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Planet Forward
Friday, February 23, 2018
In mid-September 2017, nine students from seven universities traveled to the middle of the country and met in Lincoln, Nebraska, to begin the journey to the southwestern corner of the state.
Tags: pfinnebraska, Nebraska, agriculture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, ogallala, Water, irrigation
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Thursday, November 10, 2016
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Pollinator Plot is a demonstration and research garden and an outdoor classroom.
Tags: pollinators, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, climate change, Bees, Douglas Golick
Our first stop in Nebraska is in Lincoln: NET Nebraska, the headquarters for the state's network of public radio and television stations. Here the group met with experienced storytellers to learn more about environmental challenges that have been covered and the people the reporters met. From left: Dan Reed, Chad Davis, Eleanor Hasenbeck, Ilana Creinin, Laura Waxman, Topanga McBride, Diana Marcum, Laura Whaling, Will Lennon, Sydney Greene, Zack Smith and Kim Ossi.
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
In mid-September, nine students from universities across the country met in one of America's agricultural epicenters: Nebraska. We were here to tell some of the environmental stories found in our country's heartland.
Tags: pfinnebraska, Nebraska, farming, agriculture, storytelling, explorers
A hilltop on the McPheeters farm in Gothenburg, Nebraska, offers a great vantage point to survey the family's land. (Planet Forward staff)
Arizona State University
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
“I know that we (farmers) are an integral part of the ecosystem of the Earth,” Nebraska farmer Scott McPheeters said. “We need to make it sustainable for everybody. We have to do it well and do it right.”
Tags: agriculture, pfinnebraska, Nebraska, gothenburg, corn, Ethanol, food
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Planet Forward
Tuesday, December 06, 2016
Here you will find all of the pieces posted by the inaugural Planet Forward Correspondent team.
Learn more about these talented students:
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Alumin8 bins will be placed around UNL's campus for students to donate. (Photo courtesy of Alumin8)
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Friday, February 24, 2017
Alumin8, an organization founded by students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, is working to repurpose aluminum cans and donate the repurposed objects to local shelters.
Tags: green living, can recycling, recycling, repurposing, Campus Sustainability
(Lisa Palmer/PlanetForward.org)
Mandela Washington Fellow
Friday, September 09, 2022
Ten weeks of this past summer have made the most defining moments of my career, my personal and my professional development in journalism. I have been in the United States of America enriching and being enriched by local U.S.