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Planet Forward
Tuesday, January 03, 2017
As one of the world’s leading academic institutions, Northwestern University recognizes its role in addressing the global challenges of sustainability and climate change.
Northwestern history professor Doug Kiel shares practices of Indigenous philosophy that can save the world as part of the Generations of Environmental Justice program in Vail Chapel. Kiel is a member of the Oneida nation of Wisconsin. (Catherine Odom/Medill)
Northwestern University
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Earth Day was cold and rainy this year. But that did not stop the Northwestern University student organizers of Generations of Environmental Justice from hosting an all-night teach-out on April 22 and 23.
Tags: Northwestern University, Earth Day, environmental justice, education, events, Indigenous knowledge.
Northwestern University
Wednesday, October 09, 2019
Northwestern University has launched its first student-run subscription bike-sharing program, called EO, where students pay $20 per quarter for unlimited rides and easy pick up/drop-off anywhere accessibility.
Tags: bike share, Northwestern University, public transportation, urban living, green living, storyfest2020
GeoCal researchers excavating sediment cores from the Mel3 lake site. (Courtesy of Peter Puleo/GeoCAL)
Northwestern University
Wednesday, November 02, 2022
Tubes of Greenland sediment cores reveal thousands of years of climate change clues for Ph.D. students in Northwestern University’s GeoCAL, the Geoperspective on Climate and Life, laboratory.
Tags: Northwestern University, GeoCAL lab, Mia Tuccillo, Peter Puleo, greenland, sediment cores, Arctic greening
Monday, February 07, 2011
Matthew O'Connor and Justin Eure reporting for Medill News Service, Northwestern University A new solar cell material could double the energy output of traditional solar photovoltaics, by reacting to nearly the entire light spectrum.
Tags: students, Northwestern University
National Science Foundation
Thursday, May 03, 2012
Northwestern University researchers have found that microbial fuel cells designed to produce electricity and clean wastewater, or biofilm reactors, are more efficient when biofilms don't become too thick.
Tags: fuel cells, Northwestern University, Microbial Fuel Cell
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
This week on Bloomberg West, we featured NuMat Technologies. They’ve developed an innovative new method that uses tiny crystals to store alternative forms of energy. Check it out!
Tags: fuel, University, cars, nanotechnology, colleges, NuMat, Northwestern, MOFs, crystals, fuel tanks
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
National Science Foundation
Monday, August 01, 2011
George Mason University researchers are investigating the resilience of Arctic peoples to changes in their local environments due to global climate change.
Tags: climate, Arctic, George Mason, George Mason University, Viliui Sakha, Russia, Siberia
Planet Forward Correspondent | Northwestern University
Friday, February 08, 2019
Researchers at Northwestern University are transforming complicated biotechnology into a simple an easy tool for farmers to test for crop disease with Plant-Dx.