Archive: environmental justice
8 Articles
- Environmental Justice
- Maya Alcantara
Is the Worst Yet to Come? Cleaning up the Contamination in East Palestine, Ohio
Common Home editor Maya Alcantara responds to the recent environmental disaster in East Palestine,. …
March 14, 2023
- Anya Wahal
- Climate Change
- Environmental Justice
- Food & Water
Drought-Stricken, Arizona Farmers Face Bleak Growing Season
Green Commons Award recipient Anya Wahal shares her insights on the dynamics of the water crisis unfolding in the American. …
February 18, 2023
- Climate Change
- Environmental Health
- 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 Justice
- Sadie Morris
Statehood Denied
The burden on the environment and DC’s minority residents Author: Sadie Morris, SFS ’22 & Common Home Editor Washington, D.C. is simultaneously one of the most…
August 25, 2022
- Arts & Culture
- Biodiversity
- Environmental Justice
- Series
Earth Day with Earth Commons
Voices on the Environment Series: Intergenerational Justice Voices on the Environment is a multi-year event series at the intersection of science, the humanities and the arts…
August 25, 2022
- Arts & Culture
- Environmental Justice
- What We're Reading
What We’re Reading: The Black Side of the River: Race, Language, and Belonging in Washington D.C.
Jan Menafee, Program Specialist for Environment, Justice, and Education at the Red House at Georgetown University, reviews Dr. Jessica Grieser's book The Black Side of the River:…
June 6, 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
- Environmental Health
- Food & Water
- Sheila Foster
- Spring 2021
- The Silo
- Tiffany Ganthier
The Silo: Toxic Racism
Georgetown scholars Tiffany Ganthier, Laura Anderko, and Sheila R. Foster share their perspectives on environmental…
June 16, 2021