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The Green Bronx Machine teaches students how to garden and produce their own nutritious food. (Photo courtesy of Green Bronx Machine)
George Washington University
Thursday, April 01, 2021
The Bronx is home to many things — Yankee Stadium, the Bronx Zoo, the birth of hip-hop — and most recently, an idea powerful enough to change the world.
Tags: storyfest2021, classroom sustainability, youth, food access, food, Food Waste, pandemic, education
The George Washington University
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Downsizing your living space is one way to get really green. Tiny houses could be the next big thing in both sustainability and affordability.
Tags: tiny homes, microbuilding, small space, green housing
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Purdue's Solar Decathlon house featured a innovative biowall--but how practical is this kind of feature? Anthony Cefali takes a look at the future of biological interiors.
Tags: Department of Energy, gardening, Solar Decathlon, biowalls, biological interiors, purdue university, queen's college, mycorrhiza
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Can the negotiators at Durban figure out a way to design programs that will help local communities and stop climate change?
Planet Forward
Thursday, December 01, 2011
american
Thursday, June 09, 2011
An experimental proposal to reduce the devastation caused by hurricanes to humans and the environment.
Tags: global warming, geoengingeering
Monday, October 15, 2012
ecoATM’s automated self-serve kiosks use patented, advanced machine vision and artificial intelligence to evaluate and buy-back used electronics from consumers for cash.
Tags: recycling, e-waste, electronics, eWaste, resource conservation, phones
(Illustration on silk by Mira Nussbaum)
SUNY Environmental Science & Forestry
Thursday, November 17, 2016
After the 2016 election, the art of serious storytelling just got both harder and more interesting.
Tags: Serious Storytelling, Complexity, framing, storytelling, media, Journalism, communicating science, science communication
One man's trash; another man's treasure. The movement to reclaim urban space in New York City inspired communities to start recycling, sourcing their food locally, reusing and re-purposing their waste and the "garbage" of others. (Shandra Furtado/Planet Forward)
The George Washington University
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Today we see a lot of differences between rural and urban communities, which distract us from environmental issues, but why not examine the common sustainable ingenuity arising out of the simple will to survive anywhere?
Tags: Urban Sustainability, native, environmental sustainability, art, art activism
Riding a wave at Pavones, Costa Rica. (Photos courtesy of Alyssa Milstead unless otherwise noted)