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Storyfest 2025

Storyfest 2025

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Join us at the 2025 Planet Forward Summit

The Indigenous Correspondents Program

The Indigenous Correspondents Program

Planet Forward in the Galápagos 2024

Planet Forward in the Galápagos 2024

Planet Forward in Iceland 2024

Planet Forward in Iceland 2024

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Student Experiences

Planet Forward Opportunities

Planet Forward Opportunities

Congrats to our 2024 Storyfest Winners!

Congrats to our 2024 Storyfest Winners!

The Planet Forward Frontline Climate Fellowship

The Planet Forward Frontline Climate Fellowship

Ask PF: Climate Advice for Students, by Students

Ask PF: Climate Advice for Students, by Students

Planet Forward Series Hub

Planet Forward Series Hub

Open Show Features

Architecture

Sustainable living at GW: How green is your dorm?
Margot Diamond & Ianne Salvosa

George Washington University

Planet Forward at Ford | The race towards carbon neutrality: The impact of Ford’s “living roof”
Joy Reeves

Planet Forward Correspondent | Duke University

Planet Forward at Ford | The race towards carbon neutrality: The impact of Ford’s “living roof”
Welcome to “Culdesac”: The first car-free neighborhood built from scratch in the US
Joy Reeves

Planet Forward Correspondent | Duke University

Welcome to “Culdesac”: The first car-free neighborhood built from scratch in the US
Turning grey spaces green: Urban cities return to nature
Des Lewis

Planet Forward Correspondent | Florida State University

NelPlast: Transforming plastic waste into low-cost houses in Ghana
Beverly Ndifoin

Mandela Washington Fellow | Notre Dame University

A man wearing a blue button-down shirt, with a white mask in his shirt pocket, tan pants, and a bright blue hardhat, stands in front of a large stack of primarily gray plastic bricks.
COP26 in Context: The importance of building for the environment
Hannah Krantz

Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University

A prototype wooden model of the architect's triangular structure, and features scaled down human figures, and boats. The sides of the building are open to allow the viewer to peer inside.
Essay | Phila-smell-phia: How one city is finding that climate change really stinks
Molly Kaiser

George Washington University

Muddy brown waters fill what is presumably streets and lower levels of a parking garage, which stands behind a bank of trees. Two mid-height office buildings are in the background
Street art’s contributions to perception of place
Tabitha Wechter

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

Street art’s contributions to perception of place

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What the Black Panther Party taught us about building a food movement
Eleanor Beckerman

Bates College

Montreal landfill turned lunar landscape: An urban sustainability story
Clarice Knelly

Planet Forward Correspondent | SUNY-Plattsburgh

In times of social distancing, people are reconnecting with green space
Jake Meyers

iDE (International Development Enterprises)

Nature-based infrastructure could be an effective way to manage flooding
Medill News Service

Northwestern University

plant grows by a marsh
Feeding communities one vertical farm at a time
Reed Hutton

Planet Forward Senior Correspondent | Middlebury College

View of Jackson, Wyoming
Panama’s balancing act: Environmentalism vs. tourism
Medill News Service

Northwestern University

Guna in San Blas Islands
D.C.’s new waterfront: The neighbor the Potomac River needs
Laura Whaling

Digital Media Producer | Planet Forward Alumnus

We can save resources by building more sustainably
Jared Shan

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

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