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Farm, family, and faith: A recipe for environmentalism

The McPheeters family primarily farms corn, which is sold to Frito-Lay and used to make ethanol. (Laura Whaling/GWU)

Planet Forward Podcast

On this podcast, follow me on my journey to southwestern Nebraska to the McPheeters family farm to learn about their relationship with their land.

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Volunteers mark Martin Luther King Day with environmental service

Medill News Service

Northwestern University

Isabel Miller reports Anacostia Riverkeeper held a community river clean up day on Saturday in commemoration of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy of service.

U.S. not on track to achieve Biden's climate goals, data finds

Medill News Service

Northwestern University

Cristobella Durrette reports that data released last week shows that the U.S. is not on track to meet Biden's climate change goals, at the start of a year when his climate agenda will face multiple challenges.

Opinion | Drop party loyalty and get loyal to the planet

Brooklyn Brown

American Conservation Coalition

While I went to Glasgow to represent young conservatives interested in combating climate change, I also learned that this issue requires a new, collective shift in approach from people on all sides and in all sectors.

Sustainability that sticks: GW students make reducing plastic personal

Greer Blount

Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University

So Long, Single-Use? | As George Washington University students returned to campus in the fall of 2021, they took ownership of the university's single-use plastics ban through the personalization of reusable water bottles.