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On screen, Mario Arvelo, Chair of the Committee on World Food Security, makes his opening statement at the Committee on World Food Security Conference in October 2018. (Planet Forward)
George Washington University
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
For part three of our series, A Zero Hunger Future, GW student Arianna Dunham reports hunger has been on the rise since 2014, but the U.N. hopes to end world hunger by 2030. How do global leaders plan to reverse the trend?
Tags: UN_FAO, European Union, Food Crises, World Hunger, pfinrome, fao, zerohunger, storyfest2019
GW School of Medicine student Harleen Marwah at the UN-FAO in Rome. (Planet Forward)
George Washington University
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Next in our four-part series, A Zero Hunger Future, GW School of Medicine student Harleen Marwah looks at the health sector’s role in the United Nations’ talks on achieving global food security.
Tags: pfinrome, health, UN_FAO, European Union, Food Crises, World Hunger, zerohunger, fao, storyfest2019
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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.
Tags: olympics, japan, recycling, Recycling and Upcycling, urban mining, reuse
Digital Editor, Planet Forward
Monday, August 08, 2022
When our 2022 Storyfest winners, traveling with Lindblad Expeditions, explored Alaska's vast and remote terrain, they were surprised that instead of feeling separated, they felt more connected.
Tags: astonishing alaska, storyfest, Lindblad Expeditions, experiential learning
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George Washington University
Monday, October 10, 2022
We are in a time of Indigenous resurgence and now is the time to reclaim our narrative and tell our own stories. Meet our inaugural Indigenous Correspondent team.
Tags: Indigenous, indigenous correspondent program, storytelling, education, environmental justice, nature
A baby zucchini grows beneath a yellow blossom. (Maja Dumat/Creative Commons)
The George Washington University
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
The pandemic may have forced you into a new relationship with food. But the food that ends up on your plate has always traveled a complicated, exploitative, and convoluted path to get there.
Tags: GroW Garden, food system, food desert, environmental justice, covid-19, black farmers, farming, public health
Biology student Selah Phillips collects algae at the Pacora River. She hopes the oil she has extracted from the algae can be processed into sustainable biodiesel. (Maddie Burakoff/Medill)
Northwestern University
Friday, June 29, 2018
Maddie Burakoff of Medill reports that at eco-institute Kalu Yala, researchers seek out environmental solutions in the midst of one of the most biodiverse regions in the world, but grapple with sustaining their own progress.
Tags: kalu yala, panama, Ryan King, Selah Phillips, Jules Hart, Tara McLaughlin, algae, Black soldier flies, Medill, Maddie Burakoff
(Photo courtesy Andreas Carlgren)
Loyola University Chicago
Thursday, July 26, 2018
Sweden's former Minister of the Environment, Andreas Carlgren, instructs students at The Newman Institute in Uppsala, Sweden, and in this Q&A, provides unique insight into the environmental consciousness that pervades the country.
Tags: climate change, higher education, environmental policy, sweden, emissions, politics
Ecosystem destruction, such as this pollution from a gold mine, is a primary driver of zoonotic disease reproduction and transmission. Natural ecosystems act as a buffer zone, preventing spillover of certain pathogens from animals to people.
Planet Forward Senior Correspondent | Cornell University
Friday, April 24, 2020
While much about the future remains uncertain, we do know this is not the last pandemic we'll face. And if we want to prevent future pandemics, we need to focus on the impact of humans on our environment.
Tags: public health, coronavirus, covid-19, Environment, environmental health, opinion, science
The tri-level home offers two bedrooms and 2.5 baths as well as an additional bed and bath in the accessory dwelling unit. EngiNUity even included a deck. (Photo courtesy EngiNUity - Northwestern Solar Decathlon team)
Northwestern University
Monday, August 02, 2021
A team of Northwestern University engineering students won the 2021 Solar Decathlon Design Challenge by designing an energy-efficient home. Their approach makes us ask: Could small homes be a viable investment in a sustainable future? Medill's...