2024
Climate Justice & Community Collaboration: A Work-Study Proposal, Abigail Morgan Fizer, Dimitra Prassa, and Becca Smith
Planning Smith’s Final Steps to Net Zero: Alternatives to Traditional Carbon Offsets, Abigail O'Meara, Katelyn Reagan, and Samara Klotz
Reimagining Smith’s Landscape for Climate Justice, Allison Pasbjerg, Olivia Siebert, and Eugenia Rogers
Towards Climate Justice: Designing a Sustainable and Equitable Dining Structure for Workers, Sophia Patt and Spencer Backus
2023
Envisioning Climate Justice with Smith Students, Brianna Bell, Fish Fischer, and Jade Wong
Climate Justice at Smith: Visions from Administrators, Faculty, and Staff, Addy Dwyer, Katherine Emerson, and Kaila Frazer
Environmental Education in Western Massachusetts Curriculums, Abigail Morgan Fizer, Malika Gottfried, and Audrey Elizabeth Reis
Smith College Campus ADA Accessibility Report, Lily Gould, Olivia Kraft, Allison Pasbjerg, and Mia Schildbach
Beyond the Gates: Smith Co-Creating Climate Justice Initiatives with the Local River Valley Community, Lia Jacobs, Alyssa Foley, and Helen Glove
The Challenges and Benefits of Using Meadows to Enrich College Landscapes, Sophia Patt
2022
Pathways to Integrating Student Projects Into Campus Planning, Jane Andrews, Francis Li, Cora Lochner, and Waleska Reyes
A “New” Perspective on Productive Conservation: Exploring Socio-Ecological Tensions in Riparian Zone Management on Massachusetts Farms, Krystal Bagnaschi, Rosa D'Ambrosio, and Denisse Manzo Gonzalez
Ecosystem Services Analysis of Land Management Options for MacLeish Field Station; Comparison of Pasture, Reforestation, and Agroforestry, R. C. Ettenger, Brianna Ray, and Silas Weden
Evaluating Flood Risks at Smith College in Relation to Northampton, Dominique Kelly, Andria Polk, and Maya Morales
Climate Mitigation from U.S. Agricultural Soils: Technical Potential, Costs, and Policy Options, Lucy Metz
Across the Road and Beyond: Envisioning the Future of Big Night Within the Amherst Socio-Ecological System, Katie O'Dea, Isabella Viselli, and Marissa Meadows-McDonnell
Diminishing Winters and the Future of Winter Recreation, Annabel Stattelman-Scanlan, Kaia Cormier, Naina Bhargava, and Marge Poma Alarcon
The Ecological Factor: Culvert Assessment for Replacement or Removal in Northampton, MA, Isa West, Clio Bate, and Rory Haff
Decarbonizing the Massachusetts Teachers Association and Strategizing for Carbon Free Schools, Allison Wray, Maeve Morrow, and Jessica Brown
2021
Party in the USA (Waste): Evaluating Solid Waste Hauling in Amherst, MA, Sydney A. Abraham, Madison P. Biasin, Ella V.H. Carlson, and Taylor J. Ditmar
Why Did the Salamander Cross the Road? Improving the Amherst Amphibian Tunnels Through Community Engagement and Physical Infrastructure, Asli Ali, Julianne Borger, Rose Callanan, and Sadie Wiese
Mitigating Carbon Emissions While Staying In Business: A Case Study of Longview Farm in Hadley, MA, Hannah Asofsky, Hannah Dillahunt, Avery Hammond, and Storm Lewis
Investigating the Feasibility of Agrivoltaics in Massachusetts, Natalie Baillargeon, Glenda Perez, and Chaia Yodaiken
Sustainable Packaging: College Dining Adaptations to COVID-19, Chloe Birney, Audrey Dawson, and Austin Slesinski
Can the Healthy Incentives Program (HIP) Serve Everyone Who Needs It?: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Healthy Food Access in Hampden County, Sawyer Blake, Kiehl Jones, Molly Keller, and Madeline Turner
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Institutional Foodware, Amy Hagan-Brown and Maxine Gunther-Segal
