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Planet Forward, George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Follow Benji and Tommy as they travel across the country as Planet Forward's Explorers in America, finding the hidden stories that connect people to food and food to community.
Tags: explorers
GWU
Monday, February 24, 2014
A new group of Planet Forward Explorers is headed to Guatemala to investigate the impact of nutrition in the first 1000 days of a child's life. Meet the team and follow their journey.
Tags: explorers, guatemala, food security, hunger, communication, innovation
Northwestern University
Thursday, April 27, 2017
One culinary intern at Kalu Yala used her time in Panama to improve her personal relationship with food and to get an example of a sustainable food system that contrasts the American food system.
Tags: food, Farm To Table, Garden, ecological agriculture, agriculture
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
GWU
Sunday, March 09, 2014
Checking Out What’s Available in a Supermarket in Guatemala City
Tags: explorers, food security, public health
Our first stop in Nebraska is in Lincoln: NET Nebraska, the headquarters for the state's network of public radio and television stations. Here the group met with experienced storytellers to learn more about environmental challenges that have been covered and the people the reporters met. From left: Dan Reed, Chad Davis, Eleanor Hasenbeck, Ilana Creinin, Laura Waxman, Topanga McBride, Diana Marcum, Laura Whaling, Will Lennon, Sydney Greene, Zack Smith and Kim Ossi.
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
In mid-September, nine students from universities across the country met in one of America's agricultural epicenters: Nebraska. We were here to tell some of the environmental stories found in our country's heartland.
Tags: pfinnebraska, Nebraska, farming, agriculture, storytelling, explorers
A climber navigating Slugg’s Bluff, the 80-foot-tall quartzite cliff that climbers have been enjoying since the 1970s. (Courtesy of the Upper Peninsula Climbing Coalition)
Michigan State University
Wednesday, February 08, 2023
Rock climbing as a sport is gaining popularity in America and around the world. Can outdoor climbers fill an important role as environmental stewards and conservationists?
Tags: rock climbing, outdoors, conservation, environmental steward, outdoor user, Midwest
The Amazon rainforest: Pristine wilderness or forest garden? (Photos by Tomasz Falkowski/SUNY-ESF)
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Planet Forward led a student storytelling expedition to the Amazon. Tomasz looks at how foreigners, violence, poor soil and roads killed off 90% of the Amazon population. Can looking at the past help us find a way to better manage this ecosystem?
Tags: Amazon, rainforest, soil, indigenous peoples, Planet Forward in the Amazon, Camp41
Camp 41's amazing cooks — a team headed by the Brazilian grandmother we all wanted to adopt — kept the Planet Forward crew full of fresh, local fruits at breakfast and lunch. (Planet Forward)
Arizona State University
Thursday, August 10, 2017
Planet Forward led a student storytelling expedition to the Amazon. Read Sydney's story of how she found her sense of comunidade — “community” in Portuguese — as she turned every corner in Brazil.
Tags: fruits, Eat Your Locals, local food, brazil, Amazon, Camp41, rainforest, Planet Forward in the Amazon
Planet Forward, George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs
Thursday, May 08, 2014
The latest National Climate Assessment is out - check out the highlights and some Planet Forward ideas that show you the real life impacts.