Georgetown’s Earth Commons Institute is a hub for environmental and sustainability innovation, research and education to service toward the most pressing issues of our earth. Assembling a team of interdisciplinary experts, researchers, leaders and students, the Earth Commons is transforming the university into a living laboratory to develop scalable solutions for a greener, more sustainable world.
The Earth Commons is shaping the future of our planet by building, supporting, and infusing environmental and sustainability research, education and service throughout the Georgetown University community and beyond.
The Earth Commons will catalyze solutions to the world’s most urgent environmental and sustainability challenges as an internationally-recognized institute for innovative education, groundbreaking research and transformative service—on Georgetown’s campus, in our community and around the globe.
We work with the University’s Office of Sustainability to bridge the university’s ambitious sustainability policy and practice with the institute’s education and research capacity to develop urgently-needed, scalable solutions for the campus, community and planet.
Get involvedOur team comes from diverse backgrounds and from countries around the world, and each of us is committed to weaving the green into Georgetown’s signature blue and gray.
Meet the team
