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In 2015, in collaboration with Indigenous leaders and Indigenous youth, FAO identified 6 pillars of work and 2 focus areas—Indigenous women and Indigenous youth—as part of FAO’s goal of freeing the world of hunger and malnutrition (Photo courtesy of UN Women/Ryan Brown https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/).
Planet Forward FAO Fellow | University of Oklahoma
Thursday, September 09, 2021
Indigenous Peoples’ communities' challenges and priorities of “food security, food sovereignty, and health have accelerated and intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic,” according to Indigenous Peoples’ Liaison Mikaila Way.
Tags: Indigenous, Indigenous Knowledge, indigenous peoples, agriculture, aquaculture, FAO Fellows 2021
The George Washington University
Friday, April 02, 2021
The aquatic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has slaughtered hundreds of amphibian species globally.
Tags: Storyfest 2021, Biodiversity, amphibians, fungus, ecological threat
GWU
Friday, May 29, 2015
You can't have a sustainable world without sustainable cities.
Tags: public space, urban ecology, city living, City planning, sustainable urban development
George Washington University
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
In this 360 video, you will learn how The Fresh Food Factory, an urban farm in Anacostia, is revolutionizing food access in DC food deserts.
Tags: food deserts, urban farming, food access, Food Sustainability, farming in dc, health, Washington DC, sustainability reporting
The Dupont Circle Fountain is a lively D.C. attraction and the center of a popular WalkUP. (Creative Commons)
George Washington University
Friday, March 03, 2017
Whether you’ve narrowly avoided an aggressive driver, or have only experienced L.A.'s traffic jams through “La La Land’s” opening musical number, just hearing the words driving and city in the same sentence can drive you crazy.
Tags: cities, Urban Sustainability, WalkUPs, walkable urbanism, metro, Infrastructure, climate change, storyfest2017
Many of this mall's tenants left after the anchors stores closed at The Mall at the Source in Westbury, New York. (Creative Commons)
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Thursday, March 07, 2019
The decline of shopping malls is a result of online shopping and the need for instant gratification.
Tags: shopping, Online shopping, Green, green restoration, storyfest2019, Development
A plant grows by a marsh at the Willow Waterhole Greenway Project. (Luz Rivera/FLICKR)
Northwestern University
Thursday, March 21, 2019
Hybrid, nature-based infrastructure could help protect areas like Houston, Texas from floods, while providing other benefits for the community.
Tags: Houston, Harvey, Hurricane Harvey, Infrastructure, hybrid, Nature-based
A cloud looms over the water of Pacific Harbour, Fiji. (Timothy Ah Koy/Unsplash)
Northwestern University
Thursday, March 24, 2022
Climate change threatens El Niño and other ages-old weather systems with severe disruptions. Understanding the baseline influences on this system is key to gauging how it may be altered through climate changes.
Tags: climate change, weather events, el nino, storyfest2022
Pathoumma Meusch stands before a small herd of cattle after checking on her goats. Meusch Farms LLC produces grass-fed cattle with little environmental impact, she said. (Photo by: Lauren Ulrich, Indiana University Bloomington)
Indiana University
Monday, March 21, 2022
Pathoumma Meusch doesn’t consider herself revolutionary. “I’m just a farmer,” as she says. But the unassuming woman has championed local food in a region dominated by industrial agriculture and redefined what it means to be a Midwestern farmer.
Tags: food, agriculture, sustainable farming, storyfest2022, profile
JoRee LaFrance and Alexander Cotnoir, making the Indigenous Correspondents Program announcement at the 2022 Planet Forward Summit in April, on stage with Frank Sesno. (PlanetForward.org)
Planet Forward
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Planet Forward’s Senior Editor and Education Lead Lisa Palmer talks to Alexander Cotnoir and JoRee LaFrance about the Indigenous Correspondents Program and the future they envision for the program.