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GWU School of Media and Public Affairs
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Media consumers are not getting a balanced diet of food news. That was among the conclusions of a fascinating conversation among leading journalists and food experts convened by Planet Forward, the George Washington University-based consortium of
Tags: food security, communication, food literacy
Planet Forward Intern/Marymount University
Friday, October 02, 2015
A food factory in the UK is taking the term "plant power" to a new level: It runs on potatoes.
Tags: biofuel, biofuels, clean energy, renewable energy, Food Waste
(Photo by Natsuko Mazany)
The George Washington University, Spring 2016 Editorial Intern
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Halley and Natsuko created a photo story focused on food beauty standards and how they cause consumers to have unrealistic expectations of how fruit and vegetables should look.
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Indiana University, storyfest2016 finalist, storyfest2016
The George Washington University
Thursday, October 27, 2016
Planet Forward recently hosted a conversation: “The Science of Science Communication: Telling a Story with Impact.” Our expert presenters brought a realistic approach to the pitfalls of science communication and offered some advice for improving it.
Tags: communication, science communication, framing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, climate change
(Illustration on silk by Mira Nussbaum)
SUNY Environmental Science & Forestry
Thursday, November 17, 2016
After the 2016 election, the art of serious storytelling just got both harder and more interesting.
Tags: Serious Storytelling, Complexity, framing, storytelling, media, Journalism, communicating science, science communication
The George Washington University
Tuesday, December 06, 2016
Our fall Planet Forward Salon brought food expert and NPR correspondent Allison Aubrey to George Washington University to discuss methods of "Telling the Story of Wasted Food."
Tags: Food Waste, food waste prevention, food, methane digester, farm, farming, produce, reuse
In this image from 2012, Brian Lawson and Kenesaw Burwell work on panels that the Energy Department is using to leverage a Power Purchase Agreement with Sun Edison and Xcel Energy. (Dennis Schroeder/U.S. Department of Energy)
Elon University
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Although our president’s withdrawal from the Paris Accord is a frustrating setback to environmental advocates, it does not come as a surprise.
Tags: climate change, Paris Climate Withdrawal, trump administration, #wearestillin
Workers carry buckets of produce on their shoulders. (Fair Food Program)
George Washington University
Friday, March 09, 2018
Farmworkers have suffered for too long as the backbone of an agricultural system that ignores them. It's time to include them in our debates about sustainable agriculture.
Tags: Fair Food Program, farmworkers, Immokalee, labor, reforms, agriculture, food, storyfest2018
A protein dense, carbon friendly lunch. (Photo by Katherine Baker)
Planet Forward Senior Correspondent | Cornell University
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
A comparison between 5 meals shows that carbon emissions per calorie varies greatly for certain types of food. Not surprisingly, meat recipes hold the highest carbon-to-calorie ratio.