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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

Open Show Features

environmental justice

A moment for change: Social and environmental critique through poetry
Hannah Loder

George Washington University

Finding water on top of the world: Water issues of New Mexico
Eva Kotobuki Sideris

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

A blue pickup truck is parked on a dirt road in front of a field with rows of green crops extending towards the horizon line. Large mountains are in the distance.
Essay | Interstate 81 and the Inner Loop: Viaducts for environmental racism
Jenna Magioncalda

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

A portion of Rochester's Inner Loop taken from a driver's view. An upcoming bridge displays two different exit signs. No cars are on the expressway, except one in front of the camera.
Urban Roots at Garfield Park Conservatory teach Chicago teens how to take care of their environment
Adriana Martinez-Smiley

Planet Forward Correspondent | Northwestern University

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. .
HUD ruling against Chicago seeks to halt decadeslong trend of environmental racism on city’s South, West sides
Sam Bull

Northwestern University

A factory tower looms behind a chainlink fence. A graffitied speed limit sign stands in the foreground.
Essay | Why the Pakistan floods affect all of us
Saher Mir

George Washington University

A roadway in Kashmir is flooded with brown water reaching up to the bumpers of a car.
A Native space: Designing an Indigenous storytelling, mentorship program
Planet Forward Staff

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Northwestern students highlight Indigenous voices at all-night Earth Day event
Medill News Service

Northwestern University

Person in mask sits in a church pew looks forward at a presentation. The presenter stands in front of a screen which reads "HOW INDIGENOUS PHILOSOPHIES CAN SAVE THE WORLD."
Summit conversations: ‘Pass the Mic’ featuring Project Drawdown’s Matt Scott
Planet Forward Staff

Editorial Staff

Water is Life (Tó éí iiná): Groundwork to solving water inequity on the Navajo Nation
McKenzie Allen-Charmley

Arizona State University

Tribal leaders urge lawmakers to fund Native American climate resiliency projects
Medill News Service

Northwestern University

Planet Forward ends fall event series on high note with climate justice discussion
Planet Forward Staff

Editorial Staff

Indigenous academics gather over restoration for ecosystems and from injustice
Victoria Middleton

Digital Editor, Planet Forward

A tree on the edge of a forested bluff which looks over a green valley below.
Peril & Promise: The new EPA Administrator is leading with environmental justice
Frank Sesno

Founding Director | Planet Forward

Hear from EPA Administrator, Al Roker at the 2021 Summit
Frank Sesno

Founding Director | Planet Forward

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