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Planet Forward
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Without further ado, the Storyfest 2017 grand prize winners are...
Tags: storyfest2017, contest, summit2017
Planet Forward
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Planet Forward and the GWU Office of Sustainability present "GW Moving the Planet Forward," an innovation summit to find and highlight solutions to the challenges of a changing planet. See agenda and learn more.
Tags: GWMoving, GW Moving the Planet Forward
Planet Forward
Monday, March 14, 2011
Cross-posted from Advanced Biofuels USA by Joanne Ivancic
The George Washington University
Tuesday, November 01, 2016
Around the globe, green leaders, students, professors, workers in government, and everyday citizens alike united for a one-day conference to develop and evolve inventive solutions to pressing environmental issues.
Tags: Climathon, climathon 2016, Waste, waste stream, hack the waste stream, recycling, upcycling
Planet Forward
Thursday, March 10, 2011
As an intern for Planet Forward, I have heard about the live taping for our PBS April Special before I could even clearly define the difference between ethanol and butanol.
George Washington University
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Hurricanes have cost Florida 3.5 billion dollars annually in recent years. With rising oceans and 80% of the population living near the coast these numbers are only expected to worsen. Can we afford inaction?
Tags: Hurricane, Typhoon, disaster, Typhoon Haiyan, hurricane katrina, Hurricane Sandy, natural disasters
Founding Director, Planet Forward
Friday, August 13, 2021
The three Fellows will create mini-documentaries on the frontlines of sustainability to be screened to an audience of academics, professionals, and students in the fields of science and communication at the 2022 Planet Forward Summit.
Tags: Comcast, NBCUniversal, Fellows, storytelling, sustainability, documentary
Tom led Planet Forward's 2017 Storyfest winners to Camp 41 in the Amazon rainforest, outside of Manaus, Brazil. Also pictured, from left behind Tom, Frank Sesno, Josh Ettinger, and Zé Luís Carmago. (Dan Reed/Planet Forward)
Founding Director, Planet Forward
Monday, December 27, 2021
Our beloved friend and Planet Forward Advisory Council member passed away on Christmas Day. We remember and celebrate a remarkable life.
Tags: Tom Lovejoy, brazil, Amazon, conservation, Biodiversity, education, obituary
(Sam Bradway/Planet Forward)
Middlebury College
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Ruby Woodside, a fellow at Second Nature, discusses what carbon neutrality will look like in the coming year, now that several major institutions have gone entirely Carbon Neutral.
Tags: carbon neutrality, Middlebury College, energy, greenhouse gas emissions
Planet Forward, The George Washington University
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Climate-KIC (Knowledge & Innovation Community), Europe’s main climate innovation initiative, recently hosted “hackathons” simultaneously in 16 cities around the world. D.C.'s event was at GW.