"We need to focus on the damn land": Land Grant Universities and Indigenous Nations in the Northeast, Maeve McCurdy, Fee Pelz-Sharpe, and Sofia Perrotto
Food & Social Equity: Re-imagining FINE’s Food Access Dashboard, Sofia Romero-Campbell and Phoebe Lease
Gardening in a Carceral Context: A landscape assessment of Massachusetts county jail garden programs, Sophia Smith, Belen Rugerio Mejia, and Charlotte Littell
2020
Biodiversity in the Campus Landscape: A Meta-Evaluation of Landscape Metrics and Rating Systems, Tess Abbot, Isabel Aries, Rachael Drinker, and Sarah Evantash
Reducing Smith College’s Dining GHG emissions: An analysis of beef and milk substitutions, Emelyn Chiang, Aidan Coffin Ness, Frances Duncan, and Kelsey Towne
Electrifying Landscape Management, Rachel Hollander, Lauren McGue, Neva Richardson, and Amanda Smith
Exploring Embodied Carbon within Smith College Construction: Utilizing the New Neilson Library as a Case Study, Larissa Holland, Rebecca Miller, and Lydia Sheyda
Smith College Bioplastics & Compost In the Age of COVID-19 and Beyond, Espy Thomson, Greta Mundt, and Claire Ruppert
A Carbon Offset Roadmap for Smith College: Establishing a New Approach, Rachel Twerdowsky and Jemara Sheely
2018
Effective Student Research on Smith’s Landscape: What Worked, What Didn’t, and Where We Go From Here, Sydney Noa Bobrow and Paula Ariel Martinez
Estimation of Smith College’s Scope 3 Emissions, Cara Dietz
The Future of the Smith Campus Fleet: A Cart Case Study, Marina Howarth
Exploring the Development of a Sustainability Innovation Initiative at Smith College, Rachel Moskowitz
A Solution Based Study of Waste Practices at Smith’s Friedman Apartments, Ruth Neils, Carla Yacoub, and Meg Johnson
Grab & Go 2.0: Assessing the Effectiveness of a New Waste Reduction Program, Meghan Suslovic
Experiential Learning at Smith College: Exploring Agricultural Integration, Lark Wicinas and Elsa Weintraub
Stormwater Management on Smith College Campus, Haruka Yoshida
2017
Northampton Food Rescue: Gathering Resources, Connecting Communities, and Building Resilience, Alyssa Johnson-Kurts
Gardening the Community: A Discussion of Japanese Knotweed Eradication Methods, Sable Liggera
Stakeholder Perceptions of Green Spaces: Informing the New Landscape Master Plan, Madeleine Meadows-McDonnell
Pioneer Valley Goes Green: Minimizing Franklin Regional Transit Authority’s Carbon Footprint, Michelle Mei
Assessing the Quantity and Disciplinary Distribution of Sustainability Courses at Smith College, Sam Peikes
Assessing Smith College’s Unaccounted Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Angelica Radke
2016
Heating in Residences at Smith College, Laurel Bryggman
Advancing the Mill River Greenway Initiative: Creating a Social and Ecological Space Along the Mill River, Julia Graham
Navigating Institutional Barriers Designing First Year Sustainability Workshops, Claire Shope
2015
Relative Impact of Moving Books to/from Offsite Storage, Jess McKnight and Dano Weisbord
2012
A Turning Point for Waste Management in Northampton?, Ali Ankudowich, Rebekah Garder, Jaimi Inskeep, and Elizabeth Moran
Food Security on Ambergris Caye, Belize, Emily Barbour
Ambergris Caye: The Road to Clean Energy, Estefania Cervantes
Casinos: An Ecological Gamble The Environmental Implications of Allowing Resort Casinos in Massachusetts, Rebecca Chazin, Rosa Goldman, Lucy McAuliffe, and Ngozika Onuzo
Rainwater Catchment Systems Implemented at hotels and resorts on Ambergis Caye, Belize: Why wouldn't you invest?, Abby Dornbusch
