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Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Youth leader and climate activist Ruth Miller talks the good, the bad, and the ugly about the Sept. 21 event.
Tags: youth climate movement, indigenous peoples, Indigenous, environmental justice, climate action
Ecosystem destruction, such as this pollution from a gold mine, is a primary driver of zoonotic disease reproduction and transmission. Natural ecosystems act as a buffer zone, preventing spillover of certain pathogens from animals to people.
Planet Forward Senior Correspondent | Cornell University
Friday, April 24, 2020
While much about the future remains uncertain, we do know this is not the last pandemic we'll face. And if we want to prevent future pandemics, we need to focus on the impact of humans on our environment.
Tags: public health, coronavirus, covid-19, Environment, environmental health, opinion, science
Monday, March 19, 2012
The quality of well water in Dimock, Pa. is the center of national attention for activists, journalists, regulators, lawyers, policy makers, and industry officials – all looking for the latest evidence from government studies that will support their...
Tags: fracking
Digital Media Producer, Planet Forward
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Interstellar posed a lot of interesting questions, and it turns out some scientists take these questions as seriously as potheads do. What are some of the real threats to life on Earth? Where do we go when life here becomes unsustainable?
Tags: Entertainment, blight, pathogens, soil, drought
MEANS Database/American University
Thursday, April 16, 2015
The ongoing existence of food insecurity coupled with the emerging threat of climate change demands better use of existing food resources.
Tags: Food Waste, Technology, innovation
Personal Food Computer (PFC) v2.0 alpha (2016). (Photo courtesy of Open Agriculture Initiative, MIT Media Lab)
SUNY ESF
Thursday, February 09, 2017
MIT’s Open Agriculture Initiative is drawing on the very societal changes that have distanced average citizens from traditional agriculture to close the gap in knowledge and control what we eat.
Tags: urban agriculture, sustainable agriculture, Efficient Food Production, food, food transport, storyfest2017
Stan Johnson leads a workshop at Knoxville's Socially Equal Energy Efficient Development program. (SEEED Knoxville)
The George Washington University
Friday, March 03, 2017
“Nothing stops a bullet like a job,” is the last thing you might expect the director of a sustainability program to preach, but Stan Johnson, executive director of Knoxville’s Socially Equal Energy Efficiency Development program, believe
Tags: food desert, sustainability, energy, environmental justice, community gardens, weatherization, storyfest2017
A part of the 1.35 million acre Bear Ears National Monument (Bob Wick, Bureau of Land Mangement/ Creative Commons)
Seattle, WA
Thursday, October 26, 2017
A major policy focus of Theodore Roosevelt was to preserve the natural beauty the United States, but that legacy is challenged by President Trump and Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke.
Tags: National Monuments, preservation, Theodore Roosevelt, trump administration, Ryan Zinke
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Could produce and packaged food be labeled with carbon data in the future? (Katherine Baker/Columbia University)
Planet Forward Senior Correspondent | Cornell University
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
The food system emits up to one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions and many consumers are looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprint. Sustainability labeling may be part of the solution.