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Planet Forward
Planet Forward is an innovative web-to-television-to-web experience anchored on user-generated ideas and content about energy, climate change and sustainability. Planet Forward is at the very intersection of the green movement and the new media revolution. We proudly stand with other environmentally...
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Monitor Power Usage With Smart Meters
THIS WEEK: Did you know that the cost of using electricity changes throughout the day depending on the level of stress on our grid? In this webisode,...
From Fryer To Fuel: Making Biofuel from Vegetable Oil
THIS WEEK: Did you know the vegetable oil we use to make our french fries could also power our cars? In this webisode, Planet Forward drops by GreenLi...
Learning How to Adapt from our Ancestors
THIS WEEK: This week Planet Forward is taking a look at the work PISA, a GW-based group, is doing in Nam Dinh, Vietnam. The women in Nam Dinh are adap...
How does YouTube Consumption Affect the Environment?
THIS WEEK: Have you ever wondered 'What's something I do everyday that impacts the environment and I don't even know it?' #Thinkfwd student Charles Pu...
Building Green for the Future
THIS WEEK: Wish more of your tax dollars could stay in your pocket? This week Planet Forward spoke with some experts at the US Green Building Council...
An Innovative Approach to Water Conservation
THIS WEEK: Our rapidly increasing consumption of water is creating concerns about what the world would be like without any! One team, however, created...
Living Sustainably on a College Campus
THIS WEEK: Our friends at Second Nature have launched Campus Sustainability Day, so this week’s webisode features videos submitted to Planet Forward f...
Empowerhouse: Community-Based Sustainable Living
THIS WEEK: In this week's webisode: how to turn a Solar Decathlon house into a home. GW students Melissa Turley and Jon Fenech followed Team Empowerho...
Secretary Chu Weighs in at the Solar Decathlon
THIS WEEK: Check out this week's webisode where Planet Forward's Frank Sesno interviews Secretary of Energy, Dr. Steven Chu on site at the 2011 Solar...
SD2011 Trend: Green Roofs
THIS WEEK: Check out this week's webisode where Planet Forward's host Frank Sesno speaks with Don Ferrier, President of Ferrier Custom Homes. Ferrier...
Solar and the City - Team New York's Solar Decathlon House
THIS WEEK: We continue our journey to the Solar Decathlon! The teams are in Washington DC and showing off their homes. Check out Team New York's Roof...
Solar in the Southern Hemisphere
THIS WEEK: In this week's webisode check out the New Zealand team's neat innovations like the hydronic drying cupboard that can dry 6 bath towels in a...
Solar Decathlon - Tennessee's on Top
Viewers voted and TENNESSEE is on top in the race for the Solar Decathlon! Check out the Tennessee team's use of solar energy, insulated windows and a...
DOE's Solar Decathlon Brings #SunnyIdeas to Planet Forward
This week, we begin Planet Forward's coverage of the Solar Decathlon! 20 collegiate teams from around the world are designing and building sustainable...
Bangkok Underground
In this week’s WEBISODE we travel to Bangkok to see what they are doing to cope with floods. PF Producer Victoria Riess talks with Porntep Techapaibul...
The Big Uneasy,' The PF Interview with Harry Shearer
In this week's WEBISODE Planet Forward host Frank Sesno sits down with Harry Shearer, the multi-talented comedian who is the voice of more than 21 Sim...
Wind Beneath Their Strings
Here is a new way to deliver energy to those who need it. The women in one small community in Guatemala have wind, they just need a way to harness it....
Rising Seas Bring Salty Risks
A rising tide may lift all boats, but what does it do to marshlands? In this week’s WEBISODE we showcase NSF funded marine scientist Dr. Nathaniel Wes...
Bringing Experts to the Innovators
Innovators need feedback to make their great ideas even better. So, we try to connect experts with our PF innovators every chance we get. In our WEBIS...
Ancient Redwoods’ Message About Climate Change
Would you climb a 300 foot tree to measure climate change? This week our WEBISODE focuses on some pretty daring work done by a research team from Humb...
Could Palm Oil Biofuels Work?
This WEBISODE focuses on Dom Bosco Catholic University’s biochemistry laboratory in Campo Grande, Brazil. Dom Bosco is experimenting with a plant call...
Is Your City HOT? The Benefits of Storm Water Management
This week, our WEBISODE focuses on “GreenStreets,” a project from Drexel University Professor and NSF funded scientist, Franco Montalto. Greenstreets...
Energy Secretary Bill Nye?
Planet Forward met up with Bill Nye at the Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Awards last week. See what the first item on his #EnergyToDo list is. Tell us yo...
Hertz’s EVs Charge Up Car Sharing
Who knew lessons from preschool could apply to smart communities and our energy solution?! Check out this new initiative in Washington DC that takes t...
Top AIA Architect Talks about LEED Certification and Rebuilding after Disaster
Can your community turn tragedy into opportunity? Bill Worthen, American Institute of Architects’ National Director and Resource Architect for Sustain...
April 2011 PBS Special Highlights
Planet Forward’s television special, “The Energy of Innovation,” or what some are calling “Innovation Idol” features some of the best ideas submitted...
Raise the Roof!
In this week’s webisode, we bring you an idea from the National Science Foundation about the benefits of green roofs. Also hear from a Planet Forward...
Water Water Everywhere
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner may hit a little too close to home for the citizens of Mauritius. In this week’s webisode, take a trip to the small is...
Introducing: Smart Communities
Do you know of a community that is preparing for climate change? Planet Forward host Frank Sesno introduces our new topic and asks you to share your s...
Site Navigation: For more ideas, turn left
Introducing the All Topics Page! It’s your source for finding ideas in all categories on Planet Forward. Susanna Murley, your Planet Forward web manag...
Extra! Extra! Planet Forward’s New Feature
Have you heard the news? Planet Forward’s News Desk allows you to share stories in a different way! Web manager Susanna Murley shows you how…
Vote for Your Favorite Innovator
If you saw our ;PBS special , then you know who our studio audience chose to be one of the Planet Forward Innovators of the Year. Not it’s your turn t...
Planet Forward PBS Special Tease
Gas prices. Nuclear worries. Oil spills.Are there any new energy innovations out there to help us kick our petroleum habit? The answer might lie in a...
Students Reflect on their Planet Forward Experience
Planet Forward caught up with students from Caldwell College, Columbia University, George Washington University, and University ;of Arkansas at Fayett...
Backstage with Frank Sesno
Just over a week until Planet Forward’s April PBS Special airs. Check your local listings to see when you should tune in! This week, we introduce you...
Meet the Panelists
Our April PBS special is right around the corner! Meet the panelists and check your local listings to see when the special is airing in your area. You...
Get SET for Planet Forward's PBS Special
Behind the scenes of Planet Forward’s April PBS Special, hear from the program’s director and watch our set be built before your very eyes! Tune in Ap...
Meet Some of the Finalists
Who will be our two Innovators of the Year? At Planet Forward’s April 2011 PBS special, you’ll learn who the live studio audience chose, and then you’...
Top Online Vote Getters – Who Did YOU Choose?
Your viability ratings helped us select 22 nominees, then your votes determined the Top Three Online Vote Getters. These three pieces were chosen by y...
Lightworks: Cyanobacteria
Arizona State University is a cutting edge research institution. Lightworks is a ground breaking initiative focusing on harnessing the sun and transfo...