Members of the Georgetown Renewable Energy and Environmental Network (GREEN) raised awareness for plastic pollution through outreach at a local Cub Scout meeting Jan. 18.
A student advocacy club...
An estimated 91% of the world’s population is breathing polluted air daily, an astonishing statistic that is the consequence of global fossil fuel emissions produced primarily by rich and developed...
An introduction to the mainstream environmentalism movement will often highlight campaigns urging communities to reduce waste or use metal straws to “save the turtles.” Additionally, activists often...
A group of Georgetown undergraduates and professors helped rebuild an educational visitor center in the Diani Beach region of Kenya this summer.
The center was built under the jurisdiction of Colobus...
By noon it was sunny, and Red Square was predictably bustling with students excited about the weekly Georgetown University Farmers Market, where several local vendors come to sell food — including empanadas,...
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Despite Georgetown’s commitment to divest their endowment from fossil fuels by 2030, a lack of transparency on their progress has led to concern from student advocates.
Over the last few years, the world’s plastic problem has garnered a lot of public attention; in one incident, a viral video of a marine conservation biologist pulling a straw from a sea turtle’s nose...
Georgetown University desperately needs a coherent and comprehensive sustainability plan. To ensure its success, we need students to be involved every step of the way.
Georgetown has the potential...
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...
The health care industry is designed to keep people healthy, but in order to prevent irreparable damage to the health of the planet and everyone on it, the industry must assume responsibility and take...
