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George Washington University
Monday, March 22, 2021
Up until the onset of COVID-19, the U.S. was making significant progress in banning and taxing plastic bags. How did the pandemic impact that progress?
Tags: plastic bags, plastic waste, reusable, reusables, covid-19, pandemic, trash, plastic pollution
George Washington University
Monday, April 24, 2017
Urban trees need our help. One organization working in that area is Casey Trees, based in Washington, D.C.
Tags: casey trees, Urban Forestry, sustainability, green infrastructure
A discarded mask was one of the many types of litter resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. (Andy Mabbett/Creative Commons 4.0)
Northwestern University
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
From neighborhood cleanup to city-wide effort, Cleanup Club Chicago organizes volunteers in an effort to address plastic litter pollution.
Tags: Cleanup Club Chicago, Chicago River Day, COVID, Single-Use Foodware Ordinance, break free from plastic pollution act 2020, Chicago Parks District, public health
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Planet Forward Correspondent | Ithaca College
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
So Long, Single-Use? | There’s plenty of confusion and debate around plastic bans on both the political and practical level. It’s easy to get lost in the logistics of it all –– but, at the heart of it, there’s one question: Are bag laws effective?
Tags: plastic, plastic pollution, plastic bag bans, bag bans, so long single-use
Planet Forward
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
A look at home energy audits and the District Department of the Environment's free home energy audit program
Tags: carbon footprint, Green building, Efficiency
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The Greenzine
Monday, January 09, 2023
A historical account of the conflicts surrounding animal agriculture, endangered species, and Indigenous rights at the Point Reyes National Seashore in Northern California.
University of Connecticut
Thursday, March 24, 2022
In Port Chester, community members, myself included, are pleading with the Village to consider implementing mechanisms for environmentally- and community-conscious planning which have emerged in the last decades.
Tags: storyfest2022, sustainable development, home
Imagery from the McKinley Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Michael Kappel/CC BY-NC 2.0)
Northwestern University Medill
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Lightfoot administration in negotiations with Chicago over racist zoning and land use after decades of environmental racism directed at South and West Sides.
Tags: environmental justice, urban development, chicago, environmental racism, air pollution, public health
Planet Forward, The George Washington University
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Climate-KIC (Knowledge & Innovation Community), Europe’s main climate innovation initiative, recently hosted “hackathons” simultaneously in 16 cities around the world. D.C.'s event was at GW.
Tags: food, Food Waste, Climathon, Sustainability at GW
The George Washington University
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Prior to beginning my journey as the premier garden queen in residence of Foggy Bottom, I grew up in the metro Atlanta suburbs with a big backyard and parents who actively promoted the importance of doing chores to a child’s development.