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The George Washington University
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Senior Writer, Planet Forward
Monday, September 21, 2015
What an incredibly strong and flexible material, a fraction of the weight of steel, and can be created by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?
Tags: green chemistry, green building materials, George Washington University
In times of crisis, whether our current pandemic or a natural disaster, how should social scientists manage their research of human subjects? (Lisa Shoning-Young/Creative Commons)
Research Director for Sustainable GW | George Washington University
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Given the ongoing crisis, many faculty and researchers are launching projects that deal with disasters. But a key question for social scientists working with human research subjects is how to conduct research in these conditions.
Tags: coronavirus, covid-19, Colleges and Universities, research, social sciences, education, mental health
Matilda Kreider in the entrance hall to the Committee on World Food Security Conference at FAO headquarters in Rome. (Marisa Umeh/UC-Berkeley)
George Washington University
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
At the end of our time in Rome, I spent a day exploring the ancient city of Pompeii. Just as Pompeii experienced a catastrophic environmental event in 79 A.D., we in 2019 are facing down climate change on a global scale.
Tags: PFrome2019, SDGs, nutrition, zerohunger, fao, unfao, united nations, cfs46, pfinrome
The Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens is in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood. (Wikimedia Commons)
George Washington University
Thursday, December 21, 2017
Of all the places on the planet you’d expect to find the greenest building, you probably don't think of Steel City.
Tags: Pittsburgh, living building, Phipps Conservatory, net zero energy, Green building, storyfest2018
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
The last couple of weeks of climate change news and legislation offers no better metaphor than from a 15-minute slice of time from this past Sunday's (April 25th) Climate Rally down on the National Mall.
Tags: climate change, Climate Rally
George Washington
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
In a rapidly changing world, businesses must regularly measure risks and opportunities as they strive to maintain a competitive edge. Luckily, this indicates more focus on the environment and sustainable growth.
Tags: Urban Sustainability, Construction Industry, green walls, green roof, LEED, LEED Certification, Science and Engineering Hall, SEH, GW
Rohan Agrawal at the Committee on World Food Security Conference in October 2019. (Dan Reed/PlanetForward.org)
Planet Forward Correspondent | University of Mississippi
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
I had impatiently waited to attend the Committee on World Food Security for the past four months. Little did I know that I was about to step inside a place that would dramatically change my perspective on global issues.
Tags: PFrome2019, SDGs, nutrition, zerohunger, fao, unfao, united nations, cfs46, pfinrome
George Washington University
Thursday, February 22, 2018
The popular imagination may think of agriculture as Mom and Dad with a pitchfork, but today’s Nebraskan corn farm is probably the furthest thing from the average arm-chair-futurist’s daydreams of farming reality.
Tags: pfinnebraska, Nebraska, precision agriculture, agriculture, farm, storyfest2018
Planet Forward
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
I will be live blogging for Planet Forward first breakfast salon today from 8a-9:30a ET.