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Planet Forward Correspondent | Sewanee: The University of the South
Friday, March 09, 2018
Researchers from Sewanee and the University of Georgia test wetlands as a means to treat wastewater in the face of a water-scarce future.
Tags: Water, clean water, wastewater, water scarcity, Urban design, storyfest2018
(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.
Dr. Stephen Carmody founded the Native Cultigen Project at Sewanee: The University of the South. (Photo courtesy Stephen Carmody)
Sewanee: University of the South
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
By understanding agricultural practices of those indigenous to this region, the Native Cultigen Project may be able to ignite a new wave of sustainable agriculture – one that looks to the past for solutions for the future.
Tags: maize, Food Waste, sustainable agriculture, storyfest2017
A donation jar placed on a book table at the weekly Oxford Community Farmers Market.
Planet Forward FAO Fellow | University of Oklahoma
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
One farmers market in Oxford, Mississippi, has re-established themselves as a community center in an effort to battle food insecurity.
Tags: farmers market, food, storyfest2018, food bank
The shores of Pointe d'Esny, Mauritus, as seen from Île aux Aigrettes, one of the most prominent reserves in the Indian Ocean, on July 21, 2022. Almost two years prior, this water was blackened by an oil spill from the MV Wakashio. (Zoey England/University of Connecticut)
University of Connecticut
Tuesday, September 06, 2022
This July marks two years since the MV Wakashio oil spill. Though environmental NGOs have left the island and news coverage of the disaster has ceased, youth around Mauritius are still reeling from the effects of the tragedy.
Tags: youth climate movement, youth climate change, Government, oil spill, Mauritius
Planet Forward
Friday, March 31, 2017
A Q&A with our finalists in the Right Brain category.
Tags: storyfest2017
The George Washington University Student
Wednesday, January 07, 2015
The National Climate Assessment predicts a 70% increase in precipitation which will lead to more frequent and dangerous storms in the Northeast region. How prepared are you?
Tags: Hurricane, Hurricane Sandy, hurricane irene, National Climate Assessment
Planet Forward Correspondent | Dartmouth College
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
The Green Corn Project empowers Austinites in urban food deserts by building gardens in their own front yards.
Tags: storyfest2021, food desert, food insecurity, agriculture, Biodiversity, education
"If you go down to Harrison spring, 70 percent of the time it's going to show up as either fecal or E. coli positive," says Ben Beavers, General Manager of the Sewanee Utility District (SUD).
Sewanee: The University of the South
Sunday, March 03, 2019
Faced with the daunting reality of water inaccessibility in rural Tennessee, Sewanee senior Haley Tucker turns to storytelling as a solution.
Tags: Water, sustainability, storytelling
Community people dug the pond to store rainwater and inspire surface water use.
University of Mississippi
Friday, March 09, 2018
Like other parts of the world, Bangladesh is facing a water crisis. Here's a look at some of the innovative solutions people have taken to combat the issue.