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Friday, March 21, 2014
What's a great way for foodies to get a shot of vitamins while making their dishes deliciously beautiful? Restaurants like Washington DC's Graffiato are doing it using microgreens.
Tags: restaurant, microgreens, lettuce lady, graffito, Washington DC
A Fowler’s toad rests on the sand in Fire Island, New York. (Skylar Epstein/George Washington University)
Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University
Thursday, April 01, 2021
Dr. Karen Lips hypothesized that the collapse of the amphibian populations was sweeping through Central America like a wave. So, in order to gather evidence for the theory, she would have to get out in front of this wave.
Tags: storyfest2021, Biodiversity, ecology, animals, research, nature, frogs
The Environmental Protection Agency has been running under Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler, formerly the deputy administrator, since Scott Pruitt resigned in July 2018. (Flickr/Creative Commons)
Planet Forward Senior Correspondent | Middlebury College
Monday, October 29, 2018
Meet Andrew Wheeler, the quieter, more potent follow-up to Scott Pruitt's tumultuous EPA reign. But at more than 100 days out, the agency has not confirmed the acting administrator.
Tags: epa, Environmental Protection Agency, Lobbying, politics, environmental policy, storyfest2019
Planet Forward, George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs
Monday, September 29, 2014
Bill Hohenstein
George Washington University
Friday, December 02, 2022
Robotic bees are being developed to study buzz pollination and help support the conservation of declining bee populations across the globe.
Tags: Biodiversity, Bees, ecology, animals, research, pollinators, nature, biotechnology
(Photo courtesy Ambreen Tariq, founder of Brown People Camping.)
George Washington University
Friday, March 09, 2018
Environmentalism has been historically very white, but that's changing at many professional organizations. Here's an inside look at diversity at The Wilderness Society.
Tags: race, diversity, The Wilderness Society, professional environmentalism, environmental organizations, storyfest2018
Digital Media Producer, Planet Forward
Monday, January 26, 2015
What did we learn when we attended the Food Tank summit? That we've got to stop wasting food, for one. Here are our top five tips.
Tags: food tank, summit, food innovation
(National Parks Gallery/Public Domain Dedication)
George Washington University
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
An invasive fungal pathogen is killing amphibians and sweeping across the Americas. A greater policy response is urgently needed in the United States to address this epidemic and to protect biodiversity.
Tags: pandemic, amphibians
Planet Forward
Thursday, September 05, 2013
Bruce Brandfon - Council Chair
Labor activists join environmentalists wearing turtle costumes at the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle, Washington. (Courtesy of the Seattle Municipal Archives, Item 175623)