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