ECo Impact funding enabled Dr. Brian Griffiths and team to visit mineral licks deep in the Amazon rainforest, where they collect soil and water samples, from they extract environmental DNA (eDNA).
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Students and experts connect at the Powering the Future event, exploring bold solutions for a just energy transition.
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Diane looking for the bearded vulture in Southern Crete with the ornithology team at NHMC.
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The Earth Commons team, together with ESM students, visit the completed mural in April 2025, pointing out familiar landmarks and geographic features.
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Education
Global sites give students firsthand experience with diverse ecosystems and cultures, building the skills and perspectives needed to address complex environmental challenges.
Dr. Gina Green surveying a dump site in Samana, Dominican Republic. Taken as part of the Clean Cities, Blue Oceans USAID Project (conducted surveys in collaboration with Tetra Tech in 10 countries to determine pollutant sources in order to reduce plastic pollution in ocean ecosystems).
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At the market, Kayayei (female head porters) in Accra, Ghana, face environmental, social, and health challenges—including harassment, poor living conditions, and limited healthcare access. This image highlights one of the populations central to MS-CEH Professor Jessica Kritz’s research on collaborative governance addressing social determinants of health. Photo: Still from “Women of Burden” by Case Creative.
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Butterflies flock to a mineral lick deep in the Peruvian Amazon, where ECo faculty Dr. Brian Griffiths researches the importance of these resources to to the local ecosystem.
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Dean Pete Marra releases a bluethroat, which he captured and banded as a part of his work tracking bird migrations across the western hemisphere, in Nome, Alaska.
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Research & Reflections
Environmental issues cross boundaries and disciplines, which is why the Earth Commons focuses on innovative, interdisciplinary, and transnational work. Our global research advances scientific knowledge while creating opportunities for faculty, students, and partners to learn together.
Saroosh Zahid is a rising junior at Georgetown University-Qatar, pictured above third from left.
As I walk down the most recent lane in memory town, I can’t help but smile at the thought of…
A Field Visit to Doha and the Earthna Summit
A Common Home Spotlight by ECo Faculty Network member Dr. Marisa O. Ensor
May 22, 2025
Under the theme “Building our Legacy:…
In the summer of 2024, I visited the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta to conduct a participatory research project with a community-based organization, Fundación Estación Biológica Bachaqueros…
