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SUNY ESF
Friday, March 03, 2017
We are facing an energy crisis, however the brilliant scientists of the world have found a solution.
Tags: nuclear, fusion, storyfest2017
Kalu Yala agriculture director Zoe St. John discusses the food they are growing to feed the community. (Colin Boyle/Medill)
Northwestern University
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Kalu Yala is host to small scale agroforestry in the Panamanian jungle — rows of alternating crops integrated with the natural environment, an image of the symbiosis that can exist between humans and the environment. Grace Wade reports for Medill.
Tags: kalu yala, climate change, agriculture, Sustainable Food System, Zoe St. John, panama
SUNY ESF
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
The value of public space can not be understated — and it is even considered a key issue of environmental justice — as open public spaces increase the quality of life for all people living in an area.
Tags: environmental justice, urban living, city parks, libraries, equity, Video, public health, Community, storyfest2021
(Photos by Lauren Bell/The George Washington University)
George Washington Unviersity
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
While studying abroad, I learned why Denmark is a leading country in sustainability.
Tags: sustainability, food, transportation, pollution, green solutions
Friday, January 29, 2010
By: Elizabeth Cherneff
How do we harness ideas for sustainable initiatives and turn them into realities on an urban campus like George Washington University’s? To start, just ask the students, staff and faculty who reside here.
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
Planet Forward Intern/Marymount University
Monday, November 16, 2015
Georgetown's McDonough School of Business recently hosted a Net Impact SolutionLab that had students consider a social problem and come up with innovative business plans to solve it.
Tags: food, food deserts, nutrition, business, solutions, innovation, Ideas
Planet Forward
Monday, May 14, 2012
The students at William Paterson University clearly take a lot of pride in their sustainability initiatives.
Tags: William Paterson University
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Tags: coal, Fossil Fuels
On a traditional milpa farm, rows of agave are interspersed with other crops: pitaya-bearing cacti and ramón trees. (Evan Barnard/University of Georgia)
Planet Forward Senior Correspondent | American University
Monday, September 16, 2019
Milpa is a type of sustainable farming historically practiced by the Maya in the Yucatán and other parts of Mesoamerica. The milpas, planted with numerous crops for local consumption, are facing challenges from climate change.