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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
Reinventing a sustainable crab fishery
Sachi Kitajima Mulkey

Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | University of California, Berkeley

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Together we grow: Aquaponics can change the way we grow food in the desert and beyond
Chris Zatarain

Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | University of Arizona

Charles Collins' aquaponic garden. Water pours out from one garden bed overflowing with home grown vegetable plants, into another lava-rock filled bed.
From the landfill to the wardrobe: Wasted textiles find a new home
Beverly Ndifoin

Mandela Washington Fellow | Notre Dame University

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Astonishing Alaska | A whale of a tale: Citizen science aids whale identification
Ryan Bieber

Planet Forward Correspondent | Ithaca College

Astonishing Alaska | A whale of a tale: Citizen science aids whale identification
GW distributes reusable bottles to campus community
Greer Blount

Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University

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Designer Daniel Davilla finds the beauty in discarded materials
Elena Walsh Ferré

George Washington University

Designer Daniel Davilla finds the beauty in discarded materials
Corporate sustainability review: Google
Lily John

Planet Forward Correspondent | SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

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Arizona fashion incubator is sustainably changing the industry
Diana Quintero

Planet Forward Correspondent | Arizona State University

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Green Africa Youth Organization: Climate action in Ghana and the Global South
Max Sano

Planet Forward Alumnus | Franklin & Marshall College, New York University

Untangling the web of plastic bag bans
Ryan Bieber

Planet Forward Correspondent | Ithaca College

White plastic bag floating in a body of water.
Essay | Phila-smell-phia: How one city is finding that climate change really stinks
Molly Kaiser

George Washington University

Muddy brown waters fill what is presumably streets and lower levels of a parking garage, which stands behind a bank of trees. Two mid-height office buildings are in the background
Recipes for Food Security | ‘Word of mouth still means a lot’: How sustainability spreads
Jules Struck

Planet Forward FAO Fellow | Emerson College

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Recipes for Food Security | Dollars and diversity: Why young farmers need investment, representation
Jules Struck

Planet Forward FAO Fellow | Emerson College

A man and woman in casual attire stand several yards apart, looking at one another, in an agricultural feild surrounded by residential houses.
Recipes for Food Security | Town molds community-driven model for new farmers to buy land
Jules Struck

Planet Forward FAO Fellow | Emerson College

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Recipes for Food Security | Sustainability is the goal. Here’s what young farmers need to get there
Jules Struck

Planet Forward FAO Fellow | Emerson College

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