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The George Washington University
Thursday, March 08, 2018
Learn about food waste while discovering ways to combat it in the D.C. community.
Tags: food, Food Waste, un, fao, unfao, GW, au, American, storyfest2018, Video
Founding Director, Planet Forward
Friday, January 22, 2021
In our latest episode with PBS's Peril and Promise, produced in association with ASU's Global Futures Laboratory, we meet two individuals looking to the sun for inspiration to move the planet forward.
Tags: peril and promise, PBS, WNET, solar, Solar Energy, indigenous peoples, Native American
Thursday, March 14, 2013
A multi-university team from Washington, DC is competing in this year's Solar Decathlon and aiming for a very special end product - a house suitable as a healing home for a returning American veteran.
Tags: George Washington University, solar power, Solar Decathlon, net zero, Harvest Home, Veteran, steel, american university, catholic university
A moment with the forest.
Planet Forward Podcast
Friday, March 03, 2017
Robin Wall Kimmerer explains what modern society has to learn from a Native perspective.
Tags: native, Native American, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Robin Kimmerer, SUNY ESF, SUNY-ESF, native perspective, sustainability, storyfest2017, podcast
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Sustainability at Allegheny College is a community endeavor that is as much about responsibility as it is about fun.
Tags: American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment, Allegheny College, Center for Economic and Environmental Development, Gator Green
Friday, June 24, 2011
The Centers for Disease Control says 93% of us have Bisphenol-A in our bodies.
Tags: Assignment Earth, This American Land, BPA, green chemistry, bisphenol-A, TSCA, Safe Chemicals Act of 2011, Environment News Trust
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Serene. Soothing. Magnificent. These are all words appropriate to describe the Cascadia Marine Trail, a 150 mile entirely water-based recreation trail along the coast in the Pacific northwest.
Tags: This American Land, Camping, conservation, earth, preservation, Canada, Environment News Trust, Cascadia Marine Trail, marine trail, pacific northwest
Friday, August 12, 2011
We are exposed to hundreds of chemicals every day in household items that you might not expect to be potentially harmful, including non-stick cookware, plastic bags and bottles, and cleaning products.
Tags: epa, Assignment Earth, This American Land, TSCA, Environment News Trust, chemicals, Toxic Substances Control Act, Frank Lautenberg, formaldehyde, lead
Thursday, July 21, 2011
R. J. Kopchak was formerly the part owner of a fisherman’s co-op in Cordova, Alaska, which was experiencing great success in the late 1980s. Then, on March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran aground, and "the world changed."
Tags: oil, Assignment Earth, This American Land, Alaska, oil spill, Environment News Trust, drilling, Exxon Valdez, herring, Prince William Sound
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Now that President Obama has just approved offshore drilling in Alaska, how will that affect the native population? Here are some reactions from the native population and their concerns for the future.