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Storyfest 2025

Storyfest 2025

Planet Forward in the Galápagos 2024

Planet Forward in the Galápagos 2024

Planet Forward in Iceland 2024

Planet Forward in Iceland 2024

The Indigenous Correspondents Program

The Indigenous Correspondents Program

Student Experiences

Student Experiences

Planet Forward Opportunities

Planet Forward Opportunities

Congrats to our 2024 Storyfest Winners!

Congrats to our 2024 Storyfest Winners!

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

Planet Forward Series Hub

Planet Forward Series Hub

Open Show Features

plastic waste

Essay | Is the key to solving the plastic problem in our past?
Hannah Stelben

Franklin & Marshall 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

NelPlast: Transforming plastic waste into low-cost houses in Ghana
Beverly Ndifoin

Mandela Washington Fellow | Notre Dame University

A man wearing a blue button-down shirt, with a white mask in his shirt pocket, tan pants, and a bright blue hardhat, stands in front of a large stack of primarily gray plastic bricks.
GW distributes reusable bottles to campus community
Greer Blount

Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University

Student in a GW sweatshirt smiles while holding up a decorated blue water bottle.
Task force developing plan to reduce single-use plastics on campus
Sejal Govindarao

Planet Forward FAO Fellow | George Washington University

How plastic can save the planet
Judith Marklin

Sewanee: The University of the South

Will COVID-19 slow the reduction of plastic bags on the environment?
Madeline Taylor

George Washington University

plastic bags piled up
5 brands that are leading the way toward sustainable periods
Kathryn Nohilly

George Washington University

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Essay | How COVID-19 changed my practice of environmental ethics
Cate Twining-Ward

Senior Correspondent Alum | Columbia University, George Washington University '21

Peril & Promise: Turning milk into sustainable tees
Frank Sesno

Founding Director | Planet Forward

Pretty shouldn’t hurt: Beauty products that feel as good as they look
Margo Hannah

George Washington University

Makeup display at the Take Care shop in Georgetown
Meet Cameroon’s ‘plastic man’: The story of environmental activist Forbi Perise
Francesca Edralin

World Wildlife Fund

A greener future built with plastics
Gillian Hall

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

Precious Plastic: Providing a solution to plastic waste
Jess

George Washington University

From plastic to aluminum: A cup swap at 2 sports venues
Matthew Lauster

SUNY College at Brockport

Denver Nuggets mascot shows off a new aluminum cup
5 things you need to know about the straw war
Aaron Gong

George Washington University

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