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Michael Doall holds a bag of oysters in Shinnecock Bay, Long Island in the fall of 2021. He was part of an oyster reef monitoring project that also involved setting up a predator exclusion experiment to evaluate the effects of predation on hard clam restoration efforts. (Courtesy of Michael Doall)
Georgetown University
Thursday, May 26, 2022
Through regenerative aquaculture, Michael Doall is using the ecosystem services of oysters and kelp to clean up our oceans and our plates.
Tags: aquaculture, oysters, kelp, science, Water, coastal, ocean acidification
Columbia University
Friday, April 02, 2021
The pandemic should be a golden opportunity to change the way we think about mental illness. So far, it hasn’t been.
Tags: covid-19, pandemic, mental health, mental illness, anxiety, depression, public health, sustainability, healthcare, storyfest2021
Northern White Sand mine, North Utica, Illinois. Aerial images taken with the assistance of the non-profit pilot collaborative LightHawk. (Ted Auch/FracTracker Alliance, June 2016)
Northwestern University
Monday, November 27, 2017
Farmers in Illinois are fighting in an ongoing lawsuit to stop a proposed sand mine that would be built close to their land.
Tags: lawsuit, lasalle county, agriculture, water conservation, sand mining, fracking
(Photo by Cate Twining-Ward)
Planet Forward Senior Correspondent
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Here are five easy, innovative, and free ways that students can reduce their impact on the environment right now, by using the technology that is at their fingertips.
Tags: sustainability, Technology, social media, innovation, climate change, solutions
Ruth Miller, 22, grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, nestled 180 miles into the Cook Inlet — the state's oldest gas and oil basin. “Growing up I think I had the safety of innocence in that I saw our state blooming and thriving,” Miller said. (Photo courtesy Christopher J. Carter)
Cal State LA
Friday, February 07, 2020
A young Alaska native leader shares her quest for visibility — both as a youth activist for her people, and for the environment.
Tags: storyfest2020, Indigenous, Alaska, Fossil Fuels, environmental justice, grassroots
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...
Tags: sustainability, tiny houses, tiny homes, Northwestern, illinois, Solar Decathlon
Public and private-sector agencies have spent decades and millions of dollars for research and recovery to bring the Mexican gray wolf back from the brink of extinction. And those efforts appear to be paying off. (Michael Hannan/Cronkite News)
Arizona State University
Friday, April 02, 2021
Government agencies, including the Arizona Game & Fish Department, and the private Endangered Wolf Center in Missouri have invested millions of dollars and decades worth of research to save the Mexican wolf from extinction.
Tags: Biodiversity, endangered species, native species, research, storyfest2021
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.