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Planet Forward Correspondent | SUNY-ESF
Monday, July 22, 2019
As we aim toward sustainable, more accessible agricultural practices, community supported agriculture (CSA) continues to grow. This fictional story offers insight to the beginning of the movement.
Tags: community supported agriculture, farming, food deserts, CSA, healthy produce, sustainable agriculture
Columbia University
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
We can start students on sustainability early by integrating it into our classrooms.
Tags: education, classroom sustainability, youth
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Sustainability at Allegheny College is a community endeavor that is as much about responsibility as it is about fun.
Tags: American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment, Allegheny College, Center for Economic and Environmental Development, Gator Green
Thursday, March 14, 2013
A multi-university team from Washington, DC is competing in this year's Solar Decathlon and aiming for a very special end product - a house suitable as a healing home for a returning American veteran.
Tags: George Washington University, solar power, Solar Decathlon, net zero, Harvest Home, Veteran, steel, american university, catholic university
Monday, March 12, 2012
Spelman College's vision is to build a college that will thrive for the next 100 years, and the way to do that is through sustainability.
Tags: sustainability, Green, Spelman College, Second Nature, ACUPCC
Fruitcycle diverts landfill-bound fruits and vegetables and turns them into snacks. (Screenshot from Fruitcycle website.)
George Washington University
Wednesday, April 06, 2016
D.C. may be a great hub for good food, but it’s also a huge hub for food waste.
Tags: Food Waste, ugly fruit, ugly vegetables, food waste prevention
Kalu Yala is situated in Panama's Tres Brazos Valley. (Photos by Emma Sarappo)
Northwestern University
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Real estate scion Jimmy Stice is looking to help the planet and mitigate climate change – through a startup. At his "eco-city" Kalu Yala, situated in Panama's Tres Brazos Valley, he's encouraging interns to learn to do the same.
Tags: kalu yala, panama, sustainability, jungletown, eco-city, business, Entrepreneurship, triple bottom line
Photo by Dmitry Grigoriev on Unsplash
SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry
Tuesday, December 03, 2019
This story examines the social and ecological problem of having honeybees in the U.S.
Tags: Bees, sustainability, nature, symbolism, philosophy, storyfest2020
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Illinois' students approved a student green fee, which enabled them to achieve $12 million in energy savings, decrease energy usage by 19%, and water usage by 16% since 2008.
Tags: ACUPCC, climate action plan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, illinois, energy usage, water usage
Planet Forward
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Tom Lovejoy, a rainforest expert, biologist and professor at George Mason University, spoke of the “lungs of the Earth,” and how they relate to cities at Planet Forward’s 2016 Summit.