Archive: Environmental Health
14 Articles
- Elyza Bruce
- Environmental Health
- Food & Water
- Summer 2023
The ripple effects of Sackett v. EPA
The Supreme Court of the United States passed a ruling this past May that will significantly limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to protect streams and wetlands…
August 30, 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
- Environmental Health
- Environmental Justice
- Food & Water
- Peter Marra
- Sustainability
Common Home Photography Showcase Winners
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…
April 11, 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
- Climate Change
- Environmental Health
- Fall 2022
- Interviews
- Sustainability
- Ursula Gately
Rising Risk of Extreme Heat on Health in the District
Have you wondered why the summer heat in DC has increased so much? Undergraduate student Ursula Gately (COL'23) investigates rising heat in the district and the governmental, as…
October 15, 2022
- Climate & Energy
- Environmental Health
- Fall 2022
Preparing for Climate Disasters
All sectors are–and will continue to be–increasingly affected by climate change. The medical field is no exception. Whether responding to patients adversely affected by…
October 2, 2022
- Alannah Nathan
- Anthony Green
- Climate & Energy
- Environmental Health
- Fall 2022
- First Responders
- Interviews
An Australian Firefighter on the Frontlines of Climate Change
Anthony Green is a volunteer firefighter from the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, the largest fire service in the world with over 70,000 volunteers. We recently spoke with…
September 6, 2022
- Arts & Culture
- Environmental Health
- Melissa-Kelly Franklin
- Sadie Morris
To Plan a Family: Children, Hope, and the Climate Crisis
A discussion with playwright Melissa-Kelly Franklin on having children in a climate.…
August 25, 2022
- Biodiversity
- Environmental Health
- Interviews
- Spring 2021
- Sustainability
Hoya Hive
Georgetown students led by Lizzy Nguyen are buzzing with bee…
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