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EDITORIAL: Strengthen Sustainability Efforts at Georgetown

EDITORIAL: Strengthen Sustainability Efforts at Georgetown

By The Editorial Board April 23, 2021

With the Biden administration’s announcement of ambitious new emissions reduction targets and climate anxiety on the rise, Georgetown University students and administrators must commit to sustainability...

THOMAS: Invest in Renewable Energy

THOMAS: Invest in Renewable Energy

By Connor Thomas April 22, 2021

Happy Earth Day, Hoyas. Despite all the apocalypticism embedded in my column, I have yet to acknowledge the most apocalyptic subject of all: environmentalism. There is at least one — glaring — observation...

RICKERT: Invest in Climate Change Education

RICKERT: Invest in Climate Change Education

By Katelyn Rickert March 5, 2021

If the United States had taken decisive actions to prevent the spread of coronavirus when it was first discovered here, such as mandatory mask-wearing and social distancing, the country’s total number...

PUKAS: Cultivate Sustainable Food Consumption

PUKAS: Cultivate Sustainable Food Consumption

By Annabelle Pukas February 19, 2021

The media often portrays climate change as an inescapable cycle of natural disasters. Intense heat waves and forest fires are followed by hurricanes, heavy rain and mudslides, which in turn are followed...

Bill Gates Discusses Climate Change Solutions With Georgetown Community

Bill Gates Discusses Climate Change Solutions With Georgetown Community

By Yalda Zarrabi February 18, 2021

Microsoft founder Bill Gates discussed the challenging problem of combating climate change in a Zoom webinar event promoting his new book that outlines his plan to avoid a climate catastrophe.  In...

PUKAS: Confront Climate’s Role in Pandemics

PUKAS: Confront Climate’s Role in Pandemics

By Annabelle Pukas February 5, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has completely upended life as we once knew it, infecting over 104 million people and claiming the lives of over 2.2 million worldwide. While the current vaccine rollout makes the...

VIEWPOINT: Promote Climate Education on TikTok

VIEWPOINT: Promote Climate Education on TikTok

By Nicholas Budler February 4, 2021

As the pandemic dragged on, I tried hard to avoid downloading TikTok. I honestly thought the app was pointless. As I researched how to make wildlife conservation content more accessible and appealing...

GUFF Reflects on GU’s Journey to Divestment

GUFF Reflects on GU’s Journey to Divestment

By Liam Scott June 18, 2020

When Georgetown University announced its intention to fully divest from fossil fuels in February, Caroline James (COL ’16) received the news while enduring heat waves in Mozambique, a direct product...

Evolving Battlefield and Climate Require Renewed Aid Tactics, Expert Says

Evolving Battlefield and Climate Require Renewed Aid Tactics, Expert Says

By Harrison Lee February 14, 2020

Rapid evolutions in cyberwarfare and the advent of climate change require new, sustainable methods for delivering aid to vulnerable populations, Head of Policy and Humanitarian Diplomacy of the International...

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...

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