Sustainable Solutions for Ambergris Caye: Evaluating Critical Habitat and Development Using Global Information Systems, Elizabeth Esposito
The Uncertain Future of the MacLeish Field Station, Hester Garskovas, Victoria Helms, Mikaela Sanders, and Alexis Yoon
Evaluating Critical Habitat and Development Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) on the Island of Ambergris Caye, Belize, Christina Goethel
Mapping Critical Habitat on Ambergris Caye using Geographic lnformation Systems (GIS) to provide policy recommendations to the island of Ambergris Caye, Belize, Hannah G. Hurvitt
The Sustainability of the Smith Landscape, Brittany Innis, Jenna Zukswert, Courtney Faria, and Meghan Smith
Accessible and Sustainable Food: Ambergris Caye, Belize, Elli Levy
Balancing Tourism and Sustainable Fisheries Management on Ambergris Caye, Sophie Mettler-Grove
2011
Confusion About Recycling at Smith: Recommendations for Tackling Problem Areas, MacKenzie Clark
Transforming Infrastructure: Challenging Mindsets Installing Composting Toilets on Smith Athletic Fields, Emily Gannon
Transforming Infrastructure: Challenging Mindsets Installing Composting Toilets on Smith Athletic Fields, Emily Gannon
Reduce, Reuse, and then Recycle: The Issue of Paper Use at Smith, Caitlin Kennedy
Reduce, Reuse, and then Recycle: The Issue of Paper Use at Smith, Caitlin Kennedy
How Green is Smith?, Gerica Lee
Improving Water Conservation in Smith College Housing through Environmental Education, Emily Mailloux
Improving Water Conservation in Smith College Housing through Environmental Education, Emily Mailloux
Smith's Journey into the Local Food System: Identifying the Bottlenecks, Stacie Mansen
Smith’s Journey into the Local Food System: Identifying the Bottlenecks, Stacie Mansen
Invasive Species Management at MacLeish Field Station, Colleen McGaughey
Invasive Species Management at MacLeish Field Station, Colleen McGaughey
Water Challenges: the Living Building Challenge and the MacLeish Environmental Classroom, Jake Pecht
Advertising Gone to the Recycling Bin? Paper Use on the Campus Center Bulletin Boards, Amy Shmania
Advertising Gone to the Recycling Bin? Paper Use on the Campus Center Bulletin Boards, Amy Shmania
Energy Conscious Ads for Hampshire Students, Michael Skolnick
“Why Would I Want to Attend That?” Motivating Students to Attend ES&P Lectures, Kelsea Thornton
"Why Would I Want to Attend That?" Motivating Students to Attend ES&P Lectures, Kelsea Thornton
Reusing Regalia: A More Economical and Ecological Choice, Tess Zinnes
Reusing Regalia: A More Economical and Ecological Choice, Tess Zinnes
Breaking the Bottleneck: Smith's Journey Back into the Local Food System, Ali Zipparo
2010
Mad Gardens Compassion and Education: An Environmental Journal of Literature, Art and Culture for Smith College, Rebecca Benson and Veronica Kratman
Mad Gardens: Compassion and Education: An Environmental Journal of Literature, Art and Culture for Smith College, Rebecca Benson and Veronica Kratman
Investigating Numbers and Behavior: Grab ‘n Go, Camila X. Fierro
Education and Compassion: A Smith College Environmental Arts and Culture Journal, Veronica Kratman
Education and Compassion: A Smith College Environmental Arts and Culture Journal, Veronica Kratman
How Green is My House? Co-operative vs. traditional housing at Smith College, Maggie McCaffrey
How Green is My House? Co-operative vs. Traditional Housing at Smith College, Maggie McCaffrey
Behaviors and Numbers: Investigating Grab 'n Go, Alana Miller
Behaviors and Numbers: Investigating Grab ‘n Go, Alana Miller