Teaching the next

generation of storytellers

Based at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., Planet Forward teaches and trains students at GW and across the country.

Through the Planet Forward Consortium, students from 25+ colleges and universities gain access to our learning modules and workshops, they participate virtually and in-person at our live events, and they compete in our prestigious annual storytelling contest, Storyfest.

EMILY ROBINSON

George Washington Univ. '19

“Planet Forward has such an important mission. Creative storytelling about the environment is key to making people informed and to really care about the environment."

Planet Forward Pillar Schools

Planet Forward Consortium Schools

Your support allows the Planet Forward team to deploy to our Consortium schools for on campus engagement and teaching. Each year, hundreds of students gain access and receive training through Planet Forward workshops, webinars and curricular offerings.

We also work with our partners to create unique field reporting experiences for Planet Forward students. Previous offerings have supported our student's reporting on modern agriculture sustainability practices and research at farms on both U.S. coasts,

an in-depth tour of auto manufacturing facilities in Germany and Tennessee, and even field research on malnutrition in Guatemala.

Planet Forward is also a core element of Middlebury College’s School of the Environment program in Kunming, China, a six-week environmental leadership and communications program for U.S.-based undergraduate students.

U.S. Ambassador Kip Tom speaks with Planet Forward students at the FAO in Rome.	Frank Sesno, far right, teaches a class on environmental communication for the Middlebury School of the Environment.	Nebraska farmer Roric Paulman speaks with students about about the challenges facing the Ogallala Aquifer, about 90 feet beneath their feet.	Middlebury School of the Environment professor Curt Gervich, prepares for a class at a cafe in China.
Planet Forward Director Daniel Reed leads a class about environmental and sustainability storytelling at the Middlebury School of the Environment in China.	Planet Forward Storyfest 2018 winners traveled to coastal Alaska with sponsor Lindblad Expeditions to witness and report on the impacts of climate change.

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Teaching the next

generation of storytellers

EMILY ROBINSON

George Washington Univ. '19

Planet Forward Pillar Schools

Planet Forward Consortium Schools

U.S. Ambassador Kip Tom speaks with Planet Forward students at the FAO in Rome.

Frank Sesno, far right, teaches a class on environmental communication for the Middlebury School of the Environment.

Nebraska farmer Roric Paulman speaks with students about about the challenges facing the Ogallala Aquifer, about 90 feet beneath their feet.

Middlebury School of the Environment professor Curt Gervich, prepares for a class at a cafe in China.

Planet Forward Director Daniel Reed leads a class about environmental and sustainability storytelling at the Middlebury School of the Environment in China.

Planet Forward Storyfest 2018 winners traveled to coastal Alaska with sponsor Lindblad Expeditions to witness and report on the impacts of climate change.