Archive: climate change

36 Articles

Biodiversity
Cecilia Cassidy
Climate Change
Environmental Justice
Fall 2023
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
Fall 2023
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
Fall 2023
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

Editor Letters
Fall 2023
Issues
Summer 2023

Editor Letter, Fall 2023

We’re pleased to present to you the sixth issue of Common Home, Georgetown University’s online and print magazine on environmental news and analysis from the Earth Commons…

September 1, 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