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We need their voices and commitment to sustain a healthy planet.\u201d Photo by Samantha Chow\/Arizona State University","related_story":"","news_units":"Rob Walton School of Conservation Futures|Rob Walton College of Global Futures|Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory|ASU Foundation","interests":"Changing Futures campaign|Education|Generosity|Environment|Sustainability","audiences":"Donors|Faculty|Staff|Prospective students|Students","locations":"","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"SDG 13 Climate Action|SDG 14 Life Below Water|SDG 15 Life on Land","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Environment and sustainability"}},{"node":{"nid":"107506","title":"My summer as a media fellow: Reflections on science, place and storytelling","body":"Wearing cargo shorts and rubber boots, the research director I was interviewing strolled easily out onto the mudflats. 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