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Reflections from Iceland | Vidya Muthupillai
Vidya Muthupillai

Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University

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Founding Director | Planet Forward

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Climate-Smart projects funded at Tuskegee University and other HBCUs
Ciara Thomas

Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | Tuskegee University

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Essay | The importance of native flowers
Kevin R Darcy

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

A bee rests on the stalk of a plant featuring many small yellow flowers.
School’s out on fossil fuels: Divesting in higher education
Sachi Kitajima Mulkey

Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | University of California, Berkeley

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Crow cowboys: A story of responsibility, respect and resilience
JoRee LaFrance

University of Arizona, Ilíiaitchik: Indigenous Correspondents Program (ICP)

Stephen Yellowtail is a generational Crow cowboy who has held onto the Yellowtail ranching legacy on the Crow Reservation.
Strange Lake Huron sinkholes may be the key to finding life on other planets
Daniel Schoenherr

Michigan State University, Knight Center for Environmental Journalism

Humans weren’t prepared for the pandemic, and neither were National Parks
Kristen Caldwell

George Washington University

My family at the summit of Bubble Rock, Acadia National Park.

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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

A blue logo graphic with an image of a lighthouse and the word,
Essay | Fungi in fashion? Opening our minds to the world under our feet
Victoria Smith

Condé Nast College of Fashion and Design

A collage of images of mushrooms, fungi, and fashion.
Indigenous energy and equations
Shondiin Mayo

Indigenous Correspondent Program | University of Alaska Fairbanks

Bond points to a graphic on a computer screen at this work desk.
ModiMask: Turning used surgical masks into tote bags
Cael Parker

Virginia Commonwealth University

Guyana: A country hanging in the balance
Michael Khan

George Washington University

The crisis affecting small farms and their farmers: Mental health in agricultural circles
Zareen Reza

University of Connecticut

A woman steps over a large tarp covering crop land at a small farm.
Eco-Fiction | A road trip through the end of the world
Abigail Baumgard

Eckerd College

A poster board on a white wall filled with print outs of text next to colorful pictures.
What will our future sound like? How marine ecologists are confronting ocean sound pollution
Jonathan Kopeliovich

University of Connecticut

An adult and a juvenile whale swim under the ocean with rays of sunlight coming through the water.

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