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Community picks are the most viewed Ideas on Planet Forward.

GW Campus Challenge

Show Us An Idea That’s Moving the Planet Forward Vote for the best idea at The George Washington University! The Campus ... more ...

William Paterson University: An Array of Sustainable Initiatives

William Paterson University in New Jersey won a Planet Forward award, thanks to a unique initiative that affects both ... more ...

Campus Sustainability, Climate Leadership Awards, Colleges and Universities, Education, Efficiency, Electric Cars, Green Building, Hybrid Vehicles, Solar

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Reducing Energy Usage by 19% in Four Years

Illinois' students approved a student green fee, which enabled them to achieve $12 million in energy savings, decrease ... more ...

Biking, Campus Sustainability, Climate Leadership Awards, Colleges and Universities, Education, Green Building, Green Living, Public Transportation, Solar, Solar Decathlon, Transportation, Water

University of South Florida: Innovating Generation ‘S’

What is cuter than little kids working in a garden? Students at the University of South Florida are including their ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Business, Campus Sustainability, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Climate Leadership Awards, Education, Efficiency, Engineering, Green Building, Green Communities, Policy, Science, Water

EPA P3 Competition

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Algae, Campus Sustainability, EPA P3

The "Magneto" of Wind Energy

If Magneto and Storm from X-Men had a love child, what energy innovation would their offspring create? Regenydyne ... more ...

Adaptation, Architecture, Business, Economics, Efficiency, Green Communities, Green Living, Wind

Episode 1: Middlebury's March To The Solar Decathlon

This summer the Middlebury Solar Decathlon team is building a 100% solar-powered home to compete in the U.S. Department ... more ...

Architecture, Clean Tech, Education, Green Building, Green Communities, Green Living, Renewable Energy, Solar, Solar Decathlon

The world's oldest carbon experiment is helping predict what our climate will be like in 2100 if atmospheric CO2 levels continue to rise

There’s a virtual “climate crystal ball” just a few miles from Washington D.C. in Edgewater, MD, where ... more ...

Adaptation, Climate Change, Science

Greensburg: A Model to Rebuild From Catastrophes

In the wake of the Joplin, Missouri tornado, Greensburg provides hope for rebuilding not just successfully, but ... more ...

Adaptation, Architecture, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Economics, Efficiency, Engineering, Geothermal, Green Building, Green Communities, Green Living, Natural Disasters, Renewable Energy, Science, Solar, Wind

Bike to Work!

Bike to Work Day is a nation-wide cycling event that attracted one million people in cities across the country last ... more ...

Biking, Green Living, Transportation

Cover the California Aqueduct in Solar Panels to Double Down on Energy

As a native San Franciscan who cares deeply about the environment, I’m writing with a clean water and energy proposal ... more ...

Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Solar, Water

Algae biofuel may be the fuel of the future.

In a co-production with NOVA Science Now, QUEST explores the potential of algae once considered nothing more than pond ... more ...

Algae, Biofuels, Science, Transportation