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Spring 2025 | Honorable Mention: Best Poster, Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice, Natural Science & Restoration

Protecting the Puget Sound: How Green Stormwater Infrastructure Can Save our Waters

Dylon Ongwiseth

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Spring 2025 | Best Poster, Arts & Humanities, Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice

Oral History, TEK, and Trust: Multiple Ways of Knowing in the Climate Crisis

Hope Kuchan

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Spring 2025 | Honorable Mention: Best Lightning Talk, Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice, Policy & Regulation

Clean Air Action: How Community-Driven Solutions Can Tackle Environmental Injustice in Policy Implementation

Megan Hassi

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Spring 2025 | Best Lightning Talk, Policy & Regulation

Blue State, Purple Policy: Lessons for Bipartisan Environmental Policy in the Puget Sound

Benjamin Blatt

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Autumn 2024 | Best Poster, Business & Sustainability, Policy & Regulation

What does it Take to Improve Recycling Contamination in the Medical Field?

Caroline Pavloff

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Autumn 2024 | Honorable Mention: Best Poster, Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice

Awareness to Action: Fostering Empathy Through Immersive Learning in Climate Justice Education

Caroline Hale

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2024 Spring | Best Lightning Talk, Education & Outreach, Policy & Regulation, ★ Award Winner

Carbon, Communication, and Climate: How We Can Reach Net Zero with Less Than 1000 Acres

Midori Sylwester

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2024 Spring | Arts & Humanities, Honorable Mention: Best Lightning Talk, Education & Outreach, ★ Award Winner

Playing for Keeps: Multimodal Learning in Outdoor Environmental Education

Ruby O'Malley

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2024 Spring | Agriculture and Food Systems, Honorable Mention: Best Poster, Policy & Regulation, ★ Award Winner

Compostable Products: Breaking down Barriers and Building up Solutions

Kayla Lay

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2024 Spring | Best Poster, Education & Outreach, Policy & Regulation, ★ Award Winner

Why Should We Consider Them a Stakeholder Group? Increasing Youth Engagement with Complex Waste Management Policies

Gracia Anderson

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2023 Spring | Climate Change, Honorable Mention: Best Lightning Talk, Education & Outreach, Sustainability

Riding the Feels Train: How Emotional Appeals Steer Climate Centered Votership

Jordan Williams

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2023 Spring | Best Lightning Talk, Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration, ★ Award Winner

GEOCACHING FAUX GRANITE: HOW A ROCK IN THE WOODS IS BETTER AT TEACHING THAN YOU ARE.

Sylas Kasten

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2023 Spring | Honorable Mention: Best Poster, Environmental Justice, Natural Science & Restoration, Policy & Regulation, Sustainability, ★ Award Winner

COLLABORATING WITH TRIBES AND INTEGRATING INDIGENOUS ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE INTO PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT OF KELP AND EELGRASS CONSERVATION

Sundus Sabbah

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2023 Spring | Agriculture and Food Systems, Best Poster, Climate Change, Sustainability

Time to Talk Trash: The Top Barriers and Solutions for Composting in Faster Food Restaurants

Michaela Fournier

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2023 Autumn | Best Lightning Talk, Climate Change, Policy & Regulation, Sustainability, ★ Award Winner

TACKLING TRASH: UNDERSTANDING HUMAN WASTE BEHAVIOR IN HUSKY STADIUM

Riley Ramirez

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2023 Autumn | Climate Change, Honorable Mention: Best Lightning Talk, Natural Science & Restoration, Sustainability, ★ Award Winner

MYCO-FILTRATION FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND CIRCULARITY

Keya Roy, @KeyaRRoy

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2023 Autumn | Best Poster, Education & Outreach, ★ Award Winner

BEAVERS: AGRICULTURE’S FOE TURNED FRIEND

Charlotte Till, @CharlotteTilll

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2023 Autumn | Honorable Mention: Best Poster, Education & Outreach, ★ Award Winner

USING REBATES TO PROTECT OUR WATERS: INCREASING EQUITABLE UTILIZATION IN THE RAINWISE REBATE PROGRAM FOR DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES

Matthew Mason

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