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Storyfest 2025

Storyfest 2025

Planet Forward in the Galápagos 2024

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The Indigenous Correspondents Program

The Indigenous Correspondents Program

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The Planet Forward Frontline Climate Fellowship

The Planet Forward Frontline Climate Fellowship

Ask PF: Climate Advice for Students, by Students

Ask PF: Climate Advice for Students, by Students

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Planet Forward Series Hub

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Forget about sea walls, meet oyster reef balls
Carter Weinhofer

Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | Eckerd College

Essay | Learning about trust for every being’s benefit
Kamryn You Mak

Planet Forward Correspondent | Middlebury College

A person in a brimmed hat and a blue tank top stands near a table filled with large dishes of food in an outdoor, tropical setting.
Connecting flights: Connecticut gardeners forge pathways for migrating pollinators
Zareen Reza

University of Connecticut

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

Middlebury College

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

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

Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | Eckerd College

A sign with a picture of a "tarpon tag" license plate. The text underneath states, "This project was funded by a grant from Tampa Bay Estuary Program's Specialty License Plate"
Systems of dignity: How recyclers are making cents of the bottle bill
Eva Kotobuki Sideris

Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt

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Meaningful and equitable community engagement
Bridget Maloney

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

Graphic which captures the questions, hurdles, and creative methods of community engagement that have developed throughout the pandemic.
Building an environmental ideology
Emma Gregg

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

Volunteers mark Martin Luther King Day with environmental service
Medill News Service

Northwestern University

A crowed of masked volunteers raise yellow "grabbers" which will be used to pickup trash.
All eyes on Tucson: Grassroots efforts give rise to a water conservation committed city
Halley Hughes

Planet Forward Alum | University of Arizona

A roundabout in the middle of a paved street.
Recipes for Food Security | COVID prompted local communities to creatively combat food insecurity. Are structural solutions next?
Sejal Govindarao

Planet Forward FAO Fellow | George Washington University

People in face masks organize food items into cardboard boxes in a gray warehouse space under a green sign that reads "FOOD FOR ALL."
We’ve saved the Whales!
Glory Jacquat

Franklin & Marshall College

How local farms are important for a community’s environmental sustainability
Leo Rosenblum

Ithaca College

A bird’s song: Harriet Kemigisha’s conservation efforts and community empowerment in Kibale National Park
Rosa Negash

Ohio University

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