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PUKAS: Reject the Fast Fashion Industry

PUKAS: Reject the Fast Fashion Industry

By Annabelle Pukas September 24, 2020

Fast fashion may appear unassuming, but behind the scenes, the garments necessitate perpetually overworked fields and the mass transformation of crude oil into market-ready forms that leak toxic chemicals...

Students To Vote in Referendum Urging University Fossil Fuel Divestment

Students To Vote in Referendum Urging University Fossil Fuel Divestment

By Grace Buono January 24, 2020

Students will vote on whether or not to support Georgetown University’s divestment from fossil fuel companies by 2024 in a Feb. 6 referendum after the Georgetown University Student Association Senate...

GUSA Senate Sinks Blue Campus Referendum

GUSA Senate Sinks Blue Campus Referendum

By Grace Buono and Jaime Moore-Carrillo January 24, 2020

The Georgetown University Student Association Senate struck down a proposed student referendum that would have granted students the opportunity to designate Georgetown University a Blue Campus at their...

New MBA Certificate Bridges Sustainability and Business

New MBA Certificate Bridges Sustainability and Business

By Harrison McBride January 17, 2020

Select students in the McDonough School of Business’ MBA program began classes for a new certificate program centered around business sustainability this semester.  The certificate in sustainable...

ALEXA VILLALPANDO FOR THE HOYA | Panelists discussed ways to enhance student environmental consciousness and promote and promote a culture of sustainability on campus.

GU Should Work Toward a More Sustainable Future, Panel Says

By Grace Buono November 15, 2019

Promoting long-term sustainable practices at Georgetown University requires determining community members’ roles in enhancing environmental consciousness, panelists said at a Nov. 14 event.  The...

@GEORGETOWNUNIVERSITY/TWITTER | The Core Pathways program allows students to make climate change the focus of their entire core curriculum, allowing for innovative and creative solutions that draw upon many fields.

Core Pathways Tackle Climate Change in the Classroom

By Elena Ergener November 8, 2019

Every semester, students spend the days before registration fiddling with new course catalogs and scheduling apps to create their ideal list of classes for the next term. Fulfilling the core requirements...

FILE PHOTO: KASSIDY ANGELO/THE HOYA | Museums in Washington D.C. showcase exhibitions on sustainability, showing how artists can incorporate environmentalism into their work, educating audiences in an engaging way.

Artists and Museums Embrace Sustainability To Preserve the Past and the Future

By Annah Otis November 8, 2019

Environmental concerns, like the onset of climate change and the impact of pollution, have inspired this new generation of artists to move beyond traditional materials and representations as a means of...

HOYAHIVETWO/GEORGETOWNBEEKEEPINGFACEBOOK | As a way to introduce pollinators for the health of the Washington, D.C. ecosystem, Hoya Hive has focused on creating and growing a bee colony right on Georgetown’s campus.

Buzzing With Sustainability: Georgetown’s Sweet Focus on Pollinators

By Arden Fitzpatrick November 8, 2019

The past 20 years have seen a rapid decline in the honey bee population, facilitated by industrial agriculture, climate change and damaging pesticides. While social media is abuzz with calls to “save...

Sustainable Fashion Moves Toward Ethical Sourcing

Sustainable Fashion Moves Toward Ethical Sourcing

By Maeve Silk November 8, 2019

Whether as an art form or as a means of self-expression, students use fashion as a marker of identity and representation while speaking to their personal values and beliefs. Fashion has come to represent...

Campus Sustainability Hindered by Lack of Communication

Campus Sustainability Hindered by Lack of Communication

By Amber Gillette and Yu Young Lee November 8, 2019

One pervasive rumor about Georgetown University’s sustainability persists: The university does not recycle. In fact, the university does recycle, but skepticism leads many students to simply toss all...

MAGGIE FOUBERG/THE HOYA | GUSA Senate passed a resolution pushing for paper-free academic policies to increase sustainability on campus.

GUSA Calls For Sustainable Paper-Free Academic Practices

By Clara Grudberg November 1, 2019

The Georgetown University Student Association senate passed a resolution urging Georgetown University to implement paper-free academic practices to improve sustainability and accessibility in an academic...

HOYAHIVE/FACEBOOK | To receive the designation, universities must meet seven different requirements around efforts to support and sustain bee populations on campus.

Laudato Si Grant Recipients Will Apply for Bee Campus Designation

By Giulia Testa November 1, 2019

A team of students, faculty and staff is applying for a designation this fall that would recognize Georgetown University’s commitment to protecting pollinators by making it the first “Bee Campus”...

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