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Autumn 2012 PoE Capstone Symposium
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Monday, November 26th 2012 |
| 2:00 - 2:50 PM | SESSION A: Education, Outreach, & Sustainability |
| WELCOME & INTRODUCTION | |
| Clare Ryan Director, Program on the Environment |
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| Environmental Education: Restructuring the Way Children View the Natural World in Order to Promote an Environmental Ethic Iris Albert Site Supervisor: Stacy Feagan, Phil Renfrow | Faculty Advisor: Kern Ewing |
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| Green Stormwater Infrastructure Feasibility Analysis Matt Coy & Mitch Halliday Site Supervisor: Jo Sullivan, John Phillips | Faculty Advisor: Derek Booth, Chuck Treser |
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| Growing Food, Growing Community Kiddy Emmanuel Site Supervisor: Julie Bryan, Bunly Yun | Faculty Advisor: Megan Styles |
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| The Problem with Education: Combining Perspectives to Change Children's Perceptions of the Natural World Ashley Esgate Site Supervisors: Maren Neldam | Faculty Advisor: Kristiina Vogt |
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| Assessing the Effectiveness of Interactive Digital Devices in Ecotourism Ashton Kidd Site Supervisor: Nancy Kartes | Faculty Advisor: Richard Olmstead |
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| Environmental Marketing: Utilizing Interactive Web-based Applications to Increase Environmental Organizations' Publicity Among Public Citizens Eric Ko Huang Site Supervisors: Nancy Kartes | Faculty Advisor: Kristiina Vogt |
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| Environmental Education in the Digital Age Julie Stewart Site Supervisors: Nancy Kartes | Faculty Advisor: Kristiina Vogt |
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| Citizen Science as an Educational Tool: Assessing the Success of Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team Zoe Vrieling Site Supervisors: Julia Parrish | Faculty Advisor: Marc Miller |
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| Q&A |
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| 3:05 - 3:15 PM | BREAK |
| 3:15 - 4:15 PM | SESSION B: Business & Sustainability |
| INTRODUCTION | |
| Dr. Tim Hargrave University of Washington-Bothell, School of Business - Addressing Environmental Problems Through Innovations in Organizing |
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| Making Sustainability Work in Professional Sports Keenan Murphy Site Supervisor: Karen Baebler | Faculty Advisor: Tim Hargrave |
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| Assessing the Role of Corporate Sustainability Reporting in Shaping Green Business Development Mikaela Winter Site Supervisor: Tony D'Onofrio | Faculty Advisor: Tim Hargrave |
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| Community-Based Utility Benchmarking: One Small Step Towards Carbon Neutrality Cole Zuckerman Site Supervisor: Joanne Day | Faculty Advisor: Kristiina Vogt |
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| Q&A | |
| 4:15 - 4:25 PM | BREAK |
| 4:25 -5:15 PM | SESSION C: Environmental Policy, Regulation, & Performance Oral Presentations (Alder Auditorium) |
| INTRODUCTION |
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| Dr. Gregory A. Hicks University of Washington, School of Law: Water Rights, Governance Institutions, and Landscapes |
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| Water Scarcity in the Face of Climate Change: Community Improvement Projects in the Informal Urban Settlements of Peru Stephanie Aragon Site Supervisor: Joyce Kelly | Faculty Advisor: Megan Styles |
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| The Clean Water Act's Nonpoint Source Pollution Distinction and Political Tradition Robert Marsh Site Supervisor: Karma Anderson | Faculty Advisor: Greg Hicks |
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| How I Brought 500 Stickers and Toxic Mugs to the EPA Jessie Huang Site Supervisor: Russell Harmon | Faculty Advisor: Francesca Lo |
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| Q&A | |
| 5:30 PM | END |
Wednesday, November 28th 2012 |
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| 1:40 - 250: PM | SESSION D: Natural Sciences & Conservation |
| WECLOME & INTRODUCTION | |
| Lisa Graumlich Dean, College of the Environment |
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| Dr. Aaron J. Wirsing University of Washington, School of Environmental & Forest Sciences - The importance of breadth in ecology: using a multidisciplinary approach to explore the consequences of wolf recolonization in Washington |
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| Something Stinks: Finding Human Fecal Contamination and Locating Culprits in the Puget Sound Corinne Messer Site Supervisor: Linda Rhodes | Faculty Advisor: Charles Treser |
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| Planning for Recovery: The Biology, Conservation, and Restoration of the Western Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata) Samantha Zwicker Site Supervisor: Jennifer Pramuk | Faculty Advisor: Aaron Wirsing |
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| Like Trying to Get Fat on Celery: A Reevaluation of the Plausibility of Currently Assumed Leatherback Sea Turtle Dietary Habits Giulia Anderson Site Supervisor: Todd Jones | Faculty Advisor: Tim Essington |
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| Q&A | |
| 2:50 - 3:00 PM | BREAK |
| 3:00 - 4:00 PM | SESSION E: From the Farm to the Table & Beyond |
| INTRODUCTION | |
| Dr. Elizabeth Wheat University of Washington, Program on the Environment - The UW Farm: Perspectives and Possibilities |
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| The Importance of Creating and Maintaining Space for Indigenous Peoples to Maintain Their Native Foodways Angela Herr Site Supervisor: Kris Miller, Delbert Miller | Faculty Advisor: Devon Pena |
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| Alternatives for Who? Food Sovereignty, Alternative Food, and Seattle's P-Patch Program Mollie Tarte Site Supervisor: Kathryn Krogslund | Faculty Advisor: Ann Anagnost |
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| Redesigning Local Food Systems: A Synthesis of Two Case Studies Rae Moore Site Supervisor: Elizabeth Dahl | Faculty Advisor: Elizabeth Wheat |
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| Q&A | |
| 4:00 - 4:10 PM | BREAK |
| 4:10 - 4:50 PM | SESSION F: Science, Policy, & Sustainability |
| INTRODUCTION |
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| Salvaging Solutions: Analyzing Auto Slavage Yards' Responses to Federal Clean Water Regulation Lisette Albert Site Supervisor: Margaret McCauley | Faculty Advisor: Dennis Ryan |
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| Awakening from the Food Coma: Changes in Food Consupmtion and Production Molly Bell Site Supervisor: Maren Neldam | Faculty Advisor: Kritiina Vogt |
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| Forest Dynamic Models: The Influence of Understory Shrubs Katie Hogan Site Supervisor: James Lutz | Faculty Advisor: James Lutz |
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| Evaluating the Effectiveness of Bovine Bacteroides as a Fecal Indicator in Puget Sound Sylvia Howard Site Supervisor: Linda Rhodes | Faculty Advisor: Linda Rhodes |
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| Environmental Sustainability in Professional Sports: The Green Sports Directory Mike Meneghini Site Supervisor: Carolyn Gangmark | Faculty Advisor: Timothy Hargrave |
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| Strategies to Influence Environmental Stewardship in Federal Offices and For-profit Businesses Terra Miller-Cassman Site Supervisor: Melissa Winters | Faculty Advisor: Timothy Hargrave |
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| Examining Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning in the Puget Sound: Using Protein Phosphatase Inhibition Assay as a Screening Method June Songtantaruk Site Supervisor: Bich-Thuy Eberhart | Faculty Advisor: Russel Herwig |
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| The Truth About Public Waste Michelle Spicer Site Supervisor: Karen Baebler | Faculty Advisor: Leta Beard |
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| Q&A | |
| 4:50 - 5:00 PM | BREAK |
| 5:00 PM | AWARDS & CLOSING |
| 5:30 PM | END |
