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Essay | Learning about trust for every being's benefit
A person in a brimmed hat and a blue tank top stands near a table filled with large dishes of food in an outdoor, tropical setting.

Josiane describing each dish that was made collectively at Sofia and Gus', with home-grown garden ingredients and without connection to any municipal water or power. (Kamryn You Mak)

Kamryn J You Mak
Middlebury College
A trip to French Polynesia provides enlightenment on community, trust, and how we need both to be better stewards for the planet.
The buzz about robotic bees
An extreme close up of a tiny robotic bee perched on the end of a toothpick.
Emma Saaty
George Washington University
Robotic bees are being developed to study buzz pollination and help support the conservation of declining bee populations across the globe.
Reflections | Finding peace and nature behind the Hollywood sign
Looking down at Beachwood Canyon from a wooded hill.

Above Beachwood Canyon, Los Angeles. (Nevaeh Brown)

Nevaeh Brown
University of Georgia
What lies behind the Hollywood sign? A different kind of glamorous. Join me to discover.
Reflections | Appreciating nature and saving a life at Shady Creek River

Shady Creek River during sunset with haze over the water in July 2021. (Shannon Lorusso)

Shannon Lorusso
University of Georgia
Messing around in nature at the Shady Creek River, Georgia. Slumbering in an Eno hammock, saving a life, and more…
Reflections | My day in Cloudland Canyon
A view of the canyon partially obscured by trees.

One of the best views of Cloudland Canyon. (Photos by Nicolas Samuel Horne/University of Georgia)

Nicolas Horne
University of Georgia
Leaving ungodly early. Arriving at Cloudland Canyon. Walking it openly. Join me for an adventure.
Reflections | Night in a Georgia swamp
The author canoes in a river in Georgia.

Canoeing the Okefenokee Swamp. (Photo courtesy Clint Hawkins)

Avery Hawkins
University of Georgia
Escape into the wondrous Okefenokee Swamp. Alligators, cypress trees, egrets, oh my!
Introducing our inaugural Indigenous Correspondents
Alexander Cotnoir
George Washington University
We are in a time of Indigenous resurgence and now is the time to reclaim our narrative and tell our own stories. Meet our inaugural Indigenous Correspondent team.
Reflections | How a single night in Utah reshaped my future
A black and white image of Bryce Canyon, seen from above.

A panoramic overlooking Bryce Canyon, Utah at a roadside view point on the evening of July 8, 2016. (Lauren Minnick)

Lauren Minnick
University of Georgia
A mom-daughter story in the red dust of Utah canyons. There’s running involved. Join us.
A Native space: Designing an Indigenous storytelling, mentorship program

JoRee LaFrance and Alexander Cotnoir, making the Indigenous Correspondents Program announcement at the 2022 Planet Forward Summit in April, on stage with Frank Sesno. (PlanetForward.org)

Planet Forward Staff
Planet Forward
Planet Forward’s Senior Editor and Education Lead Lisa Palmer talks to Alexander Cotnoir and JoRee LaFrance about the Indigenous Correspondents Program and the future they envision for the program.
With book in hand: Continuing the work of Lovejoy and Wilson in the heart of DC
"Go With the Flow," original video/music by Ron Cohen
"Go With the Flow," original video/music by Ron Cohen
Joel I. Cohen
Visiting Scholar, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
How the next generation of naturalists can celebrate and protect the biodiversity of the canal that became a park in the heart of Washington, D.C.

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