Planet Forward is all about energy: citizens and experts getting together with proposals on if we should move away from fossil fuels, and if so, how we should do it. Join the debate with your own videos, essays and more, and for inspiration, check out our PBS special, web sequel and George Washington University's Policy Greenhouse.

The cheapest megawatt of all, says environmentalist and scientist Chris Calwell, is the one we don't have to pay to produce. In this essay, he points out a lot of ways we can "make" cheap energy through energy efficiency: by consuming less and making important changes to our homes and office buildings.

The more we know about energy and the environment, the better choices we'll make for our future. So, how much do you know? Take the Planet Forward quiz and compare your answers to those in the national sample for Public Agenda's Energy Learning Curve™ report on public knowledge, attitudes and opinion on energy issues.

Weaning the U.S. off fossil fuels, says Nuclear Energy Institute vice president Angie Howard, can be done in part by teaming nuclear power with renewable energy such as solar, wind and hydroelectric power. In this video, she shows how much of the nation's power needs are already being met by these sources.

There are oceans of tributes written to the wonders of nature, posing questions about our role as stewards of the earth. But David Lee Keiser, a professor at Montclair State (NJ) University's College of Education and Human Services, takes an unusual tack in this poem on the energy choices mankind now faces.

Can this marriage be saved? In this video, University of Colorado history professor Patty Limerick takes a serious but humorous look at mankind's long love affair with fossil fuels, including the stumbling blocks and opportunities for change.