Arts & Culture
These pieces investigate how artists and cultural movements are influencing policy and practice using interdisciplinarity, emotion, and humanity.
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Arts & Culture, Marion Cassidy, Spring 2024, Sustainability
In this interview, Brad Forder, Director of Programming for the D.C. Environmental Film Festival, discusses the vibrant arena of environmental filmmaking.
August 9, 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
Arts & Culture, Ashanee Kottage, Cecilia Cassidy, Climate Change, Fall 2023, Madhura Shembekar, Summer 2023
An Irresistible Revolution: One Alumni’s Art-Based Change
Earth Commons research analyst Ashanee Kottage and Common Home Editor Madhura Shembekar discuss performance art and climate storytelling.
October 6, 2023
Arts & Culture, Elyza Bruce, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, What We’re Reading
What We’re Reading: “Meltwater” by Claire Wahmanholm
September 11, 2023
Arts & Culture, Cecilia Cassidy, Fall 2023, Summer 2023
Nature, Crisis, Consequence: Using the Past to Rethink Environmental Change
September 9, 2023
Arts & Culture, Elyza Bruce, Fall 2023, Rebecca Rutstein, Summer 2023
August 28, 2023