Archive: sustainability

20 Articles

Candice Powers
Food & Water
Spring 2023

Kelp is on the way: How one scientist is using seaweed and oysters to save our coastal waters and communities

Georgetown alumni Candice Powers profiles mariculture pioneer Michael Doall who is leading the charge for sustainable oyster farms that both provide sustenance and clean the.…

June 20, 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

Arts & Culture
Climate Change
Environmental Health
Environmental Justice
Food & Water
Peter Marra
Sustainability

Common Home Photography Showcase Winners

In biodiversity conservation as in climate action, seeing the forest for the trees means acting before the forest is reduced to a single tree. That means taking real action now…

April 11, 2023

Climate & Energy
Fall 2022
Maria Petrova

Seven Reasons to Learn About Energy

A sustainable future calls for a changing energy landscape. Dr. Maria Petrova lays down seven reasons to learn about our energy system and how we can act to improve. …

October 17, 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

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
Food & Water
Sadie Morris
Spring 2022
Sustainability

Going GREEN at Georgetown

A profile of Georgetown Renewable Energy and Environment Network ). …

April 13, 2022

Environmental Justice
Food & Water
Kyle Paoletta
Spring 2022
Sustainability

Fallowed Ground

Common Home Correspondent Kyle Paoletta takes us to the southwest where the first concrete test of America's ability to adapt to the climate crisis is underway: the agreement…

February 13, 2022

Food & Water
Mark Agard
Spring 2022
Sustainability

How Campus Works: Water and Power

Whether the thousands of feet of water pipes under the campus or the solar panel fields that span across the Mid-Atlantic, it takes a lot to maintain the modern amenities of a…

February 10, 2022