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Storyfest 2025

Storyfest 2025

Planet Forward in the Galápagos 2024

Planet Forward in the Galápagos 2024

Planet Forward in Iceland 2024

Planet Forward in Iceland 2024

The Indigenous Correspondents Program

The Indigenous Correspondents Program

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Student Experiences

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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

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Planet Forward Series Hub

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Green Living

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

Northwestern University

The last straw: Northwestern University students weigh in on consumer plastic pollution
Changing the tide of waste management in Bamenda, Cameroon
Laura Malou

Mandela Washington Fellowship Reciprocal Exchange

Changing the tide of waste management in Bamenda, Cameroon
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
Saving the planet through religion
Shreya Agrawal

University of Southern California

Saving the planet through religion
Countering misinformation and evaluating environmental impact: Experts discuss aftermath of Ohio train derailment and toxic spill
Delan Li

University of Connecticut

Countering misinformation and evaluating environmental impact: Experts discuss aftermath of Ohio train derailment and toxic spill
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

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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

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Curbing the tide of single-use plastic straws: A simple and natural solution
Beverly Ndifoin

Mandela Washington Fellow | Notre Dame University

DC community activists win electric bus fleet in Ward 4
Sophie Kahler

Social Media Manager | Planet Forward

Let it grow! A guide to ethical and sustainable foraging
Helen Brose

University of North Texas

What are the arguments made for the case of climate refugees in Germany?
Adriana Martinez-Smiley

Planet Forward Correspondent | Northwestern University

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

Franklin & Marshall College

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

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