Archive: Climate Change

29 Articles

Cecilia Cassidy
Climate Change
Maya Alcantara
Summer 2023
Sustainability

Alumni Spotlight: Sara Jordan, Deputy Chief of Staff at The White House Council on Environmental Quality

Georgetown Alumni Sara Jordan and Common Home editor Maya Alcantara discuss Jordan's career in environmental.…

October 30, 2023

Cecilia Cassidy
Climate & Energy
Climate Change
Summer 2023

Defense, Denial, and Disinformation: Uncovering the Oil Industry’s Early Knowledge of Climate Change 

Charlotte Taylor, SFS '24, discusses the oil industry's decades-long campaign of climate change.…

October 25, 2023

Arts & Culture
Ashanee Kottage
Cecilia Cassidy
Climate Change
Madhura Shembekar
Summer 2023

An Irresistible Revolution: One Alumni’s Art-Based Change

Earth Commons research analyst Ashanee Kottage and Common Home Editor Madhura Shembekar discuss performance art and climate. …

October 6, 2023

Climate Change
Marion Cassidy
Summer 2023
Sustainability

A Futurist’s Vision for Higher Education in a Climate-Altered World

Bryan Alexander, an adjunct lecturer at Georgetown, explores the ways in which climate change will impact university.…

October 6, 2023

Biodiversity
Cecilia Cassidy
Climate Change
Environmental Justice
Madhura Shembekar
Summer 2023

Extinction Rebellion: Inciting Controversy–and Conversation–Since 2018 

Extinction Rebellion, a U.K.-based, radical environmental group, uses public acts of civil disobedience to spark conversation about the climate.…

September 21, 2023

Cecilia Cassidy
Climate Change
Madhura Shembekar
Summer 2023
Sustainability

Building a Better Future: Urbanism and Conflict in Environmentalism

Dr. Silvia Danielak, urbanist and peace scholar, and Common Home Editor Madhura Shembekar discuss the role infrastructure plays in peacekeeping and the.…

September 13, 2023

Alexandra Pyne
Cecilia Cassidy
Climate Change
Summer 2023
Sustainability

One Industry, Many Ideologies: Exploring Sustainable Finance

2022 Stapleton Fellow at Georgetown University, Alexandra Pyne examines the role of the finance industry in addressing the climate. …

September 5, 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

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

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