Archive: Sustainability

43 Articles

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
Fall 2022
Marion Cassidy
Sustainability

Re-Made in Cambodia, an Eco-Friendly Fashion Show

Georgetown alumna and current Fulbright grantee Alyssa Kardos Loera gives Common Home a behind the scenes look at how she creates a sustainable Cambodian-centric fashion show in…

October 2, 2022

Alexa Boglitz
Spring 2022
Sustainability

The Problem with Recycling

Georgetown College student Alexa Boglitz dissects the Redue, Reuse, Recycle. …

June 3, 2022

Climate & Energy
Interviews
Mark Agard
Sustainability

Reimagining Cities: The Future of Urban Planning

An interview with Dr. Christopher Pyke of the Georgetown School of Continuing Studies on the future of urban planning, by Common Home editor Mark.…

April 27, 2022

Climate & Energy
Food & Water
Sadie Morris
Spring 2022
Sustainability

Going GREEN at Georgetown

A profile of Georgetown Renewable Energy and Environment Network ). …

April 13, 2022

Alannah Nathan
Piper Conway
Spring 2022
Sustainability

Growing into Leadership

Former editor and Georgetown graduate, Piper Conway reflects on the important lessons learned while creating the Georgetown Sustainable Business Fellows.…

April 4, 2022

Environmental Justice
Food & Water
Kyle Paoletta
Spring 2022
Sustainability

Fallowed Ground

Common Home Correspondent Kyle Paoletta takes us to the southwest where the first concrete test of America's ability to adapt to the climate crisis is underway: the agreement…

February 13, 2022

Food & Water
Mark Agard
Spring 2022
Sustainability

How Campus Works: Water and Power

Whether the thousands of feet of water pipes under the campus or the solar panel fields that span across the Mid-Atlantic, it takes a lot to maintain the modern amenities of a…

February 10, 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