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Helping the homeless with Miriam's Kitchen

Miriam's Kitchen is changing soup kitchen culture.

The George Washington University

Soup Kitchens traditionally just feed their guests, but Miriam's Kitchen has taken significant steps in helping the homeless beyond just food.

A Big Green Hotel for the Homeless

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Planet Forward

From the Policy Greenhouse at the George Washington University on July 10, 2009

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Saving the planet, one web search at a time with Ecosia

Emily Arnold

Georgetown University

The search engine Ecosia plants trees with partners from around the world with their ad revenue.

A Kalu Yala hike turned into high adventure

Medill News Service

Northwestern University

Fifty miles over four days. Seven hikers left Kalu Yala, a sustainable eco-town in the Panamanian jungle, to trek to the Caribbean Sea and quickly discovered an untested trail and faced other challenges head-on.

Hiking app puts the mountains at your fingertips

Medill News Service

Northwestern University

Residents and interns at Kalu Yala are working on adding hiking trails around the community to the AllTrails app, which allows you to use your phone as an offline GPS tracker.

Guna Yala locals grasp at faith, culture, while facing climate change

Medill News Service

Northwestern University

Speckled just north of the vivacious Panamanian coastline is a chain of islands facing the threat of disappearing. The islands' daunting fate is not determined by the doing of their inhabitants, but rather by the world around them.