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Seaweed harvesting in the Philippines. (ILCP (IDB) via Flickr/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
University of the Philippines Los Baños
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Seaweed may help solve the plastic pollution problem, with a little help from materials researchers at Flinders University in Australia and a German biomaterials developer.
Tags: plastic pollution, plastic alternatives
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
Middlebury College
Monday, March 07, 2022
There has been a longstanding consensus that ocean conditions are the primary driver for lower salmon returns. But in July of 2020, a study offered groundbreaking evidence that freshwater habitat health may play a large role too.
Tags: Alaska, conservation, habitat, climate change, Chinook salmon, storyfest2022
The author, Francesca Edralin, stands before the COP26 sign in Glasgow. (Image courtesy Francesca Edralin)
George Washington University
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
Despite all advocating for the same issue of climate change, the energies and objectives of each space at COP26 were actually quite different. But what we need is to work together.
Tags: cop26, essay, Climate Change Conference, collaboration, Climate Change Agreement
Michael Doall holds a bag of oysters in Shinnecock Bay, Long Island in the fall of 2021. He was part of an oyster reef monitoring project that also involved setting up a predator exclusion experiment to evaluate the effects of predation on hard clam restoration efforts. (Courtesy of Michael Doall)
Georgetown University
Thursday, May 26, 2022
Through regenerative aquaculture, Michael Doall is using the ecosystem services of oysters and kelp to clean up our oceans and our plates.
Tags: aquaculture, oysters, kelp, science, Water, coastal, ocean acidification
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The toxic slag pile leftover from smelting industries sits beside Marquette St. Photo by Stephanie Fox/Medill.
Northwestern University
Friday, December 01, 2017
The clean-up of toxic waste from a Superfund site in a village in Central Illinois has been virtually stagnant for almost 20 years. Read about the dynamics between the community and government in the clean-up process.
Tags: IEPA, epa, superfund, toxic
The Ecosia search engine. (Photo courtesy Ecosia.)
Planet Forward Correspondent | Georgetown University
Thursday, May 24, 2018
The search engine Ecosia plants trees with partners from around the world with their ad revenue.
Tags: trees, web browser, internet, Technology, Environment, forest, Seeding
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Pacific sockeye salmon during the annual migration. The Canadian government recently announced its (CAD) $647 million Pacific Salmon Strategy Initiative. “Hopefully it’s not too little, too late,” says marine campaigner Emmie Page (Image by Oregon State University/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en).
Northwestern University
Monday, October 11, 2021
In June 2021, a heat wave spread over the Pacific Northwest, with people in the region wilting from record high temperatures. But, Fiona Skeggs reports, the threats are soaring for rivers and marine life as well.
Tags: ocean, conservation, salmon, orca, PNW, climate change
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University of Florida
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Meet clammers, scientists and volunteers, like TV star Blair Wiggins and three generations of women, who are returning clams to Florida's Indian River Lagoon and other ailing waters to reduce pollution.
Tags: water pollution, solution, clam restoration, Indian River Lagoon, Sarasota Bay, women in science, interdisciplinary approach
Agroecology in practice: One of Moses Kansanga's agroecology projects in Malawi studies the local practice of intercropping cereal crops and legumes to better understand ecological synergies and how they can be leveraged to increase productivity while supporting healthy local ecosystems and communities. (Moses Kansanga)
Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University
Monday, January 23, 2023
Understanding agroecology as a framework to include ecological and social justice frameworks in agriculture, with professor of Geography and International Affairs, Moses Kansanga, Ph.D.