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From water scarcity to security: How Cap Cameroun islanders are solving their problems with plastic bottles
Gladys Asu Ngouana

Mandela Washington Fellowship Reciprocal Exchange

From water scarcity to security: How Cap Cameroun islanders are solving their problems with plastic bottles
Ayeah Leonette is a singer and single mother saving the planet, one car tire at a time
Giyo Ndzi

Mandela Washington Fellowship Reciprocal Exchange

Ayeah Leonette is a singer and single mother saving the planet, one car tire at a time
Campus sustainability and circularity: George Washington University’s Green Move-Out Program
Daria Nastasia

Planet Forward Video Production Assistant | George Washington University

Essay | Water conservation in the Potomac River
Emma Smith

Unity College

Essay | Water conservation in the Potomac River
Plastic waste gives life to water & classroom infrastructure in Mbalmayo, Cameroon
Beverly Ndifoin

Mandela Washington Fellow | Notre Dame University

Essay | Can thrifting combat fast fashion?
Madison Paulus

George Washington University

Essay | Can thrifting combat fast fashion?
Cleanup Club Chicago tackles pollution after COVID pandemic increases single-use plastics litter
Astry Rodriguez

Planet Forward Correspondent | Northwestern University

Cleanup Club Chicago tackles pollution after COVID pandemic increases single-use plastics litter
Systems of dignity: How recyclers are making cents of the bottle bill
Eva Kotobuki Sideris

Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt

Systems of dignity: How recyclers are making cents of the bottle bill

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From the landfill to the wardrobe: Wasted textiles find a new home
Beverly Ndifoin

Mandela Washington Fellow | Notre Dame University

Fashion designer, Ngwane Liz poses while wearing one of her garments.
NelPlast: Transforming plastic waste into low-cost houses in Ghana
Beverly Ndifoin

Mandela Washington Fellow | Notre Dame University

A man wearing a blue button-down shirt, with a white mask in his shirt pocket, tan pants, and a bright blue hardhat, stands in front of a large stack of primarily gray plastic bricks.
Designer Daniel Davilla finds the beauty in discarded materials
Elena Walsh Ferré

George Washington University

Composting: Turning college kids’ trash into environmental treasure
Hannah Richter

University of Chicago

Plastic: The threat that’s everywhere, even within us
Cate Twining-Ward

Senior Correspondent Alum | Columbia University, George Washington University

5 ways restaurants are putting climate change on the menu
Lily Young

George Washington University

Secondhand shopping is a win for the environment – and the economy
Lindsay Paulen

George Washington University

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Meet Cameroon’s ‘plastic man’: The story of environmental activist Forbi Perise
Francesca Edralin

World Wildlife Fund

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