Archive: Biodiversity
23 Articles
- 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
- 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
- Biodiversity
- Climate & Energy
- Climate Change
- Environmental Justice
- Olivia Ainbinder
- Spring 2023
- Sustainability
A Win for the Environment
What are the environmental impacts of Brazil's recent presidential election? Olivia Ainbinder shares her perspective on President Lula's win and what it means for the country's…
February 17, 2023
- Biodiversity
- Fall 2022
- Maya Snyder
- Sustainability
Hungry Worms and High-Tech Jaguars
In the face of growing climate change impacts, it's becoming increasingly important for communities to balance environmental and social needs. Six organizations across the globe…
October 2, 2022
- Arts & Culture
- Biodiversity
- Environmental Justice
- Series
Earth Day with Earth Commons
Voices on the Environment Series: Intergenerational Justice Voices on the Environment is a multi-year event series at the intersection of science, the humanities and the arts…
August 25, 2022
- Biodiversity
- Hope Babcock
- Interviews
- Sadie Morris
Does Nature Have Rights?
An interview with Professor Hope Babcock of Georgetown Law and the Institute for Public Representation at Georgetown on the Rights of Nature legal movement with an introduction…
June 8, 2022
- Biodiversity
- Maya Snyder
- Spring 2022
A Flutter of Memory
Common Home editor Maya Snyder explores Georgetown professor, Dr. Weiss' research on the relationship between caterpillars and cicadas in the. …
April 1, 2022
- Arts & Culture
- Biodiversity
- Maya Snyder
- Spring 2022
- What We're Reading
What We’re Reading: Under a White Sky
Common Home editor Maya Snyder reviews Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future by Elizabeth. …
March 30, 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