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Planet Forward
Thursday, September 05, 2019
Congratulations to our 2019-2020 team of Planet Forward Correspondents! Read below to learn more about the exceptional team of students selected, and be sure to click through to see their full profiles:
Sr. Editor & Education Lead, Planet Forward
Friday, June 03, 2022
Part of the Planet Forward team has been traveling in Alaska with our wonderful partners, Lindblad Expeditions, and our 2022 Storyfest winners. Here's a preview of what they experienced!
Tags: storyfest2022, Alaska, juneau, sitka, warming, climate, environmental storytelling
GWU School of Media and Public Affairs
Monday, May 05, 2014
Tara Sonenshine announces the Planet Forward University Consortium and the launch of Feeding the Planet Year 2.
Tags: feeding the planet
George Washington University
Thursday, March 09, 2023
This new storytelling program is entirely led by Indigenous mentors, and offers one-on-one feedback from Indigenous writers, journalists, and media producers to our student correspondents.
Founding Director, Planet Forward
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Our 2021 Summit event hosted some of the most compelling guests — and conversations — we've ever had. Whether you want to re-watch a portion, or check out the entire event, we have all the info here.
Tags: pfsummit21, storyfest2021, storytelling, education, science communication, urgency, environmental justice, narrative, inclusion
Public and private-sector agencies have spent decades and millions of dollars for research and recovery to bring the Mexican gray wolf back from the brink of extinction. And those efforts appear to be paying off. (Michael Hannan/Cronkite News)
Arizona State University
Friday, April 02, 2021
Government agencies, including the Arizona Game & Fish Department, and the private Endangered Wolf Center in Missouri have invested millions of dollars and decades worth of research to save the Mexican wolf from extinction.
Tags: Biodiversity, endangered species, native species, research, storyfest2021
Cremated remains lie in the incineration chamber at the Paradise Memorial Crematory in Scottsdale, one of the state’s largest. Partly fueled by the pandemic, the U.S. cremation rate reached 56% in 2020; it was 67% in Arizona. (Kevin Pirehpour/Cronkite News)
Arizona State University
Friday, April 02, 2021
In Arizona, where 16,842 have died in the pandemic, the smoke and the hum of crematoriums working overtime have left some neighbors desperate for relief from the odor and pollution.
Tags: air quality, public health, covid-19, air pollution, pandemic, storyfest2021
Planet Forward
Monday, March 14, 2011
Cross-posted from Advanced Biofuels USA by Joanne Ivancic
Guests attended Dinner 2040 to discuss food security and sustainability. (Anya Magnuson/ASU News Now)
Arizona State University
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Dinner 2040 seeks to explore the “future of food,” integrating sustainable practices into food production and distribution all while respecting health, culture and ecological integrity.
Tags: food, food security, Food Sustainability, communicating science, storyfest2017
Moses Thompson walks down the garden beds at Tucson High School. (Photos by Halley Hughes/University of Arizona)
Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | University of Arizona
Thursday, October 20, 2022
A school garden in Tucson are planting seeds of resilience within its children, sprouting reconnection to their heritage, our globe's complex food web, and the challenges of climate change.