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Common Home magazine brings you all things environment and sustainability from Georgetown and beyond. Brought to you by The Earth Commons—Georgetown University’s Institute for Environment & Sustainability.

Climate & Energy, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Gillian Meyers, Spring 2023, Sustainability

People, Profits, and Planet

Gillian Meyers (SFS ’23) reflects upon the durability of mutually beneficial Corporate-Indigenous partnerships and their effectiveness in protecting people and the planet.

April 25, 2023

Anya Wahal, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Food & Water, Spring 2023

Drought-Stricken, Arizona Farmers Face Bleak Growing Season

Green Commons Award recipient Anya Wahal shares her insights on the dynamics of the water crisis unfolding in the American Southwest.

February 18, 2023

Environmental Justice, Food & Water, Shelby Gresch, Spring 2023, Sustainability

Hello Hoya Harvest

Shelby Gresch reflects on what role the Hoya Harvest, Georgetown’s newly opened campus farm, can play in the growing practice of urban agriculture and how it can contribute to our community.

April 28, 2023

Alannah Nathan, Fall 2022, Interviews, Miguel CuUnjieng, Sustainability

Alumni Spotlight: Miguel CuUnjing Associate Director of North America – Engagement at Federated Hermes; MSB MBA 2015

Georgetown alumnus Miguel CuUnjieng (MSB ‘15) is the Associate Director for EOS at Federated Hermes on the North American team. Miguel shares his experience working in corporate social responsibility and ESG issues, including how he made his start in the field and the lasting influence of his Georgetown education in paving his career path.

October 15, 2022

Arts & Culture, Climate Change, Sarah Craig, Spring 2023, Sustainability

Climate Change and Curriculum: Georgetown’s Core Pathways Initiative at Five Years

Sarah Craig (SFS ’23) reflects on the fifth anniversary of Georgetown’s Core Pathways Initiative, an interdisciplinary program that encourages students to explore issues of climate change through a wide variety of thematic courses.

April 25, 2023

Climate & Energy, Ryan Levandowski, Spring 2023, The Breakdown

The Breakdown: Electric Vehicles

What does the future of electric vehicles look like? Georgetown Climate Center’s Ryan Levandowski answers this and other questions you may have about EVs in this issue’s Breakdown piece.

October 17, 2022

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