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What can we learn from the pandemic to create a world that embodies the Sustainable Development Goals?
Director, GW Office of Sustainability | Co-Director, SustainableGW
Friday, April 10, 2020
As we are adapting to the stay-home realities of a global pandemic, we are having a first-hand experience of global change. In the chaos we may find confusion, anxiety, and new ways to cope. But we also can find a learning moment.
Tags: education, coronavirus, covid-19, Environment, climate change, public health
Marisa Umeh attends a session during the Committee on World Food Security Conference in October 2019 at the UN-FAO in Rome. (Kim Ossi/PlanetForward.org)
University of California, Berkeley
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
I found it comforting to know that in a highly polarized political climate, countries are willing to put aside their differences to ensure that the most vulnerable in their society are able to thrive.
Tags: PFrome2019, SDGs, nutrition, zerohunger, fao, unfao, united nations, cfs46, pfinrome
George Washington University
Monday, March 29, 2021
"The Little Water Molecule" is a children's story that lightly teaches scientific concepts and water conservation through the eyes of a friendly molecule of water, who is in search of her missing proton.
Tags: Water, clean water, water conservation, science communication, storyfest2021
(NPS Climate Change Response/Flickr)
University of Rhode Island
Wednesday, June 02, 2021
Climate change affects us all in different ways. Here are five tips to reach your audience most directly.
Tags: communicating science, climate communication, PlanetFWD2021, summit
Planet Forward Intern/Marymount University
Thursday, October 08, 2015
The Hoover Dam, 80 years old this week, is both a hydroelectric plant and distributes water to the arid Southwest. What role is the drought playing in today's Hoover Dam and Lake Mead?
Tags: hydroelectric, Hydroelectric Power, Water
The George Washington University
Friday, April 01, 2016
To tell my story, I decided to write several Cinquain formatted poems and string them together. The finished poem tells the story of a hurting world in which the solution is around every corner, but no one seems to realize it.
Tags: solar, Cinquain, poem, led, lightbulbs, streetlights, Urban, resilience
Sungevity
Monday, October 31, 2011
Contrary to some of the media circus’ coverage, solar is doing great. Sungevity's Danny Kennedy tells us why in this innovator update.Read
Tags: Solar Panels, Sungevity, Solar Energy, danny kennedy, solyndra
Columbia University
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Our program within the Columbia University Chapter of Engineers without Borders (CU-EWB) works with the village of Obodan, Ghana to improve sanitation and access to water resources while focusing on developing methods to convert waste to energy vi
Tags: Water, energy, sanitation, Engineers without borders, EWB, latrines, source separation, ghana, biogas, fertilizer
The George Washington University
Monday, February 02, 2015
Our climate is shifting. Our population is growing. Our world is changing in ways we could never imagine. In this time of upheaval, one question keeps coming up: how will we feed the planet?
Tags: climate smart agriculture, agricultural innovation
The George Washington University
Friday, April 03, 2015
Presentation counts when it comes to food competition shows, but should it count so much when you're at the supermarket?