ghana works to intercept plastics on the way to the landfill by repurposing the plastic into an award-winning building product.
Tags: recycling, plastic waste, podcast, ghana, innovation, sustainable infrastructure
Director, GW Office of Sustainability | Co-Director, SustainableGW
Monday, July 07, 2014
It's hard to get enough solar into a city using the available land - Meghan Chappel explains how working outside the city can make the difference.
Tags: capital partners solar project
Sunrise in southern Utah. (John Fowler/Unsplash https://unsplash.com/license)
American Conservation Coalition
Friday, January 07, 2022
While I went to Glasgow to represent young conservatives interested in combating climate change, I also learned that this issue requires a new, collective shift in approach from people on all sides and in all sectors.