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The George Washington University
Friday, February 07, 2020
How much do you know about sustainability? Has your knowledge on the environment ever been tested by a stranger on the street?
Tags: sustainability, storyfest2020, LEED, united nations
Roger Williams University
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
BRISTOL R.I.__ Nestled by the Mt. Hope Bay lies the campus of Roger Williams University and is home to a state of the art science building where salt water tanks line the labs, except for one.
Tags: RWU, planet forward, Hydroponics, aquaponics, farming, fish

In mid-August, the sunflowers are nearly ready for harvest at Schreiner Farms in Woodland, Calif. (Dani Huffman/Kenyon College)
Kenyon College
Tuesday, December 04, 2018
Next in our Tackling Food Waste series: Kenyon College student farmer Dani Huffman looks at the pros and cons of traditional and organic farming - and the issue of sustainable agriculture. Turns out it isn't as black and white as it seems.
Tags: woodland, davis, pfincali, agriculture, food, gmo, GM, plant breeding, field research, storyfest2019
Roger Williams University
Friday, April 17, 2015
BRISTOL, R.I._ Joining the Planet Forward class to search for sustainable food ventures in the area was an easy choice, choosing a topic was vastly different.
Founding Director, Planet Forward
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
By Frank SesnoTo think forward is to take a good look at the present and then apply all of your ingenuity towards cultivating a better future. Who better to ask that college students? We've got an inspiring--and inspired--group of students doing...
The George Washington University School of Business
Monday, May 09, 2016
While waiting in line outside your favorite venue, you may not be thinking about what it’s taken to make that show happen. If you look at the top 100 tours of 2015, fans traveled about 240 million miles, emitting 58,000 metric tons of CO2.
Tags: Live Music, Concerts, Tours, music, Venues, Carbon emissions, Waste
George Washington University
Monday, April 24, 2017
Urban trees need our help. One organization working in that area is Casey Trees, based in Washington, D.C.
Tags: casey trees, Urban Forestry, sustainability, green infrastructure
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
From our sustainable landscape series, this animation shows you how green roofs, permeable pavements and other green infrastructure techniques manage excess rain with sustainable design.
Tags: transportation, sewage, Infrastructure, Urban, green roofs, design, American Society of Landscape Architects, ASLA, cities, railroads
Planet Forward
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Tom Lovejoy, a rainforest expert, biologist and professor at George Mason University, spoke of the “lungs of the Earth,” and how they relate to cities at Planet Forward’s 2016 Summit.