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Sun-dried candlefish, also known as hooligan, eulachon, and oolichan. (Brodie Guy/Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))
George Washington University
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Today, petroleum is one of Alaska's main exports, but the use of oil in the region goes back thousands of years to the Tlingit people's harvesting of lipid-dense and flammable candlefish. Can this history illuminate a way to a green-fueled future?
Tags: oil, energy, storyfest, Alaska, whaling, Indigenous Knowledge, astonishing alaska
National Geographic and Planet Forward
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
This post originally appeared on the Great Energy Challenge blog, in partnership with National Geographic and Planet Forward.
In mid-August, the sunflowers are nearly ready for harvest at Schreiner Farms in Woodland, Calif. (Dani Huffman/Kenyon College)
Kenyon College
Tuesday, December 04, 2018
Next in our Tackling Food Waste series: Kenyon College student farmer Dani Huffman looks at the pros and cons of traditional and organic farming - and the issue of sustainable agriculture. Turns out it isn't as black and white as it seems.
Tags: woodland, davis, pfincali, agriculture, food, gmo, GM, plant breeding, field research, storyfest2019
The New York City skyline. (Katherine Baker/Columbia University)
Planet Forward Senior Correspondent | Cornell University
Friday, February 02, 2018
After the Paris Agreement withdrawal announcement, many cities and states vowed to commit to sustainability efforts despite the federal decision. New York City was among the cities to commit, but how is the Big Apple doing in terms of going green?