Washington, D.C., has a LOT of museums. Between the 19 Smithsonian museums alone, it can be hard to keep up. But perhaps the most “underground” of the Smithsonian family is the Anacostia Community...
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...
Georgetown University announced Feb. 15 the launch of the Earth Commons Institute, which focuses on strengthening the university’s engagement with the environment.
Through research, education...
For far too long, successful business ventures have come at the expense of sustainability and environmental protection. The main critique of business’s environmental impact arises from many companies’...
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...
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...
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...
The Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, gardens and a research library for Byzantine and pre-Columbian studies, has plans to renovate its current greenhouse into an education space and construct...
“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...
When President Ulysses Grant established Yellowstone National Park on March 1, 1872, he helped introduce a new concept to the West. By setting Yellowstone aside as the first American park, Grant provided...
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s confirmation last Friday as the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency spells an ominous sign for the future of the agency.
Pruitt’s official attorney...
