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Planet Forward
Thursday, February 09, 2017
Jackson State University's Sustainable Campus promotes positive environmental changes in the behaviors and actions of JSU students, faculty, staff, and surrounding community. We work to reduce negative environmental impacts and to create sustainab
The George Washington University, Spring 2016 Editorial Intern
Monday, April 18, 2016
Andre and R’Myni created a video that focused on saving local farms in Mississippi.
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Tougaloo College, storyfest2016 finalist, storyfest2016
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Vast changes in the fields of Mississippi have driven today’s farmers to sow different seeds from past years. Cotton, the state’s signature crop, is being replaced with something greener for the environment and for the farmers.
Tags: transportation, biodiesel, University of Mississippi, Ole Miss, students
Planet Forward
Tuesday, December 06, 2016
Here you will find all of the pieces posted by the inaugural Planet Forward Correspondent team.
Learn more about these talented students:
Planet Forward Correspondent | Georgetown University
Wednesday, May 09, 2018
A panel of young environmental storytellers took the stage to share their experiences as storytellers, and share how Planet Forward helped them grow as environmental storytellers.
Tags: summit2018, storytelling, pfsummit18, college students, travel, global journalists
Joshua Jackson, researcher at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, explained that heightened ecological threats like drought or famine could lead to more intolerant societies with stricter cultural norms. (Janice Cantieri/Medill)
Northwestern University
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Rising extremes of droughts, floods or food shortages can reduce a country’s political stability and cultural tolerance, warned scientists at the American Association for the Advancements of Science conference in Boston.
Tags: drought, climate change, AAAS, anthropology, climate adaptation, natural disasters, ecological threat, violence, politics
Tom led Planet Forward's 2017 Storyfest winners to Camp 41 in the Amazon rainforest, outside of Manaus, Brazil. Also pictured, from left behind Tom, Frank Sesno, Josh Ettinger, and Zé Luís Carmago. (Dan Reed/Planet Forward)
Founding Director, Planet Forward
Monday, December 27, 2021
Our beloved friend and Planet Forward Advisory Council member passed away on Christmas Day. We remember and celebrate a remarkable life.
Tags: Tom Lovejoy, brazil, Amazon, conservation, Biodiversity, education, obituary
Medill News Service
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
In arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court, California and the National Pork Producers Council debated California’s move to ban the supply of pork from producers who fail to meet strict animal welfare requirements.
Tags: Animal welfare, pigs, food, court case, debate
Planet Forward
Friday, March 31, 2017
A Q&A with our finalists in the Right Brain category.