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Senior Writer, Planet Forward
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
While climate change is a settled scientific issue — most credible scientists agree that the earth is heating up and humans are to blame —
Tags: climate change, tips
Radio has been an important tool for storytellers since its invention. Here, Frank Sinatra does an interview for Armed Forces Radio Service in the 1940s.
Digital Media Producer, Planet Forward
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
The best storytellers are also avid story listeners and readers. Right now some of the best minds in storytelling are producing podcasts.
Tags: storytelling, stories, podcasts, how-to
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Society has perceptions of scientists; white lab coats, sitting in their labs, conducting research separate from the public realm. Yet, there is a human dimension to science.
Tags: climate justice, environmental justice, equity, storyfest2017
The Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion plant at the HOST park in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
George Washington University
Thursday, March 02, 2017
A technology park in Hawai'i harnesses ocean temperature differences to power its sustainable development projects.
Tags: sustainability, OTEC, hawaii, NELH, storyfest2017
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Mealworms, the larval form of the mealworm beetle, and an edible insect (OakleyOriginals/Creative Commons)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Friday, March 09, 2018
Insect farming has the potential to reduce malnutrition in food insecure areas of the world.
Tags: insect, agriculture, malnutrition, global health, protein, Zambia, MIGHTi, farming, storyfest2018
Kevin Fouts unties a turtle trap to show a common snapping turtle to a group of high school students in July 2018. (Vanessa Moss/Sewanee)
Planet Forward Correspondent | Sewanee: The University of the South
Thursday, February 28, 2019
The coordinator for the Sewanee Headwaters Initiative, Kevin Fouts, shares insights about the connection between water management practices and their impacts.
Tags: biology, ecology, streams, waterways, watershed, pollutants, Biodiversity, pfcorrespondent
University of Minnesota
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
In the first of our four-part series, A Zero Hunger Future, University of Minnesota's Sierra Williamson looks at how rural development is key to addressing the topic of food security, with the Sustainable Development Goal, Zero Hunger, in mind.
Tags: UN_FAO, European Union, Food Crises, World Hunger, pfinrome, zerohunger, fao, storyfest2019
Alwin Kopse, of the Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture, speaks at the Committee on World Food Security 45 side event titled, "Agriculture is not cool? Think again. Closing the generation gap."
Planet Forward FAO Fellow | University of Oklahoma
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
In the final part of our four-part series, A Zero Hunger Future, University of Mississippi student Terrius Harris looks at the truth about youth involvement in agriculture — and how we might encourage more young people to join the industry.