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Middlebury College
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Ruby Woodside, a fellow at Second Nature, discusses what carbon neutrality will look like in the coming year, now that several major institutions have gone entirely Carbon Neutral.
Tags: carbon neutrality, Middlebury College, energy, greenhouse gas emissions
In April 2016, Secretary of State John Kerry signs the Paris Climate Agreement, while holding his 2-year-old granddaughter. At COP21 in December 2015, Kerry said, "The world has come together around an agreement that will empower us to chart a new path for our planet – a smart and responsible path, a sustainable path. And extraordinarily, we are 196 delegations, 186 plans. That is a remarkable global commitment." (U.S. State Department)
Planet Forward
Tuesday, July 11, 2017
The Planet Forward Advisory Board member explains his unconventional opinion about how he felt toward the withdrawal from the Paris agreement.
Tags: expert voices, Paris Climate Withdrawal, climate change, Climate Change Agreement, #wearestillin
Polar bears are one of the many wildlife residents of ANWR (Alan D. Wilson/Wikimedia Commons).
George Washington University
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has value that exceeds the benefits we could reap from drilling or even visiting. Correspondent Matilda Kreider explains why intrinsic value is important to keep in mind in conservation.
Tags: Alaska, National Parks
The Ecosia search engine. (Photo courtesy Ecosia.)
Planet Forward Correspondent | Georgetown University
Thursday, May 24, 2018
The search engine Ecosia plants trees with partners from around the world with their ad revenue.
Tags: trees, web browser, internet, Technology, Environment, forest, Seeding
Kalu Yala agriculture director Zoe St. John discusses the food they are growing to feed the community. (Colin Boyle/Medill)
Northwestern University
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Kalu Yala is host to small scale agroforestry in the Panamanian jungle — rows of alternating crops integrated with the natural environment, an image of the symbiosis that can exist between humans and the environment. Grace Wade reports for Medill.
Tags: kalu yala, climate change, agriculture, Sustainable Food System, Zoe St. John, panama
(Screen capture from www.wearefoundingfarmers.com)
George Washington University
Sunday, March 03, 2019
Every player in the game should be trying to create a field more sustainable for the next, which is exactly what the Farmers Restaurant Group set out to do from day one.
Tags: restaurant, sustainability, business, Food Sustainability, food security, Food Waste, farming, farm, storyfest2019
(Photos by Katherine Baker/Columbia University)
Planet Forward Senior Correspondent | Cornell University
Thursday, December 06, 2018
Next in our Tackling Food Waste series: Any food discussion inevitably involves GMOs. Columbia University's Katherine Baker spoke with an organic farmer and plant pathologist/geneticist to find out more.
Tags: woodland, davis, pfincali, agriculture, sustainable agriculture, consumers, skepticism, storyfest2019
Here's an unpopular, but environmentally friendly habit that can prevent food waste and reduce the amount of waste that heads to the landfill: Dumpster diving. And, surprise! You might also make some money doing it. (Photos by Peter Jurich/University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Planet Forward Senior Correspondent | University of Wisconsin-Madison
Thursday, November 29, 2018
My partner and I have been dumpster diving for a little over a year now. It sounds gross — and it certainly can be — but we've found mostly benefits to this uncommon practice.
Tags: dumpster diving, Recycling and Upcycling, Food Waste, food waste prevention, circular economy, college, University, pfcorrespondent, storyfest2019
George Washington University
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
With people like Jana Fonda, Greta Thunberg, and Rep. Ocasio-Cortez supporting climate legislation, Capitol Hill has been hectic. As an intern for a climate crisis committee, this unique experience has shaped my view on bipartisanship.
Tags: youth climate movement, Greta Thunberg, politics, capitol hill, select committee on the climate crisis, storyfest2020
In a time before stay-at-home orders, crowds gathered for D.C.'s global climate strike in September 2019 (Image by Victoria Middleton).
Planet Forward Correspondent | University of Wisconsin-Madison
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Even during a global pandemic, youth climate activists engaged people across the world during Earth Day Live, a three-day, virtual mobilization to stop the climate emergency.