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Thursday, March 01, 2012
Written by Eric Vermeiren
What do jet engines, computers, transistors, the internet, and the Global Positioning System (GPS) have in common? They all owe their existence to early stage investment by the U.S. Government.
Planet Forward, George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs
Monday, September 29, 2014
Bill Hohenstein
GWU School of Media and Public Affairs
Monday, May 05, 2014
Tara Sonenshine announces the Planet Forward University Consortium and the launch of Feeding the Planet Year 2.
Tags: feeding the planet
(Photo by Terrius Harris)
Planet Forward FAO Fellow | University of Oklahoma
Wednesday, September 08, 2021
For many organizations, COVID-19 meant doors closed. Yet at one sacred, Native Hawaiian fishpond, community members worked to advance their efforts to reclaim the land, culture, and traditions of sustainable aquaculture.
Tags: Indigenous, agriculture, indigenous peoples, aquaculture, Indigenous Knowledge, FAO Fellows 2021
Planet Forward
Monday, March 14, 2011
Cross-posted from Advanced Biofuels USA by Joanne Ivancic
University of Vermont
Wednesday, February 05, 2020
Toward the end of Sasco Creek Road in Westport, Connecticut, passersby witness a charming landscape change. The typical residential street opens up to a vast meadow where grasses tickle the waists of hikers and birdwatchers.
Tags: Biodiversity, environmental activism, Ecosystems, wildlife, endangered species, local activism, climate change
Senior Writer, Planet Forward
Monday, November 23, 2015
James Cameron might be best known as a filmmaker ("The Terminator," "Titanic," "Avatar" and more) but he also is a staunch environmentalist.
Tags: sustainability, climate change, energy, Deforestation, oceans
Planet Forward
Friday, December 18, 2009
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT THE MORNING PLENARY SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE
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Bella Center Copenhagen, Denmark
12:32 P.M. CET
(Cooper Pyle)
SUNY ESF
Wednesday, December 04, 2019
This photo essay investigates the causes and effects of wetland destruction in the United States, as well as solutions.
Tags: wetlands, water purity, Biodiversity, wetland destruction, storyfest2020
Photographed in the forests of Palawan, a Philippine pangolin pup nudges its mother, rolled up in a protective ball. (Gregg Yan/Creative Commons)
Planet Forward Senior Correspondent
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Pressuring governments to issue bans and closures of wet markets could prevent the emergence of infectious disease. But it does not solve the widespread issue of bushmeat circulation between hunters and their families.