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(From left to right) Eva Kotobuki Sideris, Frank Sesno, Hannah Krantz, Adam Goldberg, Vidya Muthupillai, and Dr. Imani Cheers.
Founding Director, Planet Forward
Friday, September 23, 2022
A select group of students from several universities recently traveled to McGinley Ranch in Nebraska to study and report on regenerative agriculture, land management practices, and sustainable bison ranching.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Algae Competition objectives are to create an open source collaboratory that expands and shares a vision for algae in our future with design ideas for algae production landscapes, sustainable and affordable algae production systems (APS) for food,
Tags: algae, algae biofuel, international algae competition, algae competition, robert henrikson, mark edwards
A bust of Charles Darwin at the Charles Darwin Foundation. (Christina Trexler/University of Arkansas)
University of Arkansas
Monday, November 04, 2019
"Plasticus Vastum" affects all of our lives, every day, and it is spreading across the Earth at rates unmatched by nearly any other species.
Tags: plastic, galapagos2019, invasive species, evolution, plastic pollution, pollution
Workers carry buckets of produce on their shoulders. (Fair Food Program)
George Washington University
Friday, March 09, 2018
Farmworkers have suffered for too long as the backbone of an agricultural system that ignores them. It's time to include them in our debates about sustainable agriculture.
Tags: Fair Food Program, farmworkers, Immokalee, labor, reforms, agriculture, food, storyfest2018
Fashion designer, Ngwane Liz poses at Down Beach Limbe wearing an up-cycled dress from her "NWF" collection. (No Waste Factory)
Mandela Washington Fellow
Monday, October 17, 2022
The cost of staying fashionable goes beyond the price tag to the environment. Sustainable Fashion designer Ngwane Liz is reversing the fast fashion trend by patching pieces of tossed clothes into new garments.
Sunflower bed in bloom in the fall of 2019 at Homefields Incorporated, a 23-acre community-led farm. (Max Sano/Franklin & Marshall College)
Planet Forward Senior Correspondent | New York University
Friday, April 02, 2021
The U.S. food supply chain needs a complete makeover in light of the COVID-19 crisis. A new plan should incorporate several areas of focus, including expanding funding into current organic and regenerative agriculture.
Tags: environmental justice, regenerative agriculture, Green, minority serving institutions, storyfest2021, essay
A climber navigating Slugg’s Bluff, the 80-foot-tall quartzite cliff that climbers have been enjoying since the 1970s. (Courtesy of the Upper Peninsula Climbing Coalition)
Michigan State University
Wednesday, February 08, 2023
Rock climbing as a sport is gaining popularity in America and around the world. Can outdoor climbers fill an important role as environmental stewards and conservationists?
Tags: rock climbing, outdoors, conservation, environmental steward, outdoor user, Midwest
GWU School of Media and Public Affairs
Wednesday, June 04, 2014
Distinguished fellow Tara Sonenshine gives her take on how the Obama Administration needs to communicate their new plans for coal regulation
Tags: Obama Administration, barack obama, epa, regulations, coal
The George Washington University
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Environmentalists and scientists have always asked, how can we save our oceans? One solution, aquaculture, instead asks us to look at ways in which the world's oceans can save themselves.
Tags: aquaculture, solutions, oceans, farming fish, storyfest2021, Video
Planet Forward Intern/Marymount University
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Going meatless once a week has been proven to have a positive impact on the planet — especially if more people participate. Here's how to get involved!