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The Sound of Mountains Melting: A musical meditation on emotions in a world in crisis
Chris Zatarain

Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | University of Arizona

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Essay | Laal Bhagan: A Bangladeshi women’s red garden
Waseka Ahmed

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

A woman in a shawl and long dress holds a hose with water spewing out of its nozzle. Containers and gardening supplies are behind her. .
The benefits of reusable menstrual products
Lisa Steinberg

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

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Backyards, urban farms, and community gardens across Chicago grow local produce to combat food insecurity
Astry Rodriguez

Planet Forward Correspondent | Northwestern University

A woman stands in a garden wearing a winter coat and holding an orange pumpkin.
Essay | Leave only bubbles: The importance of coral reef nurseries
Heidi Sproull

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

A large reef made up of orange corals spreading out in every direction. A field of underwater corals extend into the blue distance.
Madison housing co-ops aim for energy efficiency
Seeger Gray

Northwestern University

A large white building with solar panels on the roof seen from above.
How education leads to youth empowerment and environmental involvement
Anna Papantonopoulos

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

A group of children peer into a net held by a teacher who is holding something up inside of the net.
UConn researchers develop model to better track wild cats
Amanda McCard

University of Connecticut

A bobcat walks in a snowy landscape.

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Engaging communities around a “Green New Deal” in Illinois
Adriana Martinez-Smiley

Planet Forward Correspondent | Northwestern University

Community management and the importance of license plates in Tampa Bay
Carter Weinhofer

Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | Eckerd College

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Foreign rabbit disease threatens Connecticut rabbit populations
Madeline Papcun

University of Connecticut

Essay | Infested waters: A look into zebra mussels in Otisco Lake
Adam McIntyre

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

The dry-cleaning disaster: Remediation begins on one of New York’s superfund sites
Harrison Wells Dengel

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

Tuning into a sound ecology: A conversation with acoustic ecology technician and field recording artist Laura Giannone
Chris Zatarain

Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | University of Arizona

Onondaga Lake: Clean enough?
Ethan McDevitt

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

The power of aquaculture in Papua New Guinea
Joshua Rosenstein

Planet Forward Correspondent | Middlebury College

Jesmond Sammut stands with four other men from Papua New Guinea in a lush green environment.

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