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Planet Forward, George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
We've got the stories, ideas and facts behind President Obama's big speech on climate change.
Tags: Obama, climate change, Economy, coal, renewable energy, Georgetown, politics, natural gas, president obama, Flooding
The George Washington University
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Tags: George Washington University, energy, Waste, Germany, energy consumption, berlin, natural resources, Humboldt University, Yolanda Rother, Mirko Wutzler
Planet Forward
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
Congratulations to our 2018-2019 team of Planet Forward Correspondents! Read below to learn more about the exceptional team of students selected, and be sure to click through to see their full profiles:
From left: Alex Rubenstein, Navya Pothamsetty, Shandra Furtado, Ashley Gallagher, Katherine Baker, Sven Lindblad, Frank Sesno, Vanessa Moss, Emily Arnold and Dr. Imani M. Cheers.
Planet Forward
Saturday, April 07, 2018
Winners will travel to Alaska, courtesy of Alaska Airlines, to travel with Lindblad Expeditions aboard the National Geographic Sea Lion this June.
Tags: Storyfest 2018, storyfest winner, Competition, Alaska
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Planet Forward
Monday, February 27, 2023
The quality of entries this year was absolutely inspiring. After much deliberating, we’re excited to announce the finalists of this year's competition!
Tags: storyfest, storyfest 2023, summit
George Washington University
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
FEATURED SELFIE: The DC Streetcar could revitalize the H Street district while making public transit more green.
Tags: DC Streetcar, Green Public Transit, Alternative Energy, economic development, metro, carbon footprint, h street, Urban Development and Sustainability, public transportation, community revitalization
Planet Forward Intern/Marymount University
Monday, November 16, 2015
Georgetown's McDonough School of Business recently hosted a Net Impact SolutionLab that had students consider a social problem and come up with innovative business plans to solve it.
Tags: food, food deserts, nutrition, business, solutions, innovation, Ideas
The George Washington University
Tuesday, December 04, 2012
Cities aren't seen as breadbaskets, and GW students aren't often pegged for farmers, but GW student Jesse Schaffer and the Food Justice Alliance buck the trends.
Tags: urban farming, food justice, farming in dc, food justice alliance, poop farm, soggy bottom poop farm
Frank Fritz assembles and labels the bins for a pilot composting program last July. (Photo courtesy The Washington ComPost at GW.)
George Washington University
Saturday, March 26, 2016
Students are leading the battle against food waste in cities. From local start-ups to wholesale retailers, young entrepreneurs seek new ways of rerouting food waste into innovative ideas.
Labor activists join environmentalists wearing turtle costumes at the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle, Washington. (Courtesy of the Seattle Municipal Archives, Item 175623)