Environmental Justice
These pieces focus on those disadvantaged by global change and emphasize debate and solutions for a more equitable, sustainable world.
Environmental Justice, Food & Water, Spring 2024
Eliana Mlawski (CAS ’26) discusses her efforts to engage the Georgetown community in a food justice project.
August 2, 2024
Arts & Culture, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Madhura Shembekar, Spring 2024
Banned and Classic: A Chronicle of Prohibited Environmental Books in the USA
n this personal essay, Aayush Murarka (SFS ’26) recounts growing up in Phoenix, Arizona, and how climate change has exacerbated unbearable heat waves in the region.
August 2, 2024
Arts & Culture, Environmental Justice, Sophia Monsalvo, Spring 2024
A Reflection on Grounding: A New Retreat for BIPOC Students, Art, and Caring for our Common Home
Sophia Monsalvo (CAS ’26) discusses her journey of creating Grounding, a new retreat for students of color to connect with their ancestry and the environment through art.
July 30, 2024
More Environmental Justice Stories
Environmental Justice Archive
Cecilia Cassidy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Food & Water, Marcus King, Spring 2024
Climate Change and the Water Weapon: How Rising Temperatures are Expanding the Footprint of Conflict
Georgetown Professor Marcus King delineates the implications of water crisis on conflict across the globe
March 8, 2024
Barwendé M. Sané, Environmental Justice, Food & Water, Spring 2024, Sustainability
Remembering Ecologist Yacouba Sawadogo: 2020 Champion of the Earth’s Inspirational Legacy
February 22, 2024
Biodiversity, Cecilia Cassidy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Fall 2023, Madhura Shembekar, Summer 2023
Extinction Rebellion: Inciting Controversy–and Conversation–Since 2018
September 21, 2023
Environmental Justice, Fall 2023, Food & Water, Summer 2023, Yuki Kato
September 1, 2023