Archive: Spring 2021

14 Articles

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

Food & Water
Spring 2021
Sustainability

Growing Up

Andra Roventa, a Georgetown graduate student, studies the feasibility of vertical farming to reduce food insecurity in.…

July 8, 2021

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

Arts & Culture
Environmental Justice
Interviews
Leslie Crutchfield
Peter Marra
Spring 2021
Uncategorized

From Grassroots to Gold: How to Organize Successful Movements

Why do some social movements succeed while other's don't? Author and Georgetown professor Leslie Crutchfield chats with Pete Marra on what history can teach us - for the…

July 8, 2021

Arts & Culture
Climate & Energy
Interviews
Lub Dub
Marion Cassidy
Spring 2021

Leading with Empathy

LubDub Theatre Company puts human emotions around the environment center…

July 8, 2021

Climate & Energy
Spring 2021
Sustainability

The Race to Zero

Bill Gates discusses technology and climate with D.C.…

July 8, 2021

Biodiversity
Environmental Health
Interviews
Spring 2021
Sustainability

Hoya Hive

Georgetown students led by Lizzy Nguyen are buzzing with bee…

July 8, 2021

Spring 2021
Sustainability
The Breakdown

The Breakdown: ESG

“The Breakdown” explains environmental buzzwords and how they shape our. …

July 8, 2021

Breakthroughs
Environmental Health
Sonia de Assis
Spring 2021

How the Environment Shapes Us

Professor Sonia de Assis reframes genetic predisposition through DDT exposure…

July 8, 2021