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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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Astonishing Alaska | Chasing lipids: The industrial thirst for Alaskan oil

Farzona Comnas

George Washington University

Today, petroleum is one of Alaska's main exports, but the use of oil in the region goes back thousands of years to the Tlingit people's harvesting of lipid-dense and flammable candlefish. Can this history illuminate a way to a green-fueled future?

Astonishing Alaska | Rocks are storytellers too

Halley Hughes

Planet Forward Correspondent | University of Arizona

An expedition with Lindblad in Southeast Alaska shows the realities of climate change and uncovers the mysteries behind the "language" of rocks.

With book in hand: Continuing the work of Lovejoy and Wilson in the heart of DC

Joel I. Cohen

Visiting Scholar, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University

How the next generation of naturalists can celebrate and protect the biodiversity of the canal that became a park in the heart of Washington, D.C.

Food Rescuers: Food recovery in the capital

Jelina Liu

George Washington University

In this mini-documentary, Planet Forward Comcast Sustainable Storytelling Fellow Jelina Liu provides a look into the extensive food recovery network in the United States' capital, Washington, D.C.