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Essay | How a student-led social enterprise inspires youth to think globally, and act locally
Maria Zaharatos

The Middlebury Institute of International Studies

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Indigenous energy and equations
Shondiin Mayo

Indigenous Correspondent Program | University of Alaska Fairbanks

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Celia Ledón: Turning waste into wonderful
Anneliese Forlenza

George Washington University

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What will our future sound like? How marine ecologists are confronting ocean sound pollution
Jonathan Kopeliovich

University of Connecticut

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Kids can do it too: How a children’s book can inspire community-based action for the environment
Maria Zaharatos

The Middlebury Institute of International Studies

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The science of science communication
Katie Perkins

Planet Forward Correspondent | Texas Tech University

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Essay | Issues of animal agriculture at Point Reyes National Seashore
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How heat hurts the body: Five things to know
Zoe Swiss

George Washington University

How heat hurts the body: Five things to know

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Essay | Can I make it back to my beach?
Hannah Krantz

Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University

A woman, seen from the back, is wearing light blue jeans and a black jacket carries a closed umbrella and is being blown back by the wind. She walks along a coastline's hard-packed sand on a cloudy, grey day.
Reflections | A lesson from the ocean
Alyssa Milstead

University of Georgia

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Reflections | The Ridge
Kate Monday

University of Georgia

Essay | Why the Pakistan floods affect all of us
Saher Mir

George Washington University

A roadway in Kashmir is flooded with brown water reaching up to the bumpers of a car.
Reflections | Following your dog’s feces footprint
Hannah Woodward

University of Georgia

A small wooden bridge and pathway are lined by green trees in Cornelia City Park, Georgia.
Bite me: Fighting back against invasive species one course at a time
Katie Perkins

Planet Forward Correspondent | Texas Tech University

Reflections | My day in Cloudland Canyon
Nicolas Horne

University of Georgia

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Introducing the inaugural Indigenous Correspondents Cohort
Alexander Cotnoir

George Washington University

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