Archive: sustainability

47 Articles

Arts & Culture
Ashanee Kottage
Cecilia Cassidy
Climate Change
Fall 2023
Madhura Shembekar
Summer 2023

An Irresistible Revolution: One Alumni’s Art-Based Change

Earth Commons research analyst Ashanee Kottage and Common Home Editor Madhura Shembekar discuss performance art and climate. …

October 6, 2023

Climate Change
Fall 2023
Marion Cassidy
Summer 2023
Sustainability

A Futurist’s Vision for Higher Education in a Climate-Altered World

Bryan Alexander, an adjunct lecturer at Georgetown, explores the ways in which climate change will impact university.…

October 6, 2023

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

Alexandra Pyne
Cecilia Cassidy
Climate Change
Fall 2023
Summer 2023
Sustainability

One Industry, Many Ideologies: Exploring Sustainable Finance

2022 Stapleton Fellow at Georgetown University, Alexandra Pyne examines the role of the finance industry in addressing the climate. …

September 5, 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
Food & Water
Spring 2023

Reinventing the Food System Through Private Investment

Alannah Nathan examines how two alternative agricultural companies are changing the cultivation.…

June 20, 2023

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