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The 2025 Lannan Symposium featured a series of writers and artists advocating literature as a solution to climate change by highlighting global inequality March 25 to 27.

Lannan Symposium Highlights Role of Literature in Climate Action

By Ajani Stella and Annie Quimby March 26, 2025

Writers and artists advocated for literature strengthening the environmental movement during a Georgetown University symposium March 25 to 27. The Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice, which...

Hoya Harvest Festival Sheds Light on Sustainability Efforts, Fosters Community During Family Weekend

Hoya Harvest Festival Sheds Light on Sustainability Efforts, Fosters Community During Family Weekend

By Lauren Maloney, Special to The Hoya October 25, 2024

Georgetown University’s Earth Commons Institute, an organization dedicated to campus sustainability and environmental research, gathered over 10 student groups and university organizations in its annual...

COURTESY DAISY FYNEWEVER | The Hoya Harvest Festival, organized by the Earth Commons, celebrated the Hoya Harvest Garden and sustainability at Georgetown on Oct. 18.

Hoya Harvest Festival Celebrates Sustainable Food Production on Campus

By Shivali Vora, Deputy Science Editor October 25, 2024

The Hoya Harvest Festival, an annual event organized by the Earth Commons to celebrate environmental and sustainability initiatives at Georgetown, brought community members together at the Regents Hall...

@THEEARTHCOMMONS/INSTAGRAM | It's time to get outside! Georgetown students participating in Earth Commons's "Get Outside Challenge" are completing nature-based challenges tailored to their interests and benefiting from the mental and physical health boosts of time spent outdoors.

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

By Sydney Hudson, Special to The Hoya April 17, 2024

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 celebration of Earth Month. The...

Earth Commons Nourishes Community at Hoya Harvest Festival

Earth Commons Nourishes Community at Hoya Harvest Festival

By Alexa Hill and Riley Vakkas October 20, 2023

Georgetown’s Earth Commons Institute hosted its second annual Hoya Harvest Festival, a celebration of the bounty from the annual growing season, on the Regents Hall patio Oct. 13.  The Earth...

Earth Commons ECo Talk highlights role of new satellite data on gas emissions

Earth Commons ECo Talk highlights role of new satellite data on gas emissions

By Anna Tsioulias October 11, 2023

Scot Miller, an assistant professor at the department of environmental health and engineering at Johns Hopkins, discussed how scientists use atmospheric observations from satellites and telecommunications...

Earth Commons Hosts EcoTalk on High Seas Treaty

Earth Commons Hosts EcoTalk on High Seas Treaty

By Sahana Arumani September 21, 2023

Nichola Clark, senior officer of ocean governance at The Pew Charitable Trusts, presented her talk “The New High Seas Treaty: what’s in it, how we got there, and what’s next” Sept. 15, as part...

VIDEO | A Closer Look at the Hoya Harvest Garden

VIDEO | A Closer Look at the Hoya Harvest Garden

By Hayley Young, Amna Shamim, and Emily Han September 8, 2023

https://youtu.be/RCgoLwre8zo In this video, Hayley Young (CAS ’26), Emily Han (CAS ’26) and Amna Shamim (CAS ’25) attend the Hoya Harvest Garden Party that took place Aug. 27, 2023. Watch...

Hoya Harvest Garden Launches at Breaking Ground Festival

Hoya Harvest Garden Launches at Breaking Ground Festival

By Georgia Russello April 29, 2023

Georgetown University’s Earth Commons Institute opened a new garden to provide a resource for students and professors to learn about sustainable agriculture.  The Earth Commons, Georgetown’s...

VIEWPOINT: Confronting the Climate Crisis at GU

VIEWPOINT: Confronting the Climate Crisis at GU

By Dagomar Degroot and Meghan Chapple January 20, 2023

If you’re an undergraduate student, carbon dioxide levels in Earth’s atmosphere have surged by about 15% since you were born. Because even small changes in the atmospheric concentration of carbon...

COMMUNITY CORNER: What is an “Earth Commons”? We Asked the Director.

COMMUNITY CORNER: What is an “Earth Commons”? We Asked the Director.

By Amna Shamim March 4, 2022

https://soundcloud.com/multimedia-editor/earth-commons-podcast-final-03032022-1415/s-6YsmeLWt5vu?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing On this episode of “Community...

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