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Second Nature
Monday, May 23, 2011
Question: Who do university presidents turn to for thoughts on sustainability? Frank Sesno of course. Our host will headline the upcoming Climate Leadership Summit, organized by Planet Forward member Second Nature.
Tags: climate change, education
George Washington University
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Did you know that hydraulic fracturing in just a state away from your home could be affecting where you live?
Tags: fracking, fossil fuel, Fossil Fuels, natural gas
Middlebury College
Friday, March 03, 2017
Building the sustainable home through the reconstructing the nature of being.
Tags: building green homes, climate adaptation, communities, environmental sustainability, architecture, storyfest2017
Is this image of a landfill with trees and blue sky a photo of nature? (Michelle Arseneault/Creative Commons)
George Washington University
Monday, April 17, 2017
A scholarly debate on nature's definition in light of my experience working with ideas about nature.
Tags: nature, definition
University of Minnesota, Morris
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
CLA 2014 BACCALAUREATE COLLEGE WINNER: The University of Minnesota - Morris is making green choices, and has been for over 100 years.
Tags: University of Minnesota Morris, American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment, climate leadership awards 2014, Campus Sustainability
The Accokeek Foundation has managed 200 acres of Piscataway Park since 1957. (Jing-ning Hsu)
George Washington University
Monday, February 06, 2023
Our current global food system leaves billions of people underfed or overweight and contributes to one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions. Piscataway woman Anjela Barnes says it doesn't have to be this way.
Tags: Indigenous Knowledge, Piscataway, potomac river, sustainability
(Sarah Afshar/Wikimedia Commons)
The Nature of Sustainability
Thursday, March 30, 2017
This essay provides an example of how sustainable patterns in nature can be used to understand sustainability in complicated human situations.
Tags: Income Distribution, Income Equality, green living
Planet Forward
Friday, March 09, 2012
Replace your water filter...with oysters? See how some communities are letting nature do their dirty work.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
The growing role of natural gas in the U.S. energy mix continues to confound and divide renewable energy experts and investors. Is America’s abundant supply of shale gas a boon for the renewable industry, or undercutting it?
Tags: natural gas, fracking, solar wind
George Washington University, Hacienda Victoria
Thursday, February 23, 2017
My experience in Ecuador as a social worker has taught me how important it is to educate people that live in poor conditions, and how to sustain themselves while keeping their environments clean.