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Each basketball season, UConn's Office of Sustainability and UConn Athletics partner to host a Green Game Day at Gampel Pavilion to promote recycling and engage with the community. (Maggie Singman)
University of Connecticut
Monday, December 19, 2022
How the world of athletics can lead the charge in addressing climate change at the game day level and beyond.
Tags: sustainability, UCONN, Green Athletics
One of the bottle refilling stations on campus. (Alexander Welling/The Hatchet)
Planet Forward FAO Fellow | George Washington University
Thursday, April 01, 2021
A task force aiming to eliminate the use of single-use plastics on campus produced a report in October 2020 recommending plans like cutting plastic bottles from vending machines and installing more water bottle fillers in residence halls
Tags: plastic, plastic waste, recycling, Colleges and Universities, The George Washington University, Campus Sustainability, storyfest2021
University of Connecticut
Thursday, March 24, 2022
In Port Chester, community members, myself included, are pleading with the Village to consider implementing mechanisms for environmentally- and community-conscious planning which have emerged in the last decades.
Tags: storyfest2022, sustainable development, home
University of Vermont
Wednesday, February 05, 2020
Toward the end of Sasco Creek Road in Westport, Connecticut, passersby witness a charming landscape change. The typical residential street opens up to a vast meadow where grasses tickle the waists of hikers and birdwatchers.
Tags: Biodiversity, environmental activism, Ecosystems, wildlife, endangered species, local activism, climate change
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Planet Forward
Monday, February 27, 2023
The quality of entries this year was absolutely inspiring. After much deliberating, we’re excited to announce the finalists of this year's competition!
Tags: storyfest, storyfest 2023, summit
Diane Dorfer on her farm. (Zareen Reza/University of Connecticut)
University of Connecticut
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Small farms are suffering in the face of climate change and a tumultuous economy; it's no wonder that farmers feel the effects as well. But one group is offering help.
Tags: agriculture, small farming, climate change, mental health
Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison, Connecticut (2021) (Zoey England/University of Connecticut).
University of Connecticut
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Although ecoanxiety impacts all ages, its influences are disproportionately felt among young people. These feelings, compounded in many by COP26’s resolution, make prioritizing mental well-being as a climate activist paramount.
Tags: ecoanxiety, climate grief, mental health, youth climate movement, storyfest2022
University of Connecticut COP26 delegates stand with Sudanese-American poet and activist, Emtithal "Emi" Mahmoud, center. (University of Connecticut)
University of Connecticut
Monday, November 22, 2021
The UN COP conferences would be different if we listened more intently to those being directly impacted by the climate crisis.
Tags: climate change, united nations, cop26, Climate Change Conference, gender, equity, climate leadership, essay
The George Washington Universtiy
Monday, December 15, 2014
Climate change can mean more insects that carry disease - can we adapt for our health and our future?