{"id":11888,"date":"2019-04-15t05:54:09","date_gmt":"2019-04-15t05:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/planet-forward-hits-milestone-celebrates-storyfest-winners\/"},"modified":"2023-02-28t18:36:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28t18:36:13","slug":"milestone-storyfest-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/milestone-storyfest-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"planet forward hits milestone, celebrates storyfest winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

backstage at the auditorium where we hold the planet forward summit there\u2019s a photo of me, standing on stage for our very first planet forward event \u2014 filming a pbs special. the date on the image? march 31, 2009.<\/p>\n

when i saw the date, i couldn\u2019t believe it. at the time i don\u2019t think i imagined standing up on the very same stage 10 years later, with hundreds of amazing students, storytellers, supporters, in the audience \u2014 and thousands more online.<\/p>\n

i also couldn\u2019t believe how much we, as a project, have changed. planet forward has evolved over the past decade \u2014 for the better.<\/p>\n

our network has grown \u2014 not just of expert storytellers, and the leaders at ngos and companies doing their part for the planet \u2014 but of students from diverse regions, schools and backgrounds. and we\u2019ve seen these students grow, blossom into professionals, and take what they\u2019ve learned from us to their jobs.<\/p>\n

if not for you, our planet forward family, we would not be here, together, 10 years later, telling the important stories of innovations and the innovators behind them working to help save our planet.<\/p>\n

it\u2019s these stories that we highlight at our annual summit. and we reward the students who tell the best stories of the year with an extraordinary opportunity through the planet forward storyfest competition.<\/p>\n

this year, that reward is an expedition to the legendary and unique ecosystems of the gal\u00e1pagos islands with planet forward and lindblad expeditions<\/a>, where they will report on the unparalleled stories found there.<\/p>\n

we are so proud of the students who were selected as winners this year. they represent five different schools, and span from west to east coasts. without further ado, the winners are:<\/p>\n