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Essay | Traditional ecological knowledge and modern tools
Alisa Smith Woodruff

Evergreen State College | Ilíiaitchik: Indigenous Correspondents Program (ICP)

A white and grey fox is perched on a pile of snow with snow-covered trees in the background.
Inspiring innovation: How bacteria can help remove landmines and pollution
Isabella Elmore

George Washington University

After Hurricane Ian, sowing hope
Katie Delk

University of Florida

Two men work to rebuild the broken roof on an animal shelter.
How Indigenous knowledge guides climate justice
Darrien Benally

Planet Forward Correspondent | Northern Arizona University

The women stand near a pueblo bread oven on a sunny day. Mountains are seen far in the distance.
It belongs in a zoo(?)
Nathan Kettler

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

Indigenous plant sovereignty and Cherokee culture
Raylen Bark

Dartmouth College | Ilíiaitchik: Indigenous Correspondents Program (ICP)

A wide expanse of mountains behind a line of trees and a grassy meadow.
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.
Could probiotics help protect at-risk wildlife?
Anna Gibbs

New York University

Researcher Raquel Peixoto applies a cocktail of beneficial bacteria to a coral reef under the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia. Corals are just one of the potential beneficiaries of probiotics.

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Antarctica is collapsing – what can we do?
Libby Mohn

Planet Forward Correspondent | Middlebury Institute of International Studies

A woman in a blue jacket stands on a snowy ship deck in Antarctica
Eco-Fiction: Divided Through Rise
Payton Beaver

Eckerd College

An illustrated poster board that features drawing of two people against a backdrop of sky, land, and water
A concrete proposal: The future of eco-friendly architecture
Francisco "A.J." Camacho

George Washington University

The Centro de Innovación UC (Innovation Center) in Santiago, Chile in February, 2022.
Protesting Line 3: Indigenous sovereignty and climate justice
Jelina Liu

George Washington University

The marvels of Mendoza: Seeds of change in a drying landscape
Claire Babbott-Bryan

Middlebury College

Reconciliación en mi Río: Stewardship of the Santa Cruz River
Halley Hughes

Planet Forward Alum | University of Arizona

Kids can do it too: How a children’s book can inspire community-based action for the environment
Maria Zaharatos

The Middlebury Institute of International Studies

An illustration of three people bending down near a stream to pick up trash.
Unpacking the packaging potential of mycelium, the mushroom ‘roots’ of many uses
Kala Menchetti Hunter

Northwestern University

A black jar against a dark grey background rests on two white mycelium blocks

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