Archive: Issues

126 Articles

Arts & Culture
Marion Cassidy
Spring 2024
Sustainability

Films on the Federal Stage: A Conversation with Brad Forder, Director of Programming for the D.C. Environmental Film Festival

In this interview, Brad Forder, Director of Programming for the D.C. Environmental Film Festival, discusses the vibrant arena of environmental. …

August 9, 2024

Cecilia Cassidy
Chloe Hammock
Food & Water
Spring 2024
Sustainability

Urban Farms: A Chicago Suburb’s Proposal for Change

Chloe Hammock (SHS ‘25) analyzes the potentially problematic implications of a new urban farm that will be established in her home town of Evanston,.…

August 9, 2024

Cecilia Cassidy
Food & Water
Spring 2024
Sustainability

Animal Consumption and Cultural Responsibility: A Journal Entry

Théa Jacquand, (COL ‘26) reflects on the ethics of consuming animal products and how she stays connected to her heritage through food while still maintaining a planet-friendly…

August 9, 2024

Ben Oestericher
Cecilia Cassidy
Climate & Energy
Edna N. Bosire
Emily Mendenhall
Environmental Health
Shabab Wahid
Spring 2024

When Climate Displaces a Way of Life: The Uncounted Toll on Mental Health on the Front Lines of Climate Change

A team of Georgetown researchers discuss the results of a study conducted in Kilifi County, Kenya. This study investigated the impact of climate change on the mental health of…

August 6, 2024

Cecilia Cassidy
Climate & Energy
Climate Change
Spring 2024
Victoria Boatwright

Alumni Spotlight: Victoria Boatwright, Ocean Scientist and PhD Candidate

Georgetown Alumni Victoria Boatwright discusses her recent work at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at U.C. San Diego and offers advice for those seeking a career in STEM…

August 6, 2024

Environmental Health
Food & Water
Lucy Bowden
Spring 2024

From Gas Chambers to Your Table: Organophosphate Pesticides are Deadly Killers 

Lucy Bowden (COL ‘24) discusses the threat that organophosphate pesticides pose to public health in Bihar,. …

August 6, 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.…

August 2, 2024

Environmental Justice
Food & Water
Spring 2024

A Single Seedling 

Eliana Mlawski (CAS ’26) discusses her efforts to engage the Georgetown community in a food justice.…

August 2, 2024

Aayush Muraka
Cecilia Cassidy
Climate & Energy
Environmental Health
Spring 2024
Sustainability

A Climate Autobiography: Reflecting on Cultural Adaptation in the Sonoran Sun 

In this personal essay, Aayush Murarka (SFS ’26) recounts growing up in Phoenix, Arizona, and how climate change has exacerbated unbearable heat waves in the.…

August 2, 2024

Biodiversity
Camber Vincent
Spring 2024
Sustainability

High-Seas Fishery Managers Should Oppose Deep-Sea Mining

Camber Vincent (SFS ’24 ) breaks down the potential threat of deep-sea mining to marine.…

July 30, 2024