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What can we learn from the pandemic to create a world that embodies the Sustainable Development Goals?
Director, GW Office of Sustainability | Co-Director, SustainableGW
Friday, April 10, 2020
As we are adapting to the stay-home realities of a global pandemic, we are having a first-hand experience of global change. In the chaos we may find confusion, anxiety, and new ways to cope. But we also can find a learning moment.
Tags: education, coronavirus, covid-19, Environment, climate change, public health
Planet Forward
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Water is often called the "canary in the coal mine" of climate change--how we use, save and clean our water will be a big indicator of how well we adapt to the changing climate. Do you have an idea for keeping the water flowing?
Planet Forward
Tuesday, March 03, 2020
Planet Forward
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Join thought-leaders from government, industry, and academics at “GW Moving the Planet Forward,” a symposium to highlight solutions to the challenges of a changing planet. The half-day conference will also highlight “Innovation Challenges” offered...
Tags: GWMoving, GW Moving the Planet Forward
Planet Forward, The George Washington University
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Climate-KIC (Knowledge & Innovation Community), Europe’s main climate innovation initiative, recently hosted “hackathons” simultaneously in 16 cities around the world. D.C.'s event was at GW.
Tags: food, Food Waste, Climathon, Sustainability at GW
(Image by Arielle Bader)
George Washington University
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic soared around the world, people turned to science for answers.
Tags: science, communication, Panel, coronavirus, reporting, accurate, truth
The George Washington University
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Three GWU Latin American and Hemispheric Studies masters students have teamed up with Planet Forward to conduct research on malnutrition in Guatemala.
Tags: explorers, food security, hunger, guatemala, communication, innovation
The George Washington University
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
The battle begins on the rooftop.
Tags: Urban Sustainability, Bees, rooftop beekeeping, apiary, urban agriculture, agriculture, food
George Washington University
Friday, March 09, 2018
After declining to about 10% of its population over the last century, the hawksbill sea turtle in Belize is on the rise again thanks to expanded legal protections.
Tags: belize, sea turtles, Hawksbill, endangered species, storyfest2018, Video, infographic
From left: Alex Rubenstein, Navya Pothamsetty, Shandra Furtado, Ashley Gallagher, Katherine Baker, Sven Lindblad, Frank Sesno, Vanessa Moss, Emily Arnold and Dr. Imani M. Cheers.
Planet Forward
Saturday, April 07, 2018
Winners will travel to Alaska, courtesy of Alaska Airlines, to travel with Lindblad Expeditions aboard the National Geographic Sea Lion this June.