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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
YOU get a bike! EVERYBODY gets a bike! Being sustainable in a big, bustling city is no easy task, but creating a free bike-sharing program in New York is just one of the ways students at NYU are making the city more sustainable!
Tags: sustainability, education, solar, biking, cogeneration, bike share, ACUPCC, climate action plan, NYU, New York University
SUNY-ESF
Sunday, March 03, 2019
The fight for survival of one small, endemic land snail can show us the importance of protecting our world's biodiversity for generations to come.
Tags: storyfest2019, Biodiversity, Land Snail, extinction, endangered species, endemic species
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Tamia Parsons, 19, Sunrise Movement Coordinator for the Central New York Hub. (Lindsay Eberhart/SUNY-ESF)
Planet Forward Correspondent | SUNY-ESF
Friday, October 04, 2019
One week after the climate strike, I sat down with 19-year-old Tamia Parsons, a sophomore at Syracuse University and one of the leaders of the environmental movement in Central New York.
Tags: climate action, PFfaces, youth climate movement, profile, youth. climate change, storyfest2020
Friday, March 30, 2012
A plan announced this week to use propane to begin developing shale formations in New York state will test technology, law, politics, and policy with the latest twist to the controversial fracking issue.
Tags: fracking
Planet Forward
Monday, December 27, 2010
By Brandt Siegel (presenter) Brian Griffith, Sarah Allison, and Noemi Glickman
Tags: New York City, boston, chicago, dallas
Planet Forward
Thursday, December 13, 2012
All of Second Nature’s Climate Leadership Award Finalists were asked to create a 1-3 minute video highlighting their climate innovation on campus.
Tags: sustainability, turbine, energy innovation, Arizona State University, Second Nature, New York University, University of Illinois, William Paterson University
Monday, May 14, 2012
Hydraulic fracturing is problem free. The science says so. Those who ignore this science are hysterical fear mongers.
Tags: new york, fracking, sgeis, ground water, tom myers
Planet Forward, George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Roger Williams University seniors Nicholle Buckley and Christopher Ferreira were among the attendees at the Feeding the Planet Summit.
Tags: feeding the planet, oysters, Roger Williams University, crickets
Greta Thunberg on Friday, Sept. 20, during her closing speech for the Climate Strike in New York. (Elina Mariutsa/Northeastern University)
Planet Forward Correspondent | Northeastern University
Friday, October 04, 2019
With the goal of motivating world leaders, young people have drawn universal attention to global warming in ways that decades of scientific progress could not.
Tags: climate, climate action, climate strike, Greta Thunberg, New York City, youth, environmental activism, united nations, PFfaces
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Wednesday, August 01, 2012
Here's a simple idea to create more parks: retrofit a parking lot. Check out this latest animation from the American Society of Landscape Architects sustainable landscapes series that shows how small parks can revitalize cities.