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Planet Forward
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
We’re moving the conversation forward on National Geographic. This new blog features “insights from insiders" and will challenge all who care about the future of energy. The blog presents a diverse range of voices to the discussion on shrinking...
Founding Director, Planet Forward
Thursday, April 12, 2018
This year, we had our most successful Summit yet with more than 400 attendees and students from 40 schools around the world!
Tags: summit2018, planet forward, summit, storytellers, education, Environment
Founding Director, Planet Forward
Monday, June 18, 2018
We just concluded our 2018 Planet Forward storytelling expedition to Alaska with Lindblad Expeditions aboard the National Geographic Sea Lion. Our Storyfest winners were dazzled by the ecosystems and the wildlife.
Tags: storyfest2018, storyfest, Alaska, national geographic, Lindblad Expeditions
Planet Forward
Friday, October 03, 2014
Concerns about climate change are real - just as real as the weather, which is changing agriculture right now.
Tags: Extreme weather, agricultural innovation, agricultural productivity, GWU, university consortium, usda, farmers, climate adaptation, weather
Planet Forward
Monday, September 17, 2018
Our Planet Forward Storyfest 2018 grand prize winners traveled this June on Alaska Airlines to Sitka. Their destination?
Tags: Storyfest 2018, Alaska, Lindblad Expeditions, health, climate change, resilience, sustainability
Planet Forward
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Madagascar's forests are home to rare plant and animal speces found nowhere else in the world. But those forests are disappearing quickly... and National Geographic's Luke Dollar is working hard to save them.
Tags: George Washington University, students, Madagascar
Aquatic view from a Filipino jungle. (SparklingGirl/Pixabay)
George Washington University
Friday, September 11, 2020
When I entered college as an international affairs major, the idea of reporting on the climate for a news outlet never really crossed my mind — until I attended the Planet Forward Summit.
Tags: science communication, storyfest, pfsummit19, mongabay, internship, essay
(Alan Vernon/flickr)
Planet Forward Correspondent | Ithaca College
Friday, September 16, 2022
HappyWhale, a website created in 2015, uses a unique algorithm to identify and track humpback whales. It relies on photographs from ordinary people to further scientific research.
Tags: astonishing alaska, Alaska, Humpback Whales, HappyWhale, Lindblad Expeditions, national geographic, storyfest2022
United Nations Foundation
Friday, November 01, 2013
Right now, one in eight people go to bed hungry and our population is projected to grow to more than 9 billion by 2050. The big question is: How are we going to feed our growing planet?
Tags: feeding the planet, agricultural productivity, food security, hunger
Planet Forward
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Matt Scott, manager of storytelling and engagement at Project Drawdown, is working to "pass the mic" to underrepresented climate change makers.He chats with Eli Chen, senior editor for Overheard at National Geographic, and McKenzie Allen-Charmley,...