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KEHOE: Make Space for Future Generations

KEHOE: Make Space for Future Generations

By Sam Kehoe February 14, 2020

A new question raised by the ecological crisis is whether climate change should dissuade people from bringing children into the world. The Sierra Club recently published a piece on choosing to be a parent...

Protests Essential to Fighting Climate Change, Fonda Says

Protests Essential to Fighting Climate Change, Fonda Says

By Maddie Berry January 17, 2020

Active demonstrations supplement individual lifestyle changes in making strides towards combating climate change, according to actress and activist Jane Fonda at a Jan. 7 event. The event, titled “This...

@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...

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...

@JANEESE4DC/TWITTER | Janeese Lewis George of Ward 4 is among six candidates for D.C. council who have pledged not to accept campaign donations from local oil and gas company, Pepco.

Ward 2 Candidates Sign The ‘No Pepco Pledge’

By Madiha Sohani October 11, 2019

Six candidates for Washington, D.C. Council, including three from Ward 2, have signed the “No Pepco Pledge,” agreeing to not accept campaign contributions from Pepco, Washington Gas and fossil fuel...

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY | Professor Peter Marra co-authored a study that warned about the disappearance of birds in the last half decade.

Nearly Three Billion North American Birds Have Disappeared Since 1970, Study Says

By Luke DiMartino September 27, 2019

More than one in four North American birds have disappeared since 1970, signaling the development of potentially deeper ecological problems in the region, according to a new study co-authored by director...

MIKAIL HUSAIN/The Hoya | Various sustainability organizations on campus led students to participate in the D.C. area strike associated with the Global Climate Strike, Friday Sept. 20.

Georgetown Students March in Global Climate Strike

By Anna Ferrazzi September 27, 2019

Georgetown University students and campus sustainability organizations joined thousands of young activists protesting the effects of climate change in the Washington, D.C. iteration of the first ever Global...

TALATI: Justify Environmentalism With Genesis

TALATI: Justify Environmentalism With Genesis

By Haley Talati September 20, 2019

“In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth,” humanity’s troubled relationship with the environment began in earnest. (Genesis 1:1) 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls flocked...

VIEWPOINT: Take Individual Responsibility in Recycling

By Emily Mazur April 24, 2019

Hanging from a tree above Red Square earlier this month, aluminum cans, water bottles and plastic containers clashed sharply with Georgetown University’s manicured landscape of and drew people’s attention...

KIRK ZIESER/THE HOYA | Freelance photographer George Steinmetz, right, and American University Associate Professor of  Philosophy and Religion Evan Berry, left, said an understanding religion is essential to motivate action against climate change at an event Jan. 23.

Visual Effects of Climate Change Motivate Action

By Meredith Miller January 25, 2019

Displaying the effects of increasingly frequent environmental disasters and engaging religious communities is necessary to motivate action against climate change, George Steinmetz, a freelance photographer,...

SOPHIA NUNN FOR THE HOYA Members of a working group sponsored by the Georgetown University Institute for the Study of Diplomacy reported climate effects in the Arctic will pose economic and national security threats to the United States.

Climate Change in Arctic to Shift Global Economy

By Karena Landler November 30, 2018

Climate change will have drastic economic, political and military consequences worldwide because of its effects on the Arctic, members of a university working group on the Arctic said at an event on Wednesday...

LEVY: Huddling for Humanity

LEVY: Huddling for Humanity

By Joshua Levy November 16, 2018

Emperor penguins are perhaps the most regal of their kind. On land they stand proudly, touting their pure white plumage and elegant gold patches for all to see. They are also among the most courageous...

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