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In 2015, in collaboration with Indigenous leaders and Indigenous youth, FAO identified 6 pillars of work and 2 focus areas—Indigenous women and Indigenous youth—as part of FAO’s goal of freeing the world of hunger and malnutrition (Photo courtesy of UN Women/Ryan Brown https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/).
Planet Forward FAO Fellow | University of Oklahoma
Thursday, September 09, 2021
Indigenous Peoples’ communities' challenges and priorities of “food security, food sovereignty, and health have accelerated and intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic,” according to Indigenous Peoples’ Liaison Mikaila Way.
Tags: Indigenous, Indigenous Knowledge, indigenous peoples, agriculture, aquaculture, FAO Fellows 2021
The Dupont Circle Fountain is a lively D.C. attraction and the center of a popular WalkUP. (Creative Commons)
George Washington University
Friday, March 03, 2017
Whether you’ve narrowly avoided an aggressive driver, or have only experienced L.A.'s traffic jams through “La La Land’s” opening musical number, just hearing the words driving and city in the same sentence can drive you crazy.
Tags: cities, Urban Sustainability, WalkUPs, walkable urbanism, metro, Infrastructure, climate change, storyfest2017
Our guide João Batista da Silva navigated the trails around Camp 41 like it was his own backyard. Researchers at the camp dedicate their lives to the forest every day in order to understand its inner workings. (Photos by PlanetForward.org)
Umpqua Community College
Monday, October 16, 2017
Planet Forward led a student storytelling expedition to the Amazon. Learn about the scientists, on the frontlines of ecological research in the heart of the rainforest, who seek to understand how human systems can coexist with natural ecosystems.
Tags: scientists, innovation, biology, Planet Forward in the Amazon, Storyfest 2017
Digital Media Producer, Planet Forward
Monday, January 26, 2015
What did we learn when we attended the Food Tank summit? That we've got to stop wasting food, for one. Here are our top five tips.
Tags: food tank, summit, food innovation
Planet Forward, The George Washington University
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
As the solar industry grows, scientists and businesses have been thinking up new ways to reduce cost, increase efficiency, improve aesthetics and create options for off-grid solar.
Tags: solar, concentrated solar, perovskite, tandem solar, nanowires, innovation
Decker Woods and Sophia Cooper exchange farming tips in Big Muddy Farms’ biggest plot, July 6, 2021 (Photo by Jules Struck).
Planet Forward FAO Fellow | Emerson College
Friday, September 03, 2021
Big Muddy Urban Farm minimizes some of the financial barriers that keep potential farmers from entering the industry, like low profit.
Tags: sustainability, urban farming, agriculture, food desert, FAO Fellows 2021
Greg McGlinch owns Down Home Farms, a 450-acre family farming operation in Darke County, Ohio. “I hate seeing soil go down the creek because you’re losing a lot of valuable nutrients,” he said on June 26, 2021. “A lot of that you can’t put a monetary value on” (Photo by Jules Struck).
Planet Forward FAO Fellow | Emerson College
Friday, September 03, 2021
Interest in sustainable farming practices is building, and while independent and governmental conservation organizations can be good resources for promoting ecological practices, farmers say that swapping information peer-to-peer works best.
Tags: fao, agriculture, farming community, sustainability, communication, education, FAO Fellows 2021
(Photo courtesy of Keegan Houser/Unsplash - https://unsplash.com/photos/W6ZFtDLR27g)
Planet Forward FAO Fellow | University of Oklahoma
Wednesday, September 08, 2021
"Mo‘olelo," or storytelling, is embedded deeply in the Hawaiian culture. Now, groups of Native Hawaiians and allies are using it to destigmatize the traditional practice of fishponds and reunite with their roots.
Tags: Indigenous Knowledge, agriculture, indigenous peoples, aquaculture, FAO Fellows 2021
Volunteers work together to organize food at the San Francisco Marin Food Bank (Photo by Sejal Govindarao).
Planet Forward FAO Fellow | George Washington University
Friday, September 03, 2021
The city of San Francisco and local organizations innovated to serve food insecure populations during the pandemic. Can food initiatives have the infrastructure to be durable?
Tags: food insecurity, COVID, San Francisco, Policy, Community, Non Profits, FAO Fellows 2021
(Photo by Terrius Harris)
Planet Forward FAO Fellow | University of Oklahoma
Wednesday, September 08, 2021
For many organizations, COVID-19 meant doors closed. Yet at one sacred, Native Hawaiian fishpond, community members worked to advance their efforts to reclaim the land, culture, and traditions of sustainable aquaculture.