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Essay | There’s food at the house: Food waste and its impact on homelessness
Ciara Thomas

Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | Tuskegee University

Essay | There’s food at the house: Food waste and its impact on homelessness
Seeking a swimmable D.C.: Water quality monitoring in Rock Creek
Sophie Kahler & Zoe Swiss

Social Media Manager | Planet Forward

A river with rocks and kayaks in the distance
Book created by UConn students helps people connect with nature
Amanda McCard

University of Connecticut

Book created by UConn students helps people connect with nature
Curbing the tide of single-use plastic straws: A simple and natural solution
Beverly Ndifoin

Mandela Washington Fellow | Notre Dame University

Curbing the tide of single-use plastic straws: A simple and natural solution
DC community activists win electric bus fleet in Ward 4
Sophie Kahler

Social Media Manager | Planet Forward

DC community activists win electric bus fleet in Ward 4
Let it grow! A guide to ethical and sustainable foraging
Helen Brose

University of North Texas

Let it grow! A guide to ethical and sustainable foraging
What are the arguments made for the case of climate refugees in Germany?
Adriana Martinez-Smiley

Planet Forward Correspondent | Northwestern University

What are the arguments made for the case of climate refugees in Germany?
Essay | Is the key to solving the plastic problem in our past?
Hannah Stelben

Franklin & Marshall College

Essay | Is the key to solving the plastic problem in our past?

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Kraken Island: Envisioning a circular society
Lonica McKinney

Virginia Commonwealth University

The gas stove debate
Medill News Service

Northwestern University

Essay | Learning about trust for every being’s benefit
Kamryn You Mak

Planet Forward Correspondent | Middlebury College

A person in a brimmed hat and a blue tank top stands near a table filled with large dishes of food in an outdoor, tropical setting.
Connecting flights: Connecticut gardeners forge pathways for migrating pollinators
Zareen Reza

University of Connecticut

The pictures, one depicting a yellow butterfly perched on pink flowers, a bee perched on a red flower, and a brown butterfly on white flowers.
Get inspired with Candace Clark
Hannah Krantz

Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University

Create change on your campus with bees, trees, and the human spirit
Eden Gardner

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

A bee is perched on a light purple flower with a green stem.
Reflections | The Danish Sun
Grace Mains

University of Georgia

A row of colorful houses along a picturesque canal in Denmark. Sailboats are docked along the canal edge.
Reflections | Spring Snow
Emily Harris

University of Georgia

Rain falls onto a pond in a Georgia backyard. The pond is encircled with garden plants and filled with lily pads.

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