Archive: climate change

43 Articles

Ben Oestericher
Cecilia Cassidy
Climate & Energy
Edna N. Bosire
Emily Mendenhall
Environmental Health
Shabab Wahid
Spring 2024

When Climate Displaces a Way of Life: The Uncounted Toll on Mental Health on the Front Lines of Climate Change

A team of Georgetown researchers discuss the results of a study conducted in Kilifi County, Kenya. This study investigated the impact of climate change on the mental health of…

August 6, 2024

Arts & Culture
Climate Change
Environmental Justice
Madhura Shembekar
Spring 2024

Banned and Classic: A Chronicle of Prohibited Environmental Books in the USA

n this personal essay, Aayush Murarka (SFS ’26) recounts growing up in Phoenix, Arizona, and how climate change has exacerbated unbearable heat waves in the.…

August 2, 2024

Aayush Muraka
Cecilia Cassidy
Climate & Energy
Environmental Health
Spring 2024
Sustainability

A Climate Autobiography: Reflecting on Cultural Adaptation in the Sonoran Sun 

In this personal essay, Aayush Murarka (SFS ’26) recounts growing up in Phoenix, Arizona, and how climate change has exacerbated unbearable heat waves in the.…

August 2, 2024

Biodiversity
Camber Vincent
Spring 2024
Sustainability

High-Seas Fishery Managers Should Oppose Deep-Sea Mining

Camber Vincent (SFS ’24 ) breaks down the potential threat of deep-sea mining to marine.…

July 30, 2024

Arts & Culture
Cecilia Cassidy
Climate Change
Madhura Shembekar
Marion Cassidy
Spring 2024
Sustainability

Bringing Sustainability to the Entertainment Industry: Earth Angel is leading the way in sustainable production services in film and television

Marion Cassidy (CAS ’23) and Common Home editor Madhura Shembekar (SFS ’26) outline how Earth Angel is leading efforts to make the film industry more. …

July 30, 2024

Cecilia Cassidy
Food & Water
Randall Amster
Spring 2024
Sustainability

Empty Kilobytes? The Promise and Peril of Digital Food 

Professor Randall Amster unpacks the evolution of digital food systems and the role they play in modern.…

July 30, 2024

Biodiversity
Cecilia Cassidy
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

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