Archive: Contributors
107 Articles
- Jillian Dyszynski
- Spring 2022
- The Breakdown
The Breakdown: Climate Finance
For this issue's "The Breakdown,: Jillian Dyszynski, Director of Market Development at American Forest Foundation, answers five key questions on climate. …
February 12, 2022
- Arts & Culture
- Maya Snyder
- Spring 2022
Pens and Voices Gathered Round
On Earth Day, Georgetown invited journalists, artists, and activists to lead a series of roundtable discussions on topics ranging misinformation in the news to environmental…
February 12, 2022
- Food & Water
- Mark Agard
- Spring 2022
- Sustainability
How Campus Works: Water and Power
Whether the thousands of feet of water pipes under the campus or the solar panel fields that span across the Mid-Atlantic, it takes a lot to maintain the modern amenities of a…
February 10, 2022
- Arts & Culture
- Daniela Fernandez
- Environmental Justice
- Spring 2022
The Future of a Healthier Planet Begins with Us
Guest writer Daniela Fernandez COL '17, Founder and CEO of Sustainable Ocean Alliance, champions today's youth in the fight against climate change: "Together, we are abundantly…
February 9, 2022
- Biodiversity
- Climate & Energy
- Madeline Babin
- Spring 2022
COP26
For many, COP26 marked the “last best chance” for world leaders to keep the Paris Agreement’s 1.5ºC target afloat. While the conference generated some progress—…
February 9, 2022
- Alannah Nathan
- Biodiversity
- Climate & Energy
- Spring 2022
More than Meets the Eye
Often overlooked, salt marshes serve an essential role in protecting the environment and mitigating climate change. Yet today, roughly half of the world’s salt marshes are at…
February 8, 2022
- Arts & Culture
- Climate & Energy
- Environmental Justice
- Sadie Morris
- Spring 2022
Burned Out on a Burning Planet
In "Burned Out on a Burning Planet," student editor, Sadie Morris, a self-described defunct activist, reflects on burnout in the climate. …
February 2, 2022
- Editor Letters
- Peter Marra
- Spring 2021
Welcome Letter, Spring 2021
Letter from the Director of the Earth Commons, Dr. Peter P. Marra It is a tremendous pleasure and honor to welcome you to the inaugural issue of Common Home, a student-driven…
January 28, 2022
- Arts & Culture
- Biodiversity
- Catherine Novelli
- Spring 2021
- Sustainability
Speaking the Wealth of Nature
Professor Catherine Novelli explains how the Wealth of Nature podcast series explores the intersection of business and.…
July 8, 2021
- Climate & Energy
- Environmental Justice
- Food & Water
- Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
- Spring 2021
Cops, Climate, and COVID
The climate and COVID-19 crises are combining and compounding each other. How they interact is, primarily, a question of whom and what the political system chooses to protect:…
July 8, 2021