i’m also looking forward to new programming and opportunities for you here at planet forward! 

i’m delighted to announce planet forward’s seventh annual storyfest competition! we’ll recognize and reward the best, most compelling student-told stories that focus on ideas and innovations that address climate change, sustainability, environmental equity. stories qualify for storyfest if posted to planetforward.org between june 1, 2020, and march 26, 2021. 

prizes will be awarded in the following categories: 

• best science essay 

• most compelling character 

• most creativity in the art of storytelling

• best use of data

• best scalable innovation. 

the fan favorite will also be back, where the audience selects the winner! 

you can see contest details of each category on our storyfest page and please see the official rules for particulars of the contest. if you still have questions, the storyfest faqs should answer them. if not, feel free to reach out to storyfest@planetforward.org. for inspiration, see the great work of the storyfest 2020 winners. 

grand prize winners will receive $500 cash, which can be used to purchase production equipment or fund a future storytelling project. winners will also have 50 trees planted in their name in a us national forest by our planet forward partners, one tree planted. 

stories inform, inspire, and prompt action. they elevate ideas and introduce us to people who make a difference. 

we look forward to seeing your story …  to 2022年卡塔尔世界杯官网 .
 

lovejoy, a biologist who coined the term “biodiversity,” has worked in the brazilian amazon since 1965 on a project that has been called “the greatest ecology experiment of all time,” according to duke university’s stuart pimm, a noted biologist. lovejoy also founded the popular public television series “nature.” 

according to george mason university, in the 1970s he helped bring attention to the issue of tropical deforestation, and in 1980, he published the first estimate of global extinction rates. 

sesno is planet forward’s founder and director of gw’s school of media and public affairs. his career spans more than three decades, including 21 years at cnn where he served as white house correspondent, anchor, and washington bureau chief. he has interviewed five u.s. presidents and literally thousands of political, business, and civic leaders. sesno is also the author of “ask more: the power of questions to open doors, uncover solutions, and spark change.”

the winners who will be joining these exceptional hosts are:

• innovator award winner: redefining progress by jayme dittmar, university of montana
• right brain winner: the language of birds by tomasz falkowski, suny-esf
• left brain award winner: bringing back bald eagles by carrick palmer, suny-esf
• visionary award winner: stewards of the sea: community supported fisheries charting a new course for oregon’s seafood industry by jacob lebel, umpqua community college
• 22nd century winner: paper houses: how one company is revolutionizing the architecture industry by sydney greene, arizona state university
• fan favorite winner: don’t kill my buzz by nolan hausler & emily robinson, the george washington university

your story can be something you did for an internship, a class, a school tv show or website. it can be about lots of things — new modes of transportation, awesome ways to generate or conserve energy, smart technologies that will improve our lives, architectural and engineering innovations, urban farms and food.  

bottom line: i want to feature your cool ideas that will help build, retrofit or invent … sustainable cities! 

check out planet forward’s storyfest award. finalists will be featured online and at our sustainable cities summit in washington on april 21, when the winners will be selected.

if you’re interested, contact us (storyfest@planetforward.org). we’ll answer your questions and upload your story. just need some inspiration? see what others have entered so far, check out our storytelling toolkit or view last year’s winners.

compelling stories about exciting new ideas can inspire change and lead to collaboration and investment. they can have impact.

tell your story to 2022年卡塔尔世界杯官网 !

“coming to rome as a media maker was an incredible experience … it made me realize there’s so much for me to tell, to look into, to research — i actually have a chance to make an impact.”
— anahi ruiz, george washington university

winners of the first planet forward storyfest competition met in rome in october 2015 to present their ideas to sustainability leaders at the food and agriculture organization of the united nations’ committee on world food security. the participants — jeremy robison and david wilson from purdue university, and anahi ruiz and lauren pollack from the george washington university — got the opportunity to learn from the experts while sharing their own innovations with policy makers who were eager to listen.

this was on the 70th anniversary of the creation of the un-fao and it represents an investment in this planet’s future. because on the 105th anniversary, in 2050, nearly 70% of the world’s population will be in urban areas, according to the un. this is the focus for planet forward storyfest 2016, when the investment will be as important as ever.

visit the solar decathlon category page!

looking to keep track of team new zealand?

click here to view the previous idea submission from new zealand’s solar decathlon team. for access to the entire archive of new zealand solar decathlon 2011 videos: visit the member page

visit the solar decathlon category page!

looking to keep track of team new zealand?

click here to view the previous idea submission from new zealand’s solar decathlon team. for access to the entire archive of new zealand solar decathlon 2011 videos: visit the member page

visit the solar decathlon category page!

looking to keep track of team new zealand?

click here to view the previous idea submission from new zealand’s solar decathlon team. for access to the entire archive of new zealand solar decathlon 2011 videos: visit the member page

looking to keep track of team new zealand?

click here to view the previous idea submission from new zealand’s solar decathlon team. for access to the entire archive of new zealand solar decathlon 2011 videos: visit the member page

looking to keep track of team middlebury?

click here to view the previous idea submission from middlebury’s solar decathlon team. for access to the entire archive of middlebury solar decathlon 2011 videos: visit the member page

looking to keep track of team middlebury?

click here to view the previous idea submission from middlebury’s solar decathlon team. for access to the entire archive of middlebury solar decathlon 2011 videos: visit the member page