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Friday, January 24, 2014
Self-driving combines? Check. A solar array that powers the whole farm? Check. A whole new philosophy to bring environmentalists and farmers together? Check.
Tags: harborview, farming, precision farming, farmers, agricultural productivity, precision agriculture
As the need for food continued to grow during the pandemic, the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank called on the Pennsylvania Army National Guard and opened an additional, temporary food box packing site. Food access, food security, nutrition, and environmental justice challenges are among the topics our fellows will explore in their stories this summer. (Melissa Murray/Creative Commons)
Founding Director, Planet Forward
Friday, June 04, 2021
Four students will produce stories at the nexus of food security, agriculture, and nutrition, and work under the guidance of GW’s National Geographic Professor of Science Communication, Lisa Palmer.
Tags: planet forward, UN_FAO, fao, fellowship, storytelling, food access, nutrition, hunger, agriculture
Monday, October 24, 2011
For all of the articles, feature slideshows and video reports from the 2011 Solar Decathlon, few focused on the most important real-world determinants in buying a home:
Joshua Jackson, researcher at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, explained that heightened ecological threats like drought or famine could lead to more intolerant societies with stricter cultural norms. (Janice Cantieri/Medill)
Northwestern University
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Rising extremes of droughts, floods or food shortages can reduce a country’s political stability and cultural tolerance, warned scientists at the American Association for the Advancements of Science conference in Boston.
Tags: drought, climate change, AAAS, anthropology, climate adaptation, natural disasters, ecological threat, violence, politics
Planet Forward
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Sustainability and science need storytellers now more than ever.
Tags: summit2017, storyfest2017, storytelling
Planet Forward
Tuesday, February 07, 2017
Thank you for joining us at the 2017 Planet Forward Summit!
See our full 2017 Summit report!
Lake Erie algal blooms (NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory/Flickr).
George Washington University
Friday, February 07, 2020
The Baltic Sea is choking, and so are many of the creatures that depend on it.
Tags: oceans, pollution, fertilizer, storyfest2020
Planet Forward
Monday, January 23, 2012
It's winter and you're probably realizing how awful your insulation is -- I'm looking at you, Seattle -- and also starting to rethink that la
Frank Fritz assembles and labels the bins for a pilot composting program last July. (Photo courtesy The Washington ComPost at GW.)
George Washington University
Saturday, March 26, 2016
Students are leading the battle against food waste in cities. From local start-ups to wholesale retailers, young entrepreneurs seek new ways of rerouting food waste into innovative ideas.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
The DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy invests in ideas that could transform our energy mix. Can they make it a competition? Learn about who's winning now!