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Himnodia Hispano-Chamorra: un patrimonio de España

Mar 20, 2024 | dialnet.unirioja.es | Eric Forbes

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Wildfire recovery: From science to art and from burn to bloom

Sep 27, 2023 | planetforward.org | Eric Forbes

Pairing science and art may seem like two opposites coming together, but at the From Burn to Bloom event in Fort Collins, Colorado on August 19, 2023, the combination was used to help communicate wildfire recovery concepts to the public. This innovative approach to communicating science partnered scientists with artists to help distill their science into interactive booths, activities, and displays.
Rising cost of farm land leads to grassroots community innovation

Sep 14, 2023 | rmpbs.org | Eric Forbes

The organization focuses on short-term leases producers have around Fort Collins. Poudre Valley Community Farms is able to help producers through their grassroots community support and a partnership with the city of Fort Collins Natural Areas be providing land for local agriculture at different city-owned properties.
Plastic waste gives life to water & classroom infrastructure in Mbalmayo, Cameroon

Apr 11, 2023 | planetforward.org | Beverly Ndifoin |Sophie Kahler |Eric Forbes |Adriana Martinez-Smiley

Through the Bottles to Bricks project, Environmentalist and Founder of Think Green – Ahmed Moumine has been able to give about 15,000 plastic waste bottles a second life by constructing a water tank, classroom, and two toilets for Government Nursery and Primary School New Town, Quartier Haoussa, Mbalmayo in Yaounde, Cameroon.
Why illness spikes when water supplies dwindle

Feb 9, 2023 | planetforward.org | Gina Jimenez |Adam Goldstein |Eva Kotobuki Sideris |Eric Forbes

Dr. Rocío Juárez is used to treating patients suffering from vomiting and diarrhea, but she had never seen an outbreak of intestinal disease as bad as the one last February in her hometown of Monterrey, in Northern Mexico. “There were at least a couple of weeks in which nearly every patient I saw had diarrhea,” Juárez said of the outbreak, in which a dire water shortage coincided with a dangerous spike in intestinal disease. But was it really just a coincidence?
It all starts with no-till

Feb 8, 2023 | planetforward.org | Kala Hunter |Alyssa Landolfi |Eric Forbes |Katie Perkins

Organic, non-GMO, and cover crops dominate the narrative of crop standards that benefit consumers, the planet and soil health. But a growing sustainability and soil health practice missing from the conversation is “no-till” agriculture.
Piscataway Park: Reconnecting with nature for sustainability

Feb 6, 2023 | planetforward.org | Jing-ning Hsu |Mia Rosenblatt |Eric Forbes |Max Sano

Our relationships with the land and water are broken. As nature has become a resource that we extract and gain profit from, the global food system leaves billions of people underfed or overweight and contributes to one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions. Anjela Barnes, a Piscataway woman offers a different narrative of our relationship with nature. Her work with Accokeek Foundation at Piscataway Park is a demonstration of what it will look like.
Beyond the soil | Water in Colorado

Feb 2, 2023 | planetforward.org | Eric Forbes

In this photoessay, explore the geography of Colorado's agricultural water needs through the stories of two men living in opposite corners of the state, but whose experiences surrounding the need for irrigated water are incredibly similar.