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Science storytelling can build bridges to understanding

Here, a citizen scientist does sampling in Rocky Mountain National Park. (National Park Service)

UC Berkeley

Two scientific storytellers explain the communication strategies they use and talk about what the consequences of ineffective communication are in the modern era.

Growing scientists in the rainforest

Our guide João Batista da Silva navigated the trails around Camp 41 like it was his own backyard. Researchers at the camp dedicate their lives to the forest every day in order to understand its inner workings. (Photos by PlanetForward.org)

Jacob Lebel

Umpqua Community College

Planet Forward led a student storytelling expedition to the Amazon. Learn about the scientists, on the frontlines of ecological research in the heart of the rainforest, who seek to understand how human systems can coexist with natural ecosystems.

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The stories of Alaska — and the stories of you

Shandra Furtado

George Washington University

In the final piece of our Alaska series, watch this video and hear about the connections made with those in Alaska using different types of storytelling, and how we might find our own stories.

Talking to skeptics about climate change

Katherine Baker

Planet Forward Senior Correspondent | Columbia University

Next in our Alaska series: While many still find climate change up for debate, perhaps the way to engage and persuade these individuals is by focusing on its effects in their own communities rather than in far away places.

At the Institute: Living and learning off the grid

Ashley Gallagher

Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University

Watch this video, part of our Alaska series, to learn more about the Inian Islands Institute and how one family is keeping things running in the Alaskan wilderness, mostly cut off from the outside world.

An experiential learning experiment in Alaska

Shandra Furtado

George Washington University

In this photo essay, part of our Stories of Alaska series, learn about a climate and nature research center hidden among the temperate forests speckled along Alaska's southeastern coast: the Inian Islands Institute.