Planet Forward at Eckerd College

03/08/2021

Have you recently written a story about the environment or climate change? There’s an opportunity for you to submit your story for a chance to be named a Planet Storyfest award winner. Deadline March 26, 2021. Learn more:

Tell an inspiring story to move the Planet Forward Enter to win our Storyfest Award There is no story more gripping than that of our changing planet — and the solutions to sustain it. While problems from climate to the pandemic to plastic use to conservation abound, we’re looking for the stories...

01/11/2021

Start the new year off by adopting some simple, fun, and inexpensive eco-friendly habits...and while you're at it, enjoy the splendid photography and prose of Eckerd's 2020-2021 Planet Forward Correspondent, Paulina Oswald!

Here are seven ways to get started on reducing your environmental impact that are easy on you and your wallet.

12/29/2020

Beautiful photo essay from our own Paulina Oswald '22 on a misunderstood and extraordinary animal: bats! Great work, Paulina!

In the time of the coronavirus pandemic, our unfounded fear of bats comes to a head. But they are vital part of a balanced ecosystem.

11/13/2020

Eckerd professor Shannon Gowans (Marine Science) and student Angelina Kossoff '21 are in the news for their extraordinary work on reducing single-use plastics at Eckerd!

Share Tweet Eckerd College students collect data from coastal and campus cleanups, water bottle filling stations, and plastic reduction challenges, as well as observations of single-use plastic and alternative item use. Reduce Single Use at Eckerd College co-principal investigator Shannon Gowans, Ph...

10/03/2020

Alright, Dr. Huxster!

In the latest episode of the Planet Forward Podcast, Dr. Joanna Huxster, professor of environmental communication at Eckerd College guides us away from fearful, apocalyptic shutdown toward a path of hope and action. To hear more from Jo about how the stories we tell can shape the future we will live in, check out the pod: https://www.planetforward.org/idea/pf-podcast-joanna-huxster

04/03/2020

A huge congratulations to our own Paulina Oswald and Anne Flaherty for placing finalist in the 2020 Planet Forward StoryFest competition! Watch the official announcement of winners and get snippets of their wonderful work at the link below!

This year's special Planet Forward Storyfest 2020 grand prize announcement comes to you not from the stage, but from founder Frank Sesno's home. Storyfest is...

03/05/2020

Huge congratulations to Eckerd's Planet Forward Correspondent Anne Flaherty '20 whose short film "We Have a Plastic Problem" won first place for the student category in Eckerd's 2020 Visions/Voices Emerging Environmental Filmmakers competition. And also to Kylie Litaker '22 whose "The Journey of Compost" took second! Both films are up for viewing at http://planetforward.org, so go view and vote!

02/17/2020

Storyfest entries are in! Here's a great video from Eckerd's own Kylie Litaker on Eckerd's composting program! Be sure to give this and other Eckerd contributions your digital thumbs-up-of-approval! All those votes add up to Eckerd finalists in this year's competition. https://www.planetforward.org/idea/journey-of-compost

01/31/2020

Extension! A little more time to get those Storyfest stories in!

At some point or another, you've probably asked a professor or two for an extension for a major assignment...and maybe pulled an all-nighter to make it all come together when that extension was denied.⁠
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Well, that's NOT the case for tomorrow's Storyfest deadline. You've asked for extra time, and you've got it!⁠
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We're officially extending the deadline for the 2020 Storyfest competition! 🙌🏾 We're giving you ONE ADDITIONAL WEEK to make it happen. Stories are now due on Friday, February 7 at 11:59 PM EST. ⁠
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Grand prize winners will explore Iceland with us and Lindblad Expeditions this summer.
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So take a breather and take this extra time to make your submission really polished. Or, even submit another one (you can enter up to three!).⁠ Details: https://www.planetforward.org/storyfest2020
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Good luck! You've got this! 🤗

01/29/2020

It’s the final countdown! 3 days are left to enter our Storyfest competition!

Did you know that the grand prize winners will be announced at our annual Summit? Students from across the country will gather in Washington, D.C., on April 2-3 to learn from the very best environmental journalists, activists, innovators, and more on how to use storytelling to activate audiences for the environment. AND, our grand prize-winning students will be announced and awarded an incredible expedition to Iceland, generously sponsored by our friends at Lindblad Expeditions.

So, add 2 simple things to your to-do list: enter a story by January 31 for the chance to explore Iceland with us, and register for the Summit (it’s free!). More info on Storyfest: http://ow.ly/MF5u50y7wVx

01/24/2020

Just ONE MORE WEEK to get those Storyfest 2020 submissions in! Eckerd College, let's represent this year!

Tell an inspiring story to move the Planet Forward Enter to win our Storyfest Award Grand Prize: A storytelling voyage to Iceland with Lindblad Expeditions and Planet Forward in summer 2020! There is no story more gripping than that of our changing planet — and the solutions to sustain it. While p...

01/22/2020

Time to submit those Planet Forward stories!