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Storyfest 2023

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, Virginia Commonwealth University

ModiMask: Turning used surgical masks into tote bags
Guyana: A country hanging in the balance
Michael Khan

George Washington University

Guyana: A country hanging in the balance
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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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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