Archive: Issues

126 Articles

Environmental Justice
Food & Water
Sadie Morris
Spring 2023

Dismantling Dams for Decolonization

Sadie Morris (SFS '22) discusses the removal of dams on the lower Klamath on the Oregon-California border and the dams' broader significance in the environment and the legacies…

May 4, 2023

Climate Change
Food & Water
Frontiers of Mariculture
Nicholas Kee
Spring 2023
Sustainability

Under the Jamaican Sea: Turning seaweed into carbon credits at Kee Farms

Nishitha Vivek (MS '23) sits down with Nicholas Kee, CEO and co-founder of Kee Farms, a regenerative ocean farm network based in.…

May 4, 2023

Biodiversity
Food & Water
Rebecca Helm
Spring 2023
Sustainability

Ecosystems Afloat

Far out to sea, floating ecosystems are developing on dead trees, debris, and even plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Georgetown professor and Earth Commons Faculty…

May 3, 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…

April 28, 2023

Candice Powers
Climate Change
Food & Water
Frontiers of Mariculture
Spring 2023
Sustainability

Changing our minds, stomachs, and planet

With environmental benefits ranging from protection from algae blooms to creating a more sustainable feed for cows, kelp-centered enterprises are emerging as a fast-growing…

April 28, 2023

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.…

April 25, 2023

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…

April 25, 2023

Alannah Nathan
Editor Letters
Fall 2022
Marion Cassidy
Maya Snyder

Editor Letter, Fall 2022

We are thrilled to present to you the fourth issue of Common Home, Georgetown’s magazine on environment and sustainability from the Earth Commons Institute (ECo).  In this…

April 14, 2023

Biodiversity
Climate Change
Environmental Health
Peter Marra
Spring 2023

To conserve biodiversity, we must stop chasing ghosts and start making plans

In biodiversity conservation as in climate action, seeing the forest for the trees means acting before the forest is reduced to a single tree. That means taking real action now…

March 29, 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. …

February 18, 2023