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Connecting flights: Connecticut gardeners forge pathways for migrating pollinators
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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.
Together we grow: Aquaponics can change the way we grow food in the desert and beyond
Chris Zatarain

Planet Forward 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.
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Arielle Bader

Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University

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Arielle Bader

Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University

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Shayna Greene

George Washington University

Intention over convention: A tiny house journey
Natalie Davey

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

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Deepti Bansal Gage

Senior Correspondent | Planet Forward Alumnus

Green goddess: The girl whose garden changed the world
Gillian Elizabeth Daley

Florida International University

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