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Sustainable Sundays: Boston Harbor Islands
By Katie Koenig Winter is upon us! Monday, October 14 was the last day to take a ferry to visit the Boston Harbor Islands, and I spent the day visiting Spectacle Island. It was drizzly most of the morning, but thankfully started clearing up by the time I got off the ferry on the island…
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History of Boston’s Green Spaces 4: Public Garden
By Katie Koenig The Public Garden was established in 1839, making it the earliest public garden in U.S. history. In 1977, a Landmarks Commission report suggested it be designated as a historic landmark, which later was accepted. Although it sits next to the Boston Common, the lands were purchased much later and decorated lavishly, with…
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Museum Meanderings 2: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
By Katie Koenig I haven’t yet made it back to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, although it’s on my to-do list this semester. I’ve been several times, and each time it’s felt like a new experience. It’s such an interesting way to present exhibits, organized into themed rooms and set up within an actual house…
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History of Boston’s Green Spaces 3: Boston Common
By Katie Koenig The Boston Common has existed since before the Revolutionary War. Early on, it was used for military training, farming, and even cattle grazing. It has remained a major green space in Boston largely due to community advocacy, much like with the Esplanade. One such community organization is the Friends of the Common…
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New Washing Machines on Campus!
By Katie Koenig For several years, students have complained about broken machines, long wait times, and water puddling on the floor of laundry rooms, among other things. From interviews in 2022, the Berkeley Beacon cites that student misuse is one factor of these issues. Another is that students are responsible for reporting broken machines, despite…
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Museum Meanderings 1: Peabody Essex Museum
By Katie Koenig Living in the heart of Boston, there are so many things to do that I, at least, get overwhelmed with all the possibilities. Museums, however, are a weakness of mine, so throughout the semester as I go to museums, you might want to join! I live on campus, which is right next…
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History of Boston’s Green Spaces 2: Franklin Park
By Katie Koenig Franklin Park is another major green space in Boston, although perhaps less traveled by on-campus residents than the Common and the Esplanade. Where the Boston Common marks one end of the Emerald Necklace, a chain of parks across Boston designed to be traversed without ever leaving the green spaces, Franklin Park finishes…
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History of Boston’s Green Spaces 1: The Esplanade
By Katie Koenig Large trees, reaching branches, the wind whistling over the Charles River, even the cars bustling across the park—I’m not the only person to love taking walks down the Esplanade. It’s a gorgeous space even in winter when the water freezes over and trees carry snow like they’re grocery bags after a shopping…
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Introducing Nejem Raheem
By Katie Koenig Nejem Raheem is a faculty member in Marketing Communication at Emerson, and in 2024, he won Emerson’s Sustainability Advancement Award! I asked him what he was most proud of concerning environmental justice, and he said it was the range of his work. He detailed a few of the projects he’s been involved…
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Day in the Life 4: My Research on Carbon Offset Projects
By: Katie Koenig I’ve been working for the past couple semesters on a large research project to provide data on other universities’ carbon offsetting strategies to guide Emerson’s strategy to achieve carbon neutrality. I’ve mentioned this in prior posts, but I’ve officially reached the final stage of this project, no longer researching but rather summating…
