2025 Schedule of Events

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• 3/24—UNEARTH Film Screening & Panel Discussion. Join the Earth Commons and DCEFF, the Environmental Film Festival of the Nation’s Capital, for a screening of UNEARTH—a powerful film following Native Alaskan activists and salmon fishermen as they fight to protect Bristol Bay from North America’s largest proposed copper mine. Witness the battle against powerful forces and the hidden costs of our sustainable future. Free with RSVP!

• 3/25 Writing Climate Symposium Earth/Land. Location: Gaston Hall. 6:00-6:30PM | A Performance by the LubDub Theatre Co. 7:00PM | Keynote discussion with Amitav Ghosh, moderated by Razia Iqbal.
• 3/26—Growing Roots Retreat. 9:00 AM – 4PM One-day retreat at the Calcagnini Contemplative Center. Join the Office of Sustainability for a day of environmental education, personal wellness, and social impact discussions.RSVP here.
• 3/26 Writing Climate Symposium Climate Action. Location: Lohrfink Auditorium. 5:00-6:00PM | Panel on Indigenous Peoples and Land featuring Linnea Axelsson, and dg nanouk okpik, moderated by Mary Kathryn Nagle. 6:00-7:00PM | Student Art Showcase. 7:00-8:00PM | Keynote discussion with Kumi Naidoo, moderated by Brad Adams (Climate Rights International). RSVP now.
• 3/27 Writing Climate Symposium The Future. Location: Lohrfink Auditorium. 6:00-7:00PM | Panel on Climate Dispersal and Relocation, featuring Omar El Akkad and Claire Vaye Watkins, moderated by Somini Sengupta. 7:00-8:00PM | Closing keynote by Rebecca Solnit. RSVP now.
• 3/30 Planting Party at the Hoya Harvest Garden. 11-1pm. Join us for our second planting party of the spring semester in collaboration with Dharmic Life!
• 4/2—Distinguished Lecture and Panel Discussion with “Father of the Internet” Vint Cerf Lohrfink Auditorium. 4:00-6:00PM. Distinguished Lecture by Vint Cerf followed by panel discussion with the directors of the centers comprising the Emergent Ethics Network (Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, Environmental Justice Commons, and the Center for Digital Ethics). More info here.
• 4/3 – Thriving At Georgetown: Sustainability 101. Location; Arrupe Hall Multipurpose Room. Faculty and staff are invited for this in-person training, to learn more about how to be a sustainable leader on and off campus, Georgetown’s commitments to sustainability, and how to be a good steward of the environment. We invite you all to join us for food, learning, and prizes! RSVP today! 

• 4/7—Georgetown Dialogues Initiative: Powering the Future Contending Visions for the Clean Energy Economy. Lohrfink Auditorium. 4:00-6:00PM. Join us for the upcoming Georgetown Dialogues, featuring a dynamic discussion on “Powering the Future: Competing Visions for the Clean Energy Economy.” Moderated by Professor Joanna Lewis, the event will feature prominent speakers Jigar Shah and Emily Domenech, who will offer their insights on the critical challenges of our evolving energy landscape. RSVP now!
• 4/11 – Georgetown Spring Clean. Location: Harbin Patio 10 am to 2 pm. Get a head start on your move out and spring cleaning by donating items to the Spring Clean Out. All donations are sent to local nonprofit organizations in the DMV, including Georgetown’s very own REUSE. Learn about what donations are accepted here.

• 4/22 – Earth Day Festival! Location: Leavey Esplanade 1-3 pm. The Earth Commons invites you to come to celebrate Earth Day at the Hoya Harvest Garden. Enjoy food and drinks, music, art, crafts, campus groups and education opportunities, and plant your seedlings in our Hoya Harvest Garden! Save the date!

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Earth Month at Georgetown

The goal of Earth Month events is to foster awareness, education, and action around sustainability and environmental stewardship within the Georgetown community. Our aim is to inspire individuals to become actively engaged in building a greener, more sustainable campus and planet.

