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Americans embrace tiny houses as the future of sustainable living

Digital rendering of the three-level EngiNUity home with a balcony and a small outbuilding

The tri-level home offers two bedrooms and 2.5 baths as well as an additional bed and bath in the accessory dwelling unit. EngiNUity even included a deck. (Photo courtesy EngiNUity - Northwestern Solar Decathlon team)

Medill News Service

Northwestern University

A team of Northwestern University engineering students won the 2021 Solar Decathlon Design Challenge by designing an energy-efficient home. Their approach makes us ask: Could small homes be a viable investment in a sustainable future? Medill's... Read More

The Crystal Future of Natural Gas

Christopher E Wilmer

This week on Bloomberg West, we featured NuMat Technologies. They’ve developed an innovative new method that uses tiny crystals to store alternative forms of energy. Check it out!

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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.

Restricted water flow and nutrient pollution threaten southwest Florida’s mangrove forests

Medill News Service

Northwestern University

Volunteers helping in recovery at Benedict Key aim to build up an oyster reef to shield the fledgling mangroves from destructive waves, Sarah Anderson reports.