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Three-Year Healy and Copley Lawn Sustainability Project Underway

Healy and Copley Lawns are under construction until Spring 2027 due to a phased project to replace aging underground utilities with more sustainable.…

September 4, 2024

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On the Ground in Greece with the Earth Commons

The Earth Commons pilots a model for international environmental collaboration in a climate change…

August 29, 2024

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Earth Commons initiative supports student mental health through nature exposure

Last semester, the Georgetown Earth Commons Institute, the university’s hub for environmental research and advocacy, launched Nature. …

August 29, 2024

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MS-ESM Student Creates Long-Term Community Sustainability Tool Through Class Project

In April, Emily Huang Javedan (MS-ESM‘24) received the Green Commons Award, which enabled her to team up with classmate Cameron Marcus to build "The True Price of a Mocha"—a…

August 21, 2024

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From Athens to Andros, Students Tackle Climate Change

Students from Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) reflect on a journey that had transformed their understanding of climate change. They had spent two weeks in Greece as part of…

July 4, 2024

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Eating and Researching Cicadas: Biologist Explains Everything to Know About This Year’s Emergence

This story is a part of our “Ask a Professor” series, in which Georgetown faculty members break down complex issues and use their research to inform trending conversations,…

May 6, 2024

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Earth Week Collaborative Holds Third Annual Celebration

The Georgetown University Earth Week Collaborative, a group organizing on-campus events to celebrate the environment, hosted their third annual Earth Week from April 21 to April…

April 29, 2024

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SPOTLIGHT: GU Students ‘Get Outside’ in Earth Commons Challenge

The Earth Commons, Georgetown University’s hub for environmental sustainability, launched a month-long Get Outside Challenge encouraging students to spend more time outdoors in…

April 26, 2024

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A lesbian deity gets earthy in ‘Hurricane Diane’ at Georgetown

What happens when a lascivious lesbian has a mission to convert suburban housewives to … the climate-sustainable ways of permaculture? You won’t be able to resist either!…

April 15, 2024

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Georgetown Screens ‘Impossible Town’ Documentary, Hosts DC Environmental Film Festival

The Earth Commons, Georgetown University’s institute for environment and sustainability, and the Film and Media Studies Program jointly presented the 2023 documentary …

April 3, 2024