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Biology student Selah Phillips collects algae at the Pacora River. She hopes the oil she has extracted from the algae can be processed into sustainable biodiesel. (Maddie Burakoff/Medill)
Northwestern University
Friday, June 29, 2018
Maddie Burakoff of Medill reports that at eco-institute Kalu Yala, researchers seek out environmental solutions in the midst of one of the most biodiverse regions in the world, but grapple with sustaining their own progress.
Tags: kalu yala, panama, Ryan King, Selah Phillips, Jules Hart, Tara McLaughlin, algae, Black soldier flies, Medill, Maddie Burakoff
Senior Writer, Planet Forward
Tuesday, March 01, 2016
"Smart cities" are a hot topic in both sustainability and urban planning circles alike these days, but what about a "smart nation"?
Tags: Smart Cities, transportation, public policy, business, Efficiency
National Geographic and Planet Forward
Thursday, February 24, 2011
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(Courtesy of Candace Clark)
Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University
Thursday, February 02, 2023
Hannah Krantz and Aleena Fayaz speak to Candace Clark, a Ph.D. candidate at Tuskegee University, in this high-spirited podcast that discusses the importance of black voices in climate solutions, sustainable housing, and much more.
Tags: podcast, youth, solutions, farm, agriculture, education
Sun-dried candlefish, also known as hooligan, eulachon, and oolichan. (Brodie Guy/Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))
George Washington University
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Today, petroleum is one of Alaska's main exports, but the use of oil in the region goes back thousands of years to the Tlingit people's harvesting of lipid-dense and flammable candlefish. Can this history illuminate a way to a green-fueled future?
Tags: oil, energy, storyfest, Alaska, whaling, Indigenous Knowledge, astonishing alaska
SCCF shorebird biologist Audrey Albrecht (left) and shorebird intern Elsa Wilson (right) survey shorebirds near Bowman’s Beach. (Sarah Anderson/MEDILL)
Northwestern University
Wednesday, July 06, 2022
"By participating in shorebird, wading bird and colonial nesting bird surveys, I learned that birds face many more threats than they pose," Sarah Anderson writes.