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Polluted air and rivers have acute local health effects and changing rainfall and temperature patterns cause global disruptions in supplies of food and clean water. Learn what is being done to mitigate the impact.

Antibiotics In Our Food: How Much Is Too Much?

Video by Diana Wilkinson and Erica Halvorson

Erica Halvorson

The George Washington University

According to Lance Price, overuse of antibiotics in livestock could set us back nearly 100 years in public health — but the consumer can do something about it.

What Does Climate Change Mean for Your Favorite Park?

Diana Wilkinson

The George Washington University

Nothing reminds me of home like Rosedale Park. Whether it was going on fall picnics with my family, fishing at the lake with my grandfather, or running through piles of multicolored leaves during fall cross-country races, Rosedale has served as the... Read More

And We're Back

Calyn Gelinas

GWU

What struck us, what stuck with us and what's coming next.

Buen Provecho

Tyler Cox

The George Washington University

Eating Habits and Patterns of the Chapín

Expectations, Reality and New Questions

Calyn Gelinas

GWU

A visit to a community considered extremely vulnearble to chronic child malnutrition by Guatemala's government reveals the complexities of addressing the issue.

The Chapín Diet

Tyler Cox

The George Washington University

Exploring Guatemala’s Culinary Tradition

Tzununá - Where the Hummingbirds Fly

Water taxi on grand Lake Atitlan

Dana Preston

GWU

From Guatemala City to rural communities, is La Ventana de los Mil Días having an impact?

On the Road to the Western Highlands

Tyler Cox

The George Washington University

Journey through a Green Country

UMass Medical School: Embracing Sustainability to Improve Human Health

Michael Cohen UMMS

University of Massachusetts Medical School

CLA 2014 SPECIAL FOCUS INSTITUTION WINNER: UMass Medical School is using sustainability programs to help cure disease and improve lives.

A Family Affair

Dana Preston

GWU

Socially-Conscious Engagement from a Family-Owned Radio Station

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Livestock are struggling to stomach climate change. Might bison rumen help?

Adam Goldstein

University of Missouri

Declining rangeland and rising temperatures have livestock ranchers searching for solutions. To South Dakota State University research assistant Anlly Fresno Rueda, a bison’s gut is as good of a place to start looking as any.

Essay | Water waste in the west: How Californians are taking new measures

Mia Rosenblatt

The George Washington University

California residents have been altering their habits and daily lives due to the state's over 20-year drought conditions. These practices can be an example to others as climate change worsens.

A Native space: Designing an Indigenous storytelling, mentorship program

Planet Forward Staff

Planet Forward

Planet Forward’s Senior Editor and Education Lead Lisa Palmer talks to Alexander Cotnoir and JoRee LaFrance about the Indigenous Correspondents Program and the future they envision for the program.

Regenerative reporting from McGinley Ranch

Frank Sesno

Founding Director, Planet Forward

A select group of students from several universities recently traveled to McGinley Ranch in Nebraska to study and report on regenerative agriculture, land management practices, and sustainable bison ranching.