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The Wilderness Society
Tuesday, September 06, 2011
Climate change is happening all around us - see how we can prepare our communities and wild places like forests and streams for climate change, all while improving the environment and creating jobs.
Tags: global warming, climate, forest, Adaptation, wetlands, restoration, climate change, storms, natural resources, stream
(Photo courtesy Ambreen Tariq, founder of Brown People Camping.)
George Washington University
Friday, March 09, 2018
Environmentalism has been historically very white, but that's changing at many professional organizations. Here's an inside look at diversity at The Wilderness Society.
Tags: race, diversity, The Wilderness Society, professional environmentalism, environmental organizations, storyfest2018
Polar bears are one of the many wildlife residents of ANWR (Alan D. Wilson/Wikimedia Commons).
George Washington University
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has value that exceeds the benefits we could reap from drilling or even visiting. Correspondent Matilda Kreider explains why intrinsic value is important to keep in mind in conservation.
Tags: alaska, National Parks
National Geographic and Planet Forward
Thursday, February 24, 2011
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.
Tags: Storyfest 2018, storyfest winner, Competition, alaska
The Amazon rainforest: Pristine wilderness or forest garden? (Photos by Tomasz Falkowski/SUNY-ESF)
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Planet Forward led a student storytelling expedition to the Amazon. Tomasz looks at how foreigners, violence, poor soil and roads killed off 90% of the Amazon population. Can looking at the past help us find a way to better manage this ecosystem?
Tags: Amazon, rainforest, soil, indigenous peoples, Planet Forward in the Amazon, Camp41
Earthlife Africa Johannesburg director Makoma Lekalakala speaks at the Madrid U.N. Climate Change Conference in December 2019. (Photo courtesy of Earthlife Africa Johannesburg)
Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University
Thursday, June 25, 2020
In South Africa, a country with the world's largest wealth disparity, poor communities face daily environmental threats. Find out how environmental justice activists are chipping away at this inequality through grassroots efforts.
Tags: environmental justice, environmental activism, South Africa, public health, pollution, storyfest2021
Harper Simpson, former agriculture intern at Kalu Yala, wears jewelry to remind her to stay strong in times of hardship. (Cassandra Majewski/Medill)
Northwestern University
Monday, April 24, 2017
In a place so focused on environmental sustainability, an important caveat at the eco-town Kalu Yala is its struggle to create an environment that is mentally sustainable.
Tags: kalu yala, sustainability, mental health
Photographed in the forests of Palawan, a Philippine pangolin pup nudges its mother, rolled up in a protective ball. (Gregg Yan/Creative Commons)
Planet Forward Senior Correspondent
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Pressuring governments to issue bans and closures of wet markets could prevent the emergence of infectious disease. But it does not solve the widespread issue of bushmeat circulation between hunters and their families.