Schedule of Events – 2024

• 3/18 – 4/19—Join the ‘Get Outside Challenge’ to boost your mental well-being by spending more time in nature, win prizes, and feel great! Brought to you by NatureRx from the the Earth Commons, campus mental health resources and student services.
• 3/20—Growing Roots: A Day of Introspection and Community Reflection – This day retreat is designed to create space for students, faculty, and staff to take a break, reflect, and build the community that cares for our common home. Calcagnini Contemplative Center. 9 am – 4 pm, Calcagnini Contemplative Center. RSVP required by 3/19.
• 3/25—Impossible Town: Reception, Film Screening and Panel Discussion*. In partnership with the DC Environmental Film Festival, the Earth Commons and Film and Media Studies will screen this story of personal ambitions in conflict with familial obligations in rural Appalachia. 5 pm, Lohrfink Auditorium. Free w/ RSVP.
• 4/5 – Make My Money Matter. 11am, HFSC Social Room. RSVP Now.
• 4/7 – Hoya Harvest Garden: Planting Party. 12pm, Regents 4th Floor Patio.
• 4/8 – Protecting Paradise: Real-World Conservation Stories with Dr. Gina Green* a Live Podcast episode with Nicolás Ibargüen and Dr. Gina Green – 11:30-12:30pm, Copley Formal Lounge
• 4/8 – Ecology and Democracy: Growing Roots for Civic Engagement* Join the Center on Faith and Justice and the Earth Commons for a timely conversation on the intersection of ecology and democracy. 7-8:30pm, ICC Auditorium.
• 4/10 – DR Congo, (un)Just Tech and Human Rights: The Fictions of Environmental Sustainability* Join us for a dynamic panel discussion on the ethical implications of sustainable technology in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). 1pm, McShain Lounge
• 4/11 – En-ROADS Climate Workshop. 6:15-7:45pm, Car Barn 303. RSVP Now!
• 4/12 – REUSE Spring Clean – 11am – 2pm, Harbin Patio
• 4/12—Green Hoya Poster Competition – Get creative! Craft a compelling poster that visually and concisely presents your work and impact. Applications close on April 3rd. Selected abstracts announced on April 5th.
• 4/13 & 4/20 – GREEN Woods Walk. 1-2pm, Georgetown Observatory. Let’s go for a walk with GREEN.
• 4/12-4/20—The Dept. of Performing Arts presents Hurricane Diane*. Part Greek comedy, part lesbian pulp fiction, part ecological thriller, Pulitzer Prize finalist Madeleine George hilariously eviscerates the cold shoulder we give to climate change in the name of “curb appeal”. This event is part of the Earth Commons’ collaborative Voices on the Environment series. 8 pm, Davis Performing Arts Center.
• 4/17-4/19 – Earth at the Crossroads II: A Cosmic Perspective on Environmental Crisis.  Scholars, journalists, and artists from across North America will convene at Georgetown for a unique, three-day event that takes a cosmic perspective on today’s environmental crises. Earth at the Crossroads 2.0  will explore what the study of other worlds – and the study of our world as it was in the past – can reveal about Earth’s future habitability, and our prospects for survival in the coming centuries. 
• 4/19—La Cosecha: Spring Festival – The Earth Commons invites you to come on to celebrate Earth Day at the Hoya Harvest Garden.  Enjoy free food, arts and crafts, and plant your own seedling at our garden. 4-6pm, Regents 4th Fl. Patio.
• 4/20 – Celia Ledón Trashion Workshop. 4:30pm-6:00pm. Learn how to turn everyday items into fashionable pieces in this Trashion Workshop. RSVP here.
• 4/21 – GREEN Garden Open House. 1-5pm, Garden behind Leo O’Donovan Dining Hall. Take a walk around GREEN’s garden! This green space is cared for by Georgetown undergraduate students who work hard to plan, plant, and maintain this beautiful area!
• 4/21 – Trashion Show. 6-8pm, Copley Formal Lounge. Doors open at 6, show starts at 6:30!
• 4/22 – Olive Tree Installation – All Day, Sellinger Lounge Chalkboard.
• 4/22-4/24 – Peace on the Green, 9:00-9:30am, John Main Center. We will be offering a number of meditation and contemplation sessions.
• 4/22 – Contemplative Nature Photography. 3:00-5:00pm, John Main Center.
• 4/23 – Sounds of the Nature for the Soul: Audio Divina Meeting. 12:30 – 1:00pm, Observatory.
• 4/23 – Nature Readings for the Soul: Lectio Divina Meeting. 7-7:30pm, Observatory.
• 4/23 – What’s Next in Climate Policy? 7-8pm, McShain Lounge.
• 4/23 – Student Workshop on Ecological Belonging and the Climate Crisis. 10am-12pm, Copley Formal Lounge. Part of Georgetown Global Dialogues.
• 4/24 – A Conversation with Earth Commons Dean Peter Marra. 5-6pm, Reiss 446.
• 4/24 – Degrowth as a Response to the Climate Crisis. 3:50-5:50pm, Copley Formal Lounge. Part of Georgetown Global Dialogues.
• 4/28 – Earth Week Benefit Concert. 6:30-9:30pm, Copley Lawn. Our lineup includes: Brent & Co, Home Remedies, Blunda, Leisure Rules, and Jeff Draco. We’ll also be selling merch during the concert. Additionally, food options will be provided by local eateries and food trucks. All proceeds from this event will be donated to the Potomac Riverkeeper Network.

*Part of the Voices on the Environment Series.

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