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Founding Director, Planet Forward
Friday, May 25, 2012
Shopping secondhand — in person or online — is good for both the economy and for the environment. (Pixabay)
George Washington University
Monday, December 07, 2020
While retail is struggling because of the COVID-19 pandemic, secondhand shopping is booming. This is an unexpected win for sustainability.
Tags: Facebook marketplace, fast fashion, secondhand selling, thrift stores
Photographrs set up their cameras to protect gear for impact of remotely-triggered launch close-ups. (Kelly Calagna/MEDILL)
Northwestern University
Sunday, November 20, 2016
There is no “standard equipment” when it comes to protecting a camera from the intense exhaust of a space rocket, so each individual journalist or photographer must MacGyver his or her own unique contraption for the job.
Tags: NASA, space, rocket launch, photography, goes-r
Director of Academic Adventures, Planet Forward
Monday, October 14, 2013
KIBERA, Kenya – In the largest slum in Kenya, even if families can get food they might not have the tools to cook it safely. Meet Mary Njenga, a Kenyan scientist developing a cleaner, cheaper cooking fuel.
Tags: feeding the planet, Kenya, Africa, kibera, charcoal, cooking materials, cooking, traditional diet, mary njenga
Planet Forward Correspondent | Carleton College
Friday, January 31, 2020
How the Macaw Society is saving an iconic tropical species, and training a new generation of conservationists, too.
Tags: Biodiversity, Amazon Rainforest, Macaws, Volunteering, Conservation Biology, storyfest2020
Planet Forward
Friday, September 03, 2010
by Max Burns
Public and private-sector agencies have spent decades and millions of dollars for research and recovery to bring the Mexican gray wolf back from the brink of extinction. And those efforts appear to be paying off. (Michael Hannan/Cronkite News)
Arizona State University
Friday, April 02, 2021
Government agencies, including the Arizona Game & Fish Department, and the private Endangered Wolf Center in Missouri have invested millions of dollars and decades worth of research to save the Mexican wolf from extinction.
Tags: Biodiversity, endangered species, native species, research, storyfest2021
The George Washington University
Friday, April 01, 2016
To tell my story, I decided to write several Cinquain formatted poems and string them together. The finished poem tells the story of a hurting world in which the solution is around every corner, but no one seems to realize it.
Tags: solar, Cinquain, poem, led, lightbulbs, streetlights, Urban, resilience
Monday, January 11, 2010
Cutting your carbon footprint, in some cases, can save you money.