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George Washington University
Thursday, February 06, 2020
Growing up in a beach house in a town that comes alive in the summer was paradise. But it will soon be paradise submerged.
Tags: Hurricane, sea level rise, Adaptation, climate change, sea wall, natural disaster
Diane Dorfer on her farm. (Zareen Reza/University of Connecticut)
University of Connecticut
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Small farms are suffering in the face of climate change and a tumultuous economy; it's no wonder that farmers feel the effects as well. But one group is offering help.
Tags: agriculture, small farming, climate change, mental health
Eco-Business
Friday, March 09, 2018
Envisioning an inspiring future requires the right vocabulary to build this world — the upcoming "Loanwords to Live With" is a collection of ecotopian words that should exist in English to talk about the environment, but don't yet.
Tags: Language, ecotopia, future, sustainability, storyfest2018, Video
Several bison wander the prairie lands of McGinley Ranch on September 18, 2022. (Frank Sesno/Planet Forward)
University of Missouri
Friday, September 30, 2022
Declining rangeland and rising temperatures have livestock ranchers searching for solutions. To South Dakota State University research assistant Anlly Fresno Rueda, a bison’s gut is as good of a place to start looking as any.
Tags: regenerative agriculture, bison, rumen, bacteria, genetics, DNA, McGinley Ranch, Turner Institute for Ecoagriculture, growing soil
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The father and son pair, Aresio Valiente López and Diwigdi Valiente, pose for a portrait in the university where López teaches, la Universidad de Panamá. The two share a dynamic bond, a call and response relationship of bouncing ideas off of each other, always out of a sense of mutual pride. (Colin Boyle/Medill)
Northwestern University
Monday, May 14, 2018
Medill's Laura Zornosa reports from Panama: Sustainability means preserving the culture of San Blas’ sinking islands for this environmental advocate.
Tags: kalu yala, climate change, Guna Yala, ecotourism, tourism, panama, Environment
Florida International University
Friday, March 09, 2018
Following your dreams is a luxury that most people never get to experience. But Susette Onate, one young girl with a dream of protecting her local butterflies, not only lived her dreams, she saw them exceed her wildest imagination.
Tags: storyfest2018, butterflies, gardens, storfest, florida, urban living, cities
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Senior Writer, Planet Forward
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
While climate change is a settled scientific issue — most credible scientists agree that the earth is heating up and humans are to blame —
Tags: climate change, tips
A baby zucchini grows beneath a yellow blossom. (Maja Dumat/Creative Commons)
The George Washington University
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
The pandemic may have forced you into a new relationship with food. But the food that ends up on your plate has always traveled a complicated, exploitative, and convoluted path to get there.
Tags: GroW Garden, food system, food desert, environmental justice, covid-19, black farmers, farming, public health
Mealworms, the larval form of the mealworm beetle, and an edible insect (OakleyOriginals/Creative Commons)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Friday, March 09, 2018
Insect farming has the potential to reduce malnutrition in food insecure areas of the world.
Tags: insect, agriculture, malnutrition, global health, protein, Zambia, MIGHTi, farming, storyfest2018
After the 1986 nuclear disaster, the environment surrounding Chernboyl has begun to recover. Despite persisting levels of radiation, the absence of humans makes the area an ideal location to study rewilding. (C. Colourin/CC0 Public Domain)
New York University
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
The site of one of the world’s largest nuclear accidents provides a unique setting to study radiation and the resiliency of nature.