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Storyfest 2025

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Planet Forward in Iceland 2024

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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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Recycling & Upcycling

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
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

Designer Daniel Davilla finds the beauty in discarded materials

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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 '21

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

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

World Wildlife Fund

A greener future built with plastics
Gillian Hall

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

Precious Plastic: Providing a solution to plastic waste
Jess

George Washington University

The Journey of Compost
Kylie Litaker

Eckerd College

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