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Do you really need that decoration in your drink? Or the straw, for that matter? It's OK to pass on these extras. (Alpha du centaure/Creative Commons)
GWU
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
I've found not many college students know the basics of living more sustainably and cheaply. Here are a few ideas students can use to change up their daily routine to be more gentle to our earth.
Tags: sustainable, zero waste, reducing waste, reduce, reuse, recycle, college students, Dorms
National Geographic and Planet Forward
Tuesday, February 08, 2011
By James Barrett from the Great Energy Blog, a blog produced in partnership with National Geographic.
Sheila Watt-Cloutier in 2009. (TheSilentPhotographer/CC BY 3.0)
Planet Forward Senior Correspondent | New York University
Thursday, January 12, 2023
I reviewed Sheila Watt-Cloutier's book, "The Right to be Cold" and discuss the potentially divisive implications of one-size-fits-all approaches to climate action and environmentalism.
Tags: Indigenous Knowledge, right to be cold, Inuit, GND, environmental justice
The construction of Rochester, New York's Inner Loop not only damaged communities, but it also decreased pedestrian biking traffic, contributing to a car-centric infrastructure. As seen in this image, traffic volumes on the Inner Loop were never particularly high, which is one of the factors that led to its removal. (Doug Kerr/CC BY-SA 2.0)
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Friday, February 03, 2023
Proposed changes are coming to two expressways that have disrupted historically Black communities in different Upstate New York cities.
Tags: transportation, Infrastructure, environmental racism, environmental justice, Government
(Source: Megapixl)
Eco-Business
Tuesday, January 09, 2018
In this Q&A with Matthew Schneider-Mayerson of Yale-NUS College, find out how literature, science fiction, and activism can transform the uncertainties of this dangerous era.
Tags: Climate Fiction, environmental activism, pfcorrespondent, Q&A, expert voices
Tara McLaughlin, president of Kalu Yala Institute, speaks about her background doing volunteer work abroad and current efforts of Kalu Yala to increase integration with San Miguel. (Abigail Foerstner/Medill)
Northwestern University
Friday, June 29, 2018
Real estate entrepreneur Jimmy Stice hopes to build small, sustainable houses in Kalu Yala, the jungle retreat, eco-town, and host to an institute for college interns he founded in the Panamanian rainforest. Medill's Leah Dunlevy reports.
Tags: kalu yala, climate change, Jimmy Stice, sustainable development, real estate
The University of Wisconsin-Madison
Thursday, April 23, 2020
How to cover climate change as a journalist when there is a rich history of politicization and misinformation.
Tags: climate change, renewable energy, Fossil Fuels, Exxon, solar, environmental journalism, media, Global Climate Strike, divestment, National Divestment Day
Arizona State University
Friday, April 02, 2021
Water is a precious commodity that’s scarce in many places across the U.S. but even more so in rural Native American communities like the Navajo Nation, where a virus that requires hand-washing has taken a heavy toll.
Tags: Water, water access, public health, clean water, access, equity, pandemic, storyfest2021
Labor activists join environmentalists wearing turtle costumes at the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle, Washington. (Courtesy of the Seattle Municipal Archives, Item 175623)
Cattle graze in silvopasture (Photo courtesy of The National Agroforestry Center/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=ccsearch&atype=rich).
Planet Forward FAO Fellow | Franklin & Marshall College
Friday, September 03, 2021
Sustainable agriculture has an accessibility problem. One Virginia farmer has a vision to solve it.