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Planet Forward Senior Correspondent | New York University
Thursday, December 10, 2020
What is precision agriculture? How can the use of drone technology, information services and artificial intelligence assist farmers in maximizing their productivity while emphasizing sustainability?
Tags: precision agriculture, Green Tech, artificial intelligence, Resource efficiency
Northwestern history professor Doug Kiel shares practices of Indigenous philosophy that can save the world as part of the Generations of Environmental Justice program in Vail Chapel. Kiel is a member of the Oneida nation of Wisconsin. (Catherine Odom/Medill)
Northwestern University
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Earth Day was cold and rainy this year. But that did not stop the Northwestern University student organizers of Generations of Environmental Justice from hosting an all-night teach-out on April 22 and 23.
Tags: Northwestern University, Earth Day, environmental justice, education, events, Indigenous knowledge.
Northwestern University
Sunday, June 24, 2018
Medill's Nefertari Bilal reports: The rise of tourism in Guna Yala promises profit, but locals face challenges posed by both globalization that tourism brings and the threat of the industry's collapse, posed by climate change.
Tags: Guna Yala, climate change, tourism, globalization, sustainability
Darryl Fears is a Washington Post environmental reporter and 2020 Pulitzer Prize winner. (Photo illustration with photo courtesy Darryl Fears)
The George Washington University
Friday, August 28, 2020
Darryl Fears, a veteran Washington Post reporter who has been covering the environment for the past decade, discusses his Pulitzer Prize-winning work, and offers insight on the issue of racism in both newsrooms and conservation.
Tags: Darryl Fears, The Washington Post, environmental journalism, race, expert voices, Q&A
Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | University of Arizona
Tuesday, March 08, 2022
A multitude of unexpected benefits have sprouted after water was added to a river in Tucson, creating an explosion of desert biodiversity.
Tags: Biodiversity, water conservation, heritage, local gardens, hope, storyfest2022
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Researcher Aly Courtemanch starts her work day on skis. That’s how she gets around on the alpine terrain where she studies the Teton Range bighorn sheep herd.
Tags: Assignment Earth, Bighorns, Tetons, sheep
Planet Forward, George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Changes in diet and innovations in technology enabled our ancestors to weather a rapidly changing climate at the dawn of civilization. Can we draw on what our ancestors discovered to find ways to adapt to our current climate conundrum? Dr. Brian...
Tags: koobi fora, Kenya, anthropology, climate adaptation
National Science Foundation
Monday, February 13, 2012
A multinational research team is developing biochars--fine-grained, highly porous charcoal that helps soils retain nutrients and water.
Tags: biochar
The George Washington University
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
By Morgan Weil and Haley Milon
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