Storyfest 2022
Columbia University
Approximately 5.5 million people ride the New York City subway everyday making subway cars prime real estate for advertising and public service announcements –– like these about the benefits of street trees.
Strumigenys ayersthey. (Image courtesy of Philipp Hönle)
George Washington University
Scientists describing a new species of ant, Strumigenys ayersthey, have broken with conventional naming traditions and used the pronoun “they” instead of the traditional male or female form to promote nonbinary gender inclusivity.
Left: Spain, 2021 (Ryan Bieber/Ithaca College) Right: California, 2019 (Andreas Haslinger/Unsplash)
Planet Forward Correspondent | Ithaca College
There are two huge mountain ranges, on two different continents, both of the same name. The similarities don’t end there either. Both are being increasingly affected by climate change.
George Washington University
In this short documentary, Planet Forward Comcast Sustainable Storytelling Fellow Jennifer Cuyuch highlights Plantita Power, an organization that provides healthy food options for the D.C. QTBIPOC community.
Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | University of Arizona
A multitude of unexpected benefits have sprouted after water was added to a river in Tucson, creating an explosion of desert biodiversity.
(Photo by Matthew Johnson)
SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry
Matthew Johnson embarks on a journey to uncover how his local and global rock climbing community interprets the natural environments they interact in.
Columbia University
Climate change communication is complex. Pathways, a new strategy game, is making this conversation more accessible to the next generation.
SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry
An investigation into how the community at an environmental college isn't taking sustainable actions.
Middlebury College
There has been a longstanding consensus that ocean conditions are the primary driver for lower salmon returns. But in July of 2020, a study offered groundbreaking evidence that freshwater habitat health may play a large role too.
Clamming on the Puget Sound. (Photo by Olga Baos Mallol)
Unity College
How water pollution is affecting the Southern Resident Orcas and the salmon population in the Puget Sound.