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Saturday, October 03, 2020
There’s no denying that climate is a polarizing political issue. Here are 10 ideas on how environmentalists can beat the power brokers and save the planet.
Tags: Environment, climate change, Politics & Policy, bipartisanship, book, opinion
(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
The view from a bluff in the Ponca Wilderness in Compton, Arkansas. These lands, like much of what is now the state of Arkansas, are native to Indigenous peoples including the Osage, Sioux, Quapaw, and Caddo. (Image courtesy of Thomas Shahan/Flickr https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/).
Digital Editor, Planet Forward
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Indigenous professor Dr. Bethany Henry Rosenbaum asked a powerful question: How do we bridge the Indigenous understanding that removal of Native people is still impactful today with the Western understanding that it’s in the past?
Tags: Indigenous Knowledge, environmental justice, bio-cultural restoration, Ecosystems, pollution, education, indigenous peoples
(Matt Seymour/Unsplash https://unsplash.com/license)
George Washington University
Monday, December 13, 2021
So Long, Single-Use? | We all know breakfast is the “most important meal of the day”— do you really want to start it off with the guilt of single-use plastic?
Tags: breakfast, plastic, plastic-free, so long single-use
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
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
Volunteers plant mangrove saplings to help restore the canopy at Benedict Key. (Sarah Anderson/MEDILL)
Northwestern University
Thursday, June 16, 2022
Volunteers helping in recovery at Benedict Key aim to build up an oyster reef to shield the fledgling mangroves from destructive waves, Sarah Anderson reports.
Tags: mangroves, hydrology, eutrophication, sea level rise
Poster advertising the 1972 Black Community Survival Conference, with a promotion by the Free Food Program. (Photo: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, 1972)
Bates College
Thursday, March 18, 2021
We should remember the critical work the Black Panther Party did in their communities to help right injustices, and help prevent hunger among children and communities as a whole.
Tags: food, Social Justice, environmental justice, health, food desert, public health, community action, storyfest2021
Even comprehensive recycling is four times less effective than cutting meat out of your diet. (Orin Zebest/Creative Commons)
Northwestern University
Monday, August 07, 2017
For Americans interested in reducing their carbon footprint, a new Canadian-Swedish study has a bold proposition: Consider having fewer children.
Tags: carbon footprint, climate change
Than Naing Oo next to his garden plot in 2018 in Chicago. (Photo courtesy of Paul Bick)
Planet Forward Correspondent | Northwestern University
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Global Garden Refugee Training Farm in Chicago makes space for refugee farmers to grow traditional fruits and vegetables, while also integrating local cultivars. One farmer shares what he grows in his farm plot.