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Informal waste picking: How one woman in Cameroon is providing food for her family while empowering others
Patu Ndango Fen

Mandela Washington Fellowship Reciprocal Exchange

Informal waste picking: How one woman in Cameroon is providing food for her family while empowering others
Essay | As our planet warms, artificial intelligence could help quench the thirst of billions facing water scarcity
Anya Wahal

Georgetown University

Essay | As our planet warms, artificial intelligence could help quench the thirst of billions facing water scarcity
Can a new currency guide global decarbonization?
Cate Twining-Ward

Senior Correspondent Alum | Columbia University, George Washington University

Can a new currency guide global decarbonization?
A forgotten region looks to the future: Young Appalachians hope for unity
Rachel Freed

George Washington University

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COP26 in Context: From reducing methane emissions to packaging
Hannah Krantz

Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University

COP26 in Context: From reducing methane emissions to packaging
COP26 in Context: Connecting finance to climate
Hannah Krantz

Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University

COP26 in Context: Connecting finance to climate
Recipes for Food Security | The new ‘big ag’: What regenerative agriculture can learn from conventional farming
Benjamin Thomas

Planet Forward FAO Fellow | Franklin & Marshall College

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Recipes for Food Security | Town molds community-driven model for new farmers to buy land
Jules Struck

Planet Forward FAO Fellow | Emerson College

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