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Cutterhead, shield and partial trailing gantries of the tunnel boring machine known as Lady Bird. (Photo courtesy DC Water)
Bates College
Monday, May 09, 2016
When her husband took office in 1963, Claudia Alta Johnson, better known as Lady Bird, made it her mission to protect and preserve the environment. Now a giant machine, akin to a mechanical earthworm, denominated Lady Bird, has a similar mission.
Tags: tunnel, clean water, water infrastructure, Washington DC, Washington D.C., River, waterways, Anacostia River
Thursday, October 25, 2012
In the outskirts of western Berlin, a princess is in trouble.
Tags: Germany, Garden, Urban, berlin, Volkswagen, Prinzessinnengarten, VW, Marco Clausen, Robert Shaw, Lena Haug
Planet Forward, George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs
Monday, August 25, 2014
It’s all about the selfie these days. You’ve probably got plenty on your timeline - why not take one more to help solve the world’s most difficult challenges?
Tags: challenge, making a video, planet forward
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Tags: gardening, Germany, agriculture, berlin, kreuzberg, urban garden, Prinzessingarten, Nomadisch Grün, Deutsche Welle, DW-TV
Pu'er is named after a Yunnan town that is an important tea-processing and trading center in the province. (Photo courtesy Manki Kim/Unsplash)
George Washington University
Monday, November 28, 2022
Will the taste of Pu'er tea, associated with memories of my family in China, remain the same despite the effects of climate change?
Tags: climate change, China, tea, Extreme weather
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
Toxic embalming fluids can seep into the ground in traditional burial.
Florida International University
Thursday, March 08, 2018
Everyone dies eventually. By utilizing the new process of alkaline hydrolysis, or water cremation, at least we don't have to kill the planet too.
Tags: death, water cremation, dead, dying, eco, storyfest2018
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., who is one of nine senators to co-sponsor the Green New Deal, spoke at a press conference on Thursday, March 14. Joining him to speak was fellow Oregonian, Democrat Sen. Jeff Merkley. (Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff/Medill)
Northwestern University
Thursday, March 14, 2019
Americans are increasingly concerned that climate change is both real and manmade, and major fossil fuel industries are heeding the change in public sentiment by investing in green energy.
Tags: climate, energy industry, natural gas, climate change, Paris Agreement
(Oto Zapletal/Pixabay)
Digital Editor, Planet Forward
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Former Planet Forward Correspondent and 2017 Storyfest Winner Sydney Greene shared her experience for graduates starting their careers in uncertain times.
Tags: career, graduation, media, advocacy, correspondents, storyfest, storytelling
UW Madison
Friday, March 09, 2018
Lake Mendota is the eyepiece of Madison, a beautiful blue trait that the whole city shares. But underneath its surface are unclear waters.