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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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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.

Remembering Dr. Thomas Lovejoy

Frank Sesno

Founding Director, Planet Forward

Our beloved friend and Planet Forward Advisory Council member passed away on Christmas Day. We remember and celebrate a remarkable life.

Seven ways to support Indigenous Peoples

Rebecca Small

George Washington University

Indigenous Peoples play a key factor in the protection of the environment. Here are seven ways in which you can support Indigenous Peoples all around the world.