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Tom led Planet Forward's 2017 Storyfest winners to Camp 41 in the Amazon rainforest, outside of Manaus, Brazil. Also pictured, from left behind Tom, Frank Sesno, Josh Ettinger, and Zé Luís Carmago. (Dan Reed/Planet Forward)
Founding Director, Planet Forward
Monday, December 27, 2021
Our beloved friend and Planet Forward Advisory Council member passed away on Christmas Day. We remember and celebrate a remarkable life.
Tags: Tom Lovejoy, brazil, Amazon, conservation, Biodiversity, education, obituary
Founding Director, Planet Forward
Monday, April 15, 2019
Our founder reflects on the evolution of Planet Forward, and celebrates where we are now — thanks to people like you!
Tags: Storyfest 2019, environmental storytelling, storytelling, Planet Forward Summit, pfsummit19, education, awards
Director, GW Office of Sustainability | Co-Director, SustainableGW
Monday, July 07, 2014
It's hard to get enough solar into a city using the available land - Meghan Chappel explains how working outside the city can make the difference.
Tags: capital partners solar project
Digital Media Producer, Planet Forward
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
One GWU student started the year skeptical of Genetically Modified Organisms, but had a change of heart once she looked closer.
Tags: agriculture, gmo, gmos, genetically modified organism, monsanto
GWU School of Media and Public Affairs
Monday, April 28, 2014
GW Distinguished Fellow Tara Sonenshine issues a call for global food diplomacy.
Founding Director, Planet Forward
Sunday, September 20, 2020
We are thrilled to announce a new media partnership with WNET Public Media Group to launch a monthly digital video series focusing on key issues challenging the planet.
Tags: peril and promise, WNET, global futures lab, youth climate movement, climate change, climate technology, earth uprising, activist
The George Washington University
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Did you know that May is Bike Month? Our intern Max Chen reflects on his love for biking and shares his bike picks from the Planet Forward archive. Read it
Tags: bicycling
(Belle Long/George Washington University)
George Washington University
Friday, June 10, 2022
Patterns of U.S. land protection prioritize the great landscapes of the West over species richness or biodiversity, which are largely concentrated in the Southeast.
Tags: conservation, climate change, Biodiversity, endemic species, endangered species
Princeton University
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Late in June 2016, I found myself tyrannized by the sweltering mid-morning heat of southern Alabama, as I joined members of the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program (MBNEP) on a trip to Baldwin County, Alabama, to witness a staggering site.
Tags: clean water, cleanup, watershed, climate change, storyfest2017
Petcoke piles are stored at a Koch Bros. storage site on the Calumet River in Chicago, Illinois, in 2014. (Terry Evans)
Planet Forward Correspondent | Loyola University Chicago
Monday, January 07, 2019
Communities outside of Chicago stifled by BP's largest oil refinery are taking defiant steps to end its expansion of production—and dangerous emissions.