Archive: Topics
116 Articles
- Biodiversity
- Food & Water
- Spring 2024
- Sustainability
From the Hilltop to the Field: A Georgetown Professor’s Journey into Sustainable Agriculture
Professor Colette Loll reflects on her experiences running a farm using regenerative agriculture practices, and how she has combined her passion for the humanities and…
July 26, 2024
- Biodiversity
- Janet Mann
- Spring 2024
- Sustainability
Searching for Dolphins in the Potomac River
Professor Janet Mann recounts her efforts to track dolphin populations in the Potomac. …
July 26, 2024
- Biodiversity
- Environmental Justice
- Erin Czelusniak
- Spring 2024
- Sustainability
Eco-Tourism is an Eco-Drain
Erin Czelusniak, (CAS ‘24 ) discusses the problematic impacts of eco-tourism on local communities and conservation. …
July 26, 2024
- Arts & Culture
- Environmental Justice
- Jennifer D. Roberts
- Spring 2024
- Sustainability
Two Biophilic Giants: A Poem
In this poem, Dr. Jennifer D. Roberts explores the intellectual conflicts between W.E.B DuBois and Booker T. Washington and their enduring environmental. …
July 26, 2024
- Arts & Culture
- Spring 2024
- Summer 2024
Common Home Arts Showcase 2024
Fatigue, courage, futility, hope and perseverance: the Earth Commons and its Common Home magazine welcome the Georgetown community to express their feelings about our changing…
May 1, 2024
- Environmental Justice
- Spring 2024
- Sustainability
Green Commons Award Recipient: Georgetown Women’s Center
A review of the outcomes from a Green Commons award to the Georgetown’s Women’s Center for a study on the sustainability of menstrual. …
April 19, 2024
- Biodiversity
- Food & Water
- Max Scheiner
- Spring 2024
The Mega Impact of Microplastics: the Reality of the “Great” Pacific Garbage Patch
Georgetown student, Max Scheiner breaks down the true implications of the Pacific Garbage. …
April 17, 2024
- Arts & Culture
- Cecilia Cassidy
- Climate Change
- Erin Cline
- Spring 2024
- Sustainability
Early Ecological Ethics: A Look at Chinese Environmental Thought
Professor Erin Cline looks at the implications of Chinese philosophy for an environmental. …
April 7, 2024
- Cecilia Cassidy
- Climate Change
- Environmental Health
- Rosemary Sokas
- Spring 2024
Jesuit Projects in Climate-Change-Affected Liberia
Professor Rosemary Sokas briefs Common Home on the partnerships between Jesuit organizations in the U.S and abroad in Liberia working to address climate change-induced.…
April 5, 2024
- Cecilia Cassidy
- Climate & Energy
- Climate Change
- Maria Petrova
- Spring 2024
Revisited: Harnessing the Power of Community Benefit Agreements for Net Zero Targets
For our anniversary issue, Common Home checks back in Professor Petrova who shares her thoughts on the positive impacts of Community Benefit Agreements in clean energy. …
April 5, 2024