Planet Forward Audio Stories

Changing the tide of waste management in Bamenda, Cameroon

Podcast host, Laura Malou discusses waste management in the Cameroonian city of Bamenda with several guests.

Finding Water on Top of the World

Create change on your campus with bees, trees, and the human spirit

This is a story of the work of two environmental researchers, and their collaborative efforts to become members of the Bee Campus USA Program.

The Sound of Mountains Melting

“The Sound of Mountains Melting” is an original composition of electro-acoustic art music scored for English horn and fixed media featuring field recordings and narration. The piece seeks to explore through music some of the intense and complicated emotions that may arise from living in a time of anthropogenic climate change such as grief, anger, and hope.

The benefits of reusable menstrual products

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry student, Lisa Steinberg, discusses the intersection of sustainability and menstrual health in this audio story. 

Tuning into a sound ecology: a conversation with acoustic ecology technician and field recording artist Laura Giannone

In today’s conversation, Planet Forward Correspondent Chris Zatarain speaks to Laura Gianonne, a field recording artist and acoustic ecology technician whose entire job is to listen to the natural world. 

The power of aquaculture in Papua New Guinea

University of New South Wales Professor Jesmond Sammut explains the transformative power of his aquaculture and fish farming research in Papua New Guinea.

Together We Grow: Aquaponics Can Change the Way We Grow Food in the Desert and Beyond

By Chris Zatarain

Todd Osborne on Fertilizer

UF biogeochemistry professor Todd Osborne on how humans have engineered “an efficient way of poisoning the lagoon with excess nutrients.”