Archive: climate change
15 Articles
- Biodiversity
- 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
- 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
- Arts & Culture
- Elyza Bruce
- Summer 2023
- What We're Reading
What We’re Reading: “Meltwater” by Claire Wahmanholm
In the poetry collection “Meltwater,” Claire Wahmanholm poignantly articulates the grief, anxiety, and uncanniness of ecological disaster and explores what it means to raise…
September 11, 2023
- Alannah Nathan
- Editor Letters
- Marion Cassidy
- Maya Snyder
- Spring 2023
Editor Letter, Spring 2023
We are thrilled to present to you the fifth issue of Common Home, Georgetown’s magazine on environment and sustainability from the Earth Commons Institute (ECo). In this issue,…
May 31, 2023
- Alannah Nathan
- Editor Letters
- Fall 2022
- Marion Cassidy
- Maya Snyder
Editor Letter, Fall 2022
We are thrilled to present to you the fourth issue of Common Home, Georgetown’s magazine on environment and sustainability from the Earth Commons Institute (ECo). In this…
April 14, 2023
- 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
- Editor Letters
- Summer 2022
Editor Letter, Summer 2022
We are delighted to present the third issue of Common Home, the magazine on all things environment and sustainability from the Earth Commons at Georgetown. A key focus of the…
August 25, 2022
- Climate & Energy
- Emily Prest
- Joan Lombardi
- Spring 2022
Safeguarding the Future Generation
Joan Lombardi and Emily Prest explore the particular vulnerabilities of children in the climate crisis, what is being done to address them, and how children are demanding action…
June 3, 2022
- Climate & Energy
- Elsa Barron
When Tensions Simmer, Too
Program Assistant Elsa Barron at the Center for Climate and Security discusses the implications of climate conflict in Syria, Ethiopia, and. …
June 2, 2022
- Clara Chiu
- Climate & Energy
- Environmental Justice
- Erin LeGoff
- Spring 2022
The Making of Maladaptation
Georgetown alumni, Clara Chiu and Erin LeGoff explain the concept of Maladaption: when climate projects set out to do good, unintentionally make matters. …
March 28, 2022