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Saturday, June 02, 2012
My video is on how the heat island effect is present in both rural and urban areas, and actions that cities can take to create a more sustainable enviroment.
Tags: University of Mississippi, students
Monday, January 17, 2011
The FiveCities group from The George Washington University's Urban Sustainability class found that American cities are implementing sustainable practices in a variety of ways...here are just a few.
Tags: green living, wind, sustainability, solar, Adaptation, public policy, urban living, cities, local government, leadership
The George Washington University
Friday, March 13, 2015
The Megacity: A Beacon of Sustainability - if you design it right.
Tags: City planning, sustainable urban development
Senior Writer, Planet Forward
Monday, April 11, 2016
“How do we better communicate the innovations and new partnerships influencing and advancing the urban agriculture story?”
Tags: cities, urban agriculture
SUNY ESF
Friday, November 29, 2019
My story concerns the expansion of the built environment and its possible effects on public health and socio-spatial inequality
Tags: Infrastructure, built environment, public health, sociology, spatial inequality, environmental justice, storyfest2020
Northwestern University
Monday, May 08, 2017
Young people are exploring food systems through farming. We compared the group we met while in Panama with an urban farm on the South Side of Chicago.
Tags: panama, kalu yala, The Plant, Plant Chicago
When Carol Anne Sayle began farming with her husband Larry Butler in 1981, they were ahead of their time as urban farmers. They also became early voices in the locavore movement in Austin, Texas. (Eva Legge/Dartmouth College)
Planet Forward Correspondent | Dartmouth College
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Two Austin, Texas, urban farms led the way for their area's locavore movement. These farmers talk about their motivation, and discuss why eating local is so important.
Tags: wfd2020, food systems, eat local, agriculture, local farming
Co-founder of Cedillo’s Produce Dulce Morales standing before the farm’s hoop house. (Astry Rodriguez)
Northwestern University
Monday, January 09, 2023
Many South and West Side neighborhoods of Chicago tragically face food insecurity. Locally growing produce has been a strategy employed in backyards, urban farms and community gardens to combat this issue and address food quality concerns.
Tags: community gardens, urban farming, local produce, microgreens
Planet Forward, George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, presents his Twelve Grand Challenges for Sustainable Development at GW's Elliott School of International Affairs.
Tags: corporate responsibility, ESIA, Urban Sustainability, nutrition, sustainable development, jeffrey sachs, rights, gender, minority rights, low carbon energy
Columbia University
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
We can start students on sustainability early by integrating it into our classrooms.