Food

Eat better, smarter. Grow cleaner, more sustainable food. Great bumper stickers, but how do you do it? PF members offer their solutions on how use science and good practice to feed ourselves more sustainably.

Cycling to end food insecurity

Bike the Barns event in September, 2019. (Samantha Beck/SUNY Plattsburgh)

Samantha L. Beck

SUNY Plattsburgh

This creative project helps alleviate food insecurity in a remote area of New York. Plus, eight more ideas on how you can get involved in eliminating food deserts where you live.

Let's unpack it! Examining the designer’s role in sustainable packaging

For the physical component of my Senior Capstone Project, I designed a field guide booklet that provides designers with a basic understanding surrounding sustainability as well as outlines ways designers can advocate for sustainable solutions within their own projects.

Samantha Carpenter

George Washington University

There's much to unpack within the sustainability movement of design, and it’s becoming increasingly important for designers to open dialogues surrounding what role they play in this movement.

Opinion | To prevent future pandemics, we need to rethink human environmental impact

Ecosystem destruction, such as this pollution from a gold mine, is a primary driver of zoonotic disease reproduction and transmission. Natural ecosystems act as a buffer zone, preventing spillover of certain pathogens from animals to people.

Katherine Baker

Planet Forward Senior Correspondent | Cornell University

While much about the future remains uncertain, we do know this is not the last pandemic we'll face. And if we want to prevent future pandemics, we need to focus on the impact of humans on our environment.

Opinion | COVID-19 and climate change: Mirror, mirror on the wall

straight road looking into the distance with storm clouds overhead

The road ahead for both COVID-19 and climate change is stormy, but with science and facts by our side we can find solutions to both.

Frank Sesno

Founder and Chief Executive, Planet Forward

How can we apply the lessons we are learning now to the next looming threat — climate change — recognizing that it will, by necessity, take a back seat until the current health emergency and economic crisis subside?

Maximizing the outdoors in a quarantine world

(Photo by Hana Hancock)

Hana Hancock

George Washington University

Even if we can't always make it outside, there are proven ways we can keep our spirits up during physical distancing.

Surviving a pandemic: A new podcast on public health

In this episode we speak with emergency physician Dr. Leana Wen, who is a visiting professor of health policy and management at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health. (George Washington University)

Frank Sesno

Founder and Chief Executive, Planet Forward

Listen to Planet Forward founder Frank Sesno host a special COVID-19 series, "Healthy You: Surviving a Pandemic," in partnership with the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health.

In times of social distancing, people are reconnecting with green space

Hundreds of Tucson residents are using green spaces during the pandemic like the Loop, a 131-mile paved bikeway that now sees hundreds of daily users. (Jake Meyers / University of Arizona)

Jake Meyers

Planet Forward Correspondent | University of Arizona

Green spaces not only help cities mitigate and adapt to climate change; they can help residents cope with the shock of COVID-19.

The myth of single-use plastic bags