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National Science Foundation
Monday, June 27, 2011
Renewable energy sources that power residences and small businesses are usually integrated into small networks known as microgrids.
Tags: Colorado, nsf, microgrid, power grid
(Photo: Christopher Frettoloso)
Arizona State University
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
The Arizona-based start-up company Tempe BetR-blok is working to create sustainable and low cost buildings.
Tags: green living, architecture, paper, energy, affordable housing, storyfest2017
Planet Forward
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Last week I visited an anaerobic methane digester in Skagit County, Washington.
National Science Foundation
Monday, September 05, 2011
Many species of mammals in Yosemite National Park have shifted their home ranges to higher elevations over the last hundred years.
Tags: National Science Foundation, california, wildlife, warming, nsf, Science Corner, yosemite, national park, museum, Berkeley
George Washington University
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
What does it mean to live on the Galápagos Islands? Of all places in the world, this should be a place where natural ecosystems are preserved, and humans and wildlife must coexist.
Tags: Galápagos, conservation, Ecosystems, wildlife, galapagos2019, Biodiversity, ecology
Founding Director, Planet Forward
Friday, January 15, 2021
With a new year ahead of us, we face big challenges but exciting opportunities. I’m also looking forward to new programming and opportunities for you here at Planet Forward!
Tags: storyfest2021, environmental storytelling, contest, sustainability, science communication
The George Washington University
Tuesday, March 02, 2021
The Danish makeup artist — whose work is no stranger to the pages of Vogue magazine — champions the idea that all makeup should be expected to both perform well and be sustainable.
Tags: green living, greenwashing, beauty products, Clean Beauty
David Weedman is the aquatic habitat program manager for the Arizona Game & Fish Department. He and his team dropped hundreds of Georgia cubes into Bartlett Lake this summer to help create habitat for fish. (Photos by Dylan Simard/Cronkite News)
Arizona State University
Friday, January 31, 2020
It isn't easy being a fish in the desert in Arizona. But Arizona Game & Fish Department is trying to improve the habitat conditions for the fish in warm weather lakes.
Tags: fish, desert, warm water, storyfest2020, podcast, aquaculture
Northwestern University
Monday, August 28, 2017
Niraj Ray built a network of 25 urban gardens made in schools, sports parks and other vacant lots around the city. All 25 sites are joined together by one central rooftop garden, the H St. Farms, and contribute to sustainability efforts in D.C.
Tags: urban farming, urban agriculture, rooftop farms, Washington D.C.
(Handout)
Northwestern University
Thursday, March 14, 2019
The Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games has been collecting used electronics all over Japan to extract the metal and make Olympic medals.