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ECo Impact Awards: Project Progress

From pollinators to people to past populations, ECo Impact Award recipients are expanding scholarship on environment and sustainability at Georgetown University and beyond. In…

July 27, 2023

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Students Map Out Alternate Futures in Environmental Humanities Course

“The question of what the environmental humanities are is open and undefined – there’s not a set curriculum or an anthology that you crack open,” said Hensley. “In this…

July 12, 2023

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‘Universities on Fire’ is brisk, inspiring and sobering

In a new book, Georgetown University futurist Bryan Alexander ponders higher education’s next 75 years in a climate-changed.…

July 5, 2023

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Energy Democracy in a Federal and Localist System: Georgetown Scholars Investigate a Crucial Component of Just Energy Governance in the Coming Decades

Foster and Chertoff explore how different levels of governmental regimes impact energy democracy, comparing how legal and policy levers (authorities, mandates, funding, and power…

June 20, 2023

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The interdisciplinary approach of the Georgetown MS in Environment and Sustainability Management

Eleni Orfanos embarked on a transformative journey by enrolling in Georgetown McDonough’s MS in Environment and Sustainability Management. Eleni shares how the program prepared…

June 19, 2023

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Is the East Coast the Next Wildfire Hotspot? Climate Expert Weighs In

A warmer planet will likely lead to more frequent and severe wildfires in the years to come, said Megan Lickley, assistant professor in the Earth Commons and the Science…

June 9, 2023

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5 Things You Need To Know Before Going Into the Jungle From a Conservationist

Brian Griffiths, assistant teaching professor in the Earth Commons, will lead a team of researchers into the Peruvian Amazon this July to study the sustainability of subsistence…

June 5, 2023

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Georgetown Receives $21M From NIST to Train U.S. STEM Workforce

A group of Georgetown faculty secured up to $21 million in funding from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to provide laboratory experience and financial…

May 12, 2023

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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