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MSFS 2020 Hinrich Global Trade Leader Scholar: Hannah Anderson

2020 Hinrich Global Trade Leader Scholar, Hannah Anderson (MSFS’21), explains her work towards a sustainable global trade. …

December 18, 2020

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New Power Purchase Increases Campus Renewable Energy Efforts

Two-thirds of the university’s electricity needs will be provided through a new recently approved Power Purchase Agreement ).…

October 29, 2020

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Office Hours: Leslie Crutchfield on Corporate Social Responsibility During A Global Pandemic

Leslie Crutchfield, executive director of Business for Impact at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, explains how socially minded businesses develop during…

June 4, 2020

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Senior Studies Energy and Environmental Policy Toward Developing Countries

David Yellen (C’20), a recent Rhodes Scholarship finalist, believes a mix of technologies, including but not limited to renewable energy, are needed to save the world from the…

April 20, 2020

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Recent Alumna Focuses on Environmental Impacts, Polar Research

Mia Vanderwilt (SFS’19), awarded Rhodes Scholarship following her environmental studies ranging from snow hydrology in Alaska to fisheries in Iceland to soil microbiomes in…

April 16, 2020

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Experts Ponder Effect of COVID-19 on Future of Sustainability and the Environment

With a commitment to sustainability and the environment rooted in its Jesuit values, Georgetown’s experts in science, history, international affairs and health say COVID-19 has…

April 15, 2020

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Georgetown: Working Toward a Sustainable Future

The university takes an integrated and holistic approach to sustainability, placing value on a quadruple bottom line – people, planet, prosperity and purpose – guided by…

February 6, 2020

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Longtime Activist Jane Fonda Finds Inspiration in Young Climate Change Champions

Actress and activist Jane Fonda talks about inspiration for fighting climate change during a talk at.…

January 10, 2020

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Dream Machine: Marshall Scholar Hopes to Use AI to Combat Climate Change

Sally Matson (C’20), a Georgetown senior hoping to use machine learning to combat climate change, is one of two Georgetown students named a 2020 Marshall Scholarship.…

December 9, 2019

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Ecological Crisis: U.S., Canada Lost One in Four Birds in the Last 50 Years

A new study shows a “tremendous” loss of some of our most beloved birds over the past 50.…

September 19, 2019