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🌱Planet Forward Staff Pick of the Week 🌱 Senegal is poised for economic boom — if residents can survive the pollution Senegal's new president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, faces a dilemma: advancing economic growth through oil and gas extraction while addressing severe pollution. In this piece by Planet Forward Frontline Climate Fellow Alexia Nastasia, read how Senegalese citizens are debating whether progress can coexist with environmental protection, and how a youth movement is trying to push solutions forward. Read the story here: https://lnkd.in/ejibc7-w

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📈 Planet Forward Trending Story of the Month! 📈 Maria Jose Vargas, a Planet Forward Correspondent from Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, recently wrote about her dad, Ignacio Vargas Sánchez, a coffee farmer in Costa Rica. Vargas writes: "Coffee culture is a foundational part of our family tradition and who I am." Despite the urbanization of Costa Rica that's occurred in recent decades, her family is keeping that culture alive. Though cement structures have now replaced many coffee plantations, her dad still farms on the same land their family has been on for three generations. It's just now surrounded by supermarkets, factories, and commercial offices. Ignacio Vargas Sánchez shares what it's like being an unintentional urban farmer, and how his farm and his farming practices are having a positive impact on the environment — whether he realizes it or not. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eG75HQin

Congratulations Joy Reeves!!! We're so glad to see your hard work and amazing story receive this recognition! Joy's comic about citizen scientists using spider webs to monitor air pollution can be read here: https://lnkd.in/gzYUikrh 🎉 🥳

🌱Planet Forward Staff Pick of the Week 🌱 Ocean waters in the Gulf of Maine are warming three times faster than the global average. In this piece by Planet Forward Correspondent and GW senior Paul Leoni, learn about the repercussions on lobsters and those who fish for them — and find out what comes next. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/eAdVHUWK

🌱Planet Forward Staff Pick of the Week 🌱 Meet C.D. Davidson-Hiers, founder of The Florida Student News Watch In this piece by Planet Forward Correspondent Des Lewis, get to know the founder of The Florida Student News Watch, a relaunched environmental journalism mentorship program. Inspired by her own career as a Tallahassee reporter, learn how Davidson-Hiers is preparing students to face climate crises from the classroom to the newsroom. Read the story here: https://lnkd.in/em4YtY8U

🌱Planet Forward Staff Pick of the Week 🌱 A Planet Forward Love Story: Q&A with PF alums Joy Reeves and Max Sano Sometimes all you need is love when it comes to environmental storytelling! Check out the one of a kind love story that blossomed between two Planet Forward alums in this piece by our intern Jeremy Kohler. 🌍🤎🌳 Read the story here: https://lnkd.in/gXts85c8

🌱Planet Forward Staff Pick of the Week 🌱 Charting a new course: How maps are helping communities tackle climate change In this piece by Planet Forward Summer Seminar in Multimedia Storytelling alums @Maya Teiman and @Shannon Taylor, mapmaking is explored as a potential solution to climate change. From urban geographers to student mappers, the usage of GIS mapping tools are an innovative way to tackle climate change in the classroom and beyond. Read more about community mappers in this multimedia piece created using Adobe Express linked below! Read the story here: https://lnkd.in/eszGX5EX

🚨Tonight🚨Come check out Planet Forward's own Dre Pedemonte as a Career for Change: Storytellers panelist. Join Reservoir Center for Water Solutions at 6pm to hear from and network with amazing storytellers! https://lnkd.in/enXN8aCg

📣Calling all college students📣 We are so excited to announce this year's Planet Forward Storyfest Grand Prize... an expedition to the Galápagos Islands! The Planet Forward Storyfest Awards highlight the voices of students, seeking to understand and illuminate innovations for how to best care for the earth. Submit your story following the submission guidelines on our site and enter to win a trip to the Galápagos Islands with Planet Forward and Lindblad Expeditions aboard the National Geographic Gemini. 🗓️ Deadline: February 10, 2025 Inspiring student stories to move the planet forward. ENTER HERE: https://lnkd.in/eb6jNbPV