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Georgetown Wins Green Ribbon School Award for Innovations in Sustainability

The U.S. Department of Education has named Georgetown a 2023 Green Ribbon School Postsecondary Sustainability Awardee, an award that recognizes Georgetown’s innovative efforts…

May 4, 2023

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World-Renowned Author Explores Questions of Colonialism and Climate Crisis in Keynote Lecture

Amitav Ghosh, the world-renowned and award-winning writer, spoke in Gaston Hall as part of the ongoing Voices on the Environment. …

May 3, 2023

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Most Ocean Plastic Flows From Rivers. Can Giant Trash Barriers Stop It? | World Wide Waste

The Ocean Cleanup started removing plastic from the ocean a decade ago. But most of that plastic comes from rivers, so it started building solar-powered river cleaners to catch…

May 1, 2023

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Hoya Harvest Garden Launches at Breaking Ground Festival

Georgetown University’s Earth Commons Institute opened a new garden to provide a resource for students and professors to learn about sustainable. …

April 29, 2023

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SPOTLIGHT: GU Earth Week Celebrates Student Environmentalism

On Friday, the Earth Commons hosted the Breaking Ground Festival to celebrate the launch of a new community garden on the Leavey Center Patio. The festival featured local…

April 26, 2023

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The UN Agreed to a Historic Treaty To Protect Marine Life. Now What?

Marine biologist Rebecca Helm gives her take on what the historic United Nations treaty to protect the high seas means for the fight against climate.…

April 24, 2023

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Hoya Harvest Garden blooms atop Regents

The Hoya Harvest Garden opens on the Regents Hall fourth floor patio this spring, providing food for the local community and a space for students and faculty to learn about…

April 21, 2023

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China Watcher: Secret police — Fentanyl frustration — Photon Media

Joanna Lewis is director of the Science, Technology and International Affairs Program at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and an expert on…

April 20, 2023

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Jumpin’ Jupiter, Ferry Tales, and More Best Bets for April 13–19

The Potomac River, despite being ever-present in the backdrop of D.C., isn’t talked about that much, except for that time pop singer Lorde took an ill-advised swim in it. A…

April 17, 2023

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Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch Is Bursting With Life

It is a rare chance to see the impact of a natural disaster on the ocean more than a decade after it occurred, said Rebecca Helm, a marine biologist at Georgetown University who…

April 17, 2023