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Congrats to our 2025 Storyfest winners!

Congrats to our 2025 Storyfest winners!

Wild Vermejo | Capturing the beauty and bounty of New Mexico

Wild Vermejo | Capturing the beauty and bounty of New Mexico

The Indigenous Correspondents Program

The Indigenous Correspondents Program

Our Water Stories

Our Water Stories

Planet Forward Mystic Aquarium Summer Fellowship

Planet Forward Mystic Aquarium Summer Fellowship

Planet Forward at Ford 2025

Planet Forward at Ford 2025

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Planet Forward Opportunities

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Student Experiences

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Biodiversity

Choosing coexistence: Reframing the narrative around weeds and pests
River Soderholm

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

A close-up of a dandelion at night with a green field in the background.
Conservation starts in your neighborhood
Reagan Johnson

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

Conservation starts in your neighborhood
Meet the Crypt Keepers of Oakwood Cemetery
Ashley Mitchell

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

Meet the Crypt Keepers of Oakwood Cemetery
From the ocean to the mountain: Agroforestry in Micronesia
Micah Seidel

Planet Forward Correspondent | Rutgers University

An ecosystem resurges in the desert as Lake Powell dries up
Tyler Hickman

Planet Forward Correspondent | University of Colorado Boulder

An ecosystem resurges in the desert as Lake Powell dries up
Ape Action Africa: Guardians of Cameroon’s primate legacy
Beverly Ndifoin

Mandela Washington Fellow | Notre Dame University

Ape Action Africa: Guardians of Cameroon’s primate legacy
Fighting rampant bird collisions with rescues and simple window modifications in Chicago
Astry Rodriguez

Planet Forward Correspondent | Northwestern University

Fighting rampant bird collisions with rescues and simple window modifications in Chicago
Youth advocates rally together as whaling resumes off the coast of Iceland
Emma Montgomery & Katie Perkins

Planet Forward Correspondent | Texas Tech University

Youth advocates rally together as whaling resumes off the coast of Iceland

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Transforming Iceland | How stories inspired 60 years of preservation on Iceland’s youngest island
Gabe Allen

University of Colorado Boulder

The Revolution Wind Farm is blowing away fossil fuel dependence, but effects on marine life remain a concern
Samuel Timms

University of Connecticut

The last straw: Northwestern University students weigh in on consumer plastic pollution
Medill News Service

Northwestern University

Justice takes root: Evanston, Illinois, activists tackle disparities in tree coverage across the city
Joyce Li

Northwestern University

Reflections from Iceland | Halley Hughes
Halley Hughes

Planet Forward Alum | University of Arizona

Reflections from Iceland | Vidya Muthupillai
Vidya Muthupillai

Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University

Essay | Pandora’s Matchbox: How colonialism and misunderstanding tarnished Yosemite
Melissa Deng

UCLA School of Law

Essay | Wild rice farming in Northern California: Finding sustainability for a notoriously unsustainable crop
Julia Paige-Carter

Planet Forward Correspondent | Arizona State University

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