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"If you go down to Harrison spring, 70 percent of the time it's going to show up as either fecal or E. coli positive," says Ben Beavers, General Manager of the Sewanee Utility District (SUD).
Sewanee: The University of the South
Sunday, March 03, 2019
Faced with the daunting reality of water inaccessibility in rural Tennessee, Sewanee senior Haley Tucker turns to storytelling as a solution.
Tags: Water, sustainability, storytelling
A science classroom in Evanston Township High School where Marla Isaacs, a biology teacher, encourages respectful conversations when teaching about climate change, no matter what their opinion is. (Natalie Chun/Northwestern University)
Planet Forward Correspondent | Northwestern University
Monday, October 28, 2019
“It's just a statement,” teacher Anna Kraftson said of climate change. “There's data. It's not like ‘I believe in this’ or ‘I don't believe in this.’"
Tags: climate change, education, science, Classroom, biology, democrat, republican, Teacher, storyfest2020
An example of what Highland Park, Michigan's solar-powered streetlights look like. (Image courtesy of Soulardarity)
Planet Forward Correspondent | University of Wisconsin-Madison
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
When the streetlights in Highland Park, Michigan, went dark one night in 2011, the community came together with a solution to keep their streets safe — and launched a larger vision for the city.
Tags: solar, community solar, storyfest2020, grassroots, equity, social equality, energy
Lancaster Central Market in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, faced drastic customer reductions at the beginning of the pandemic, resulting in the closure of several stands, and yet most still endure. (Jared Kofsky/PlaceNJ.com/Creative Commons)
Planet Forward Senior Correspondent | New York University
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Why do people continue to go hungry in one of the wealthiest nations in the world? And what can we do about the food system to prevent this from happening?
Tags: wfd2020, pandemic, food access, hunger, food, agriculture, local food, food system
Paige Valego, GW class of 2021. (Greer Blount/George Washington University)
Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University
Wednesday, January 05, 2022
So Long, Single-Use? | As George Washington University students returned to campus in the fall of 2021, they took ownership of the university's single-use plastics ban through the personalization of reusable water bottles.
Tags: so long single-use, plastic, plastic policy, GW, Waste, pollution
Up close with the deep blue of glacial ice. (Lisa Palmer/Planet Forward)
Sr. Editor & Education Lead, Planet Forward
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Whether it’s a natural landscape, a community, or a feeling inside you, spending time on life’s boundaries can transform your perspective.
Tags: astonishing alaska, climate change, Linblad Expeditions, experiential learning
Deep-fried crickets are a common snack in Thailand. (Takeaway/Wikimedia Commons)
George Washington University
Monday, November 07, 2022
Experts discuss the “endless” possibilities of meat-alternatives and sustainable products at SciLine’s “Future of Food” media brief.
Tags: SciLine, insects, food, sustainability
(Belle Long/George Washington University)
George Washington University
Friday, June 10, 2022
Patterns of U.S. land protection prioritize the great landscapes of the West over species richness or biodiversity, which are largely concentrated in the Southeast.
Tags: conservation, climate change, Biodiversity, endemic species, endangered species
Researcher Raquel Peixoto applies a cocktail of beneficial bacteria to a coral reef under the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia. Corals are just one of the potential beneficiaries of probiotics. (Morgan Bennett-Smith)
New York University
Monday, February 13, 2023
It's still unknown how useful probiotics could be for at-risk wildlife. But worried microbiologists around the world are urgently testing out treatments on everything from corals to frogs with doses of beneficial bacteria.
Tags: wildlife, probiotics, Biodiversity, bacteria
Planet Forward, The George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs
Friday, September 26, 2014
Solar power is booming, but those that can benefit the most have trouble accessing it. The 2014 Solar Symposium aimed to do something about that. Here's what you should know.