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Spring 2025 | Business & Sustainability

Funding a Sustainable Future: Tool Libraries and Circular Economy Nonprofits

Jenna Williamson

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Spring 2025 | Business & Sustainability

Sustainable and Safe: Redefining Healthcare without Compromise

Hazel Stoyka

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Spring 2025 | Business & Sustainability

From Discard to Discovery: Establishing a Free Reuse Store at the University of Washington

Sarah Spector

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Spring 2025 | Business & Sustainability, Education & Outreach

From Plastic to Pixels: Empowering Circular Action Through Website Design

Sydney Morris

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Spring 2025 | Business & Sustainability, Education & Outreach

The Problem with Stuff: Barriers and Solutions to a Free Store

Sadie McGee

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Spring 2025 | Business & Sustainability, Policy & Regulation

Strengthening Material Reuse in King County: Barriers, Solutions, and Circular Potential

Olivia Knutson

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Spring 2025 | Business & Sustainability, Natural Science & Restoration

Why Ecoforestry?

Jacob Jones

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Spring 2025 | Business & Sustainability

Continued Corporate Sustainability Growth Under Current Political Conditions

Quinn Johnson

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Spring 2025 | Business & Sustainability, Policy & Regulation

Lengthening Linen Longevity: How the Barriers to Hotel Textile Recycling can be Overcome

Alex Johnson

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Spring 2025 | Business & Sustainability, Policy & Regulation

LEED-ing Green Futures: Understanding the Challenges of Widespread LEED Certification

Sean Carey

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Spring 2025 | Business & Sustainability, Education & Outreach

Building a Sustainable Future: Optimizing Digital Content for Environmental Education

Julia Bullock

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Spring 2025 | Arts & Humanities, Business & Sustainability, Education & Outreach

Exploring How We Can Combine Online Communities and Information Resources To Tackle the Issue of Behavior Change Concerning Sustainability

Molly Barham

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Spring 2025 | Business & Sustainability

Circularity Counts: Addressing the Waste Issue Through Community-Centered Institutions

Aidan Cox

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Autumn 2024 | Business & Sustainability

Light Rail Heavy Impacts: How a Toxic Relationship can Halt the Expansion of Seattle’s Light Rail System

Miles Crook

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Autumn 2024 | Business & Sustainability, Environmental Justice

Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals: Opportunities and Challenges in the Arctic Region

Amber Wang

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Autumn 2024 | Business & Sustainability, Environmental Justice

Social Sustainability – The Unmapped Pillar at the University of Washington

Kellie Telis

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Autumn 2024 | Arts & Humanities, Business & Sustainability, Natural Science & Restoration

Achieving a Sustainable Future Through Design & Planning

Jack Ryan

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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 | Business & Sustainability

Designing For Sustainability: The Role Of A Reuse Commons Mall In Reducing Landfill Impact Through Community Engagement & Education

Dhanush Pamarthi

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Autumn 2024 | Business & Sustainability, Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice

How the Collective Impact Framework can Inspire Meaningful Partnership and Rapidly Advance a Sustainable Future

Mia Nelson

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Autumn 2024 | Business & Sustainability, Policy & Regulation

The Power of a Circular Economy to Meet Sustainable Development Goals

William Hooper

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Autumn 2024 | Business & Sustainability, Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice

Know Your Audience: Creating Better Transit Systems through Co-Design with Community Stakeholders

Grace Georgitsis

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Autumn 2024 | Business & Sustainability, Education & Outreach

Secondhand, First-Class: Identifying Target Communities for the Reuse Commons and Effective Marketing Strategies for Engagement

Brianna Cateriano

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Autumn 2024 | Business & Sustainability, Education & Outreach

Let’s Map It Out: The Potential of Mapping in Raising Sustainability Awareness of UW Students

Lea Bodmer

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2013 Spring | Business & Sustainability, Policy & Regulation

Environmental Policy Needs Both the Carrot and the Stick

Laura Shields

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2013 Spring | Business & Sustainability, Climate Change

What Businesses Think of Climate Risks

Soshi Kumamoto

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2013 Spring | Business & Sustainability

Greening Sports Resource Hub Leading Sports Venues to Become Sustainable

Sarah Kiner

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2013 Spring | Business & Sustainability, Education & Outreach

How May Organizations Motivate Employees to Participate in Sustainability-Focused Programming

Christina Heinlen

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2013 Spring | Business & Sustainability

Marketing Sustainability to College Sports Fans

Laura Lee Dootson

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2013 Spring | Agriculture and Food Systems, Business & Sustainability

Shopping Our Way to Stronger Communities

Jenn Clarke

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2013 Spring | Business & Sustainability

Planning for Sports of the Future

Jordan Chernesky

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2011 Spring | Business & Sustainability, Sustainability

Building a Greener Future: How Improvements to Windows and Lighting Can Be Put to Use

Thomas van Wageningen

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2011 Spring | Business & Sustainability, Education & Outreach, Policy & Regulation, Sustainability

The Culture of Consumerism: Eco-Labels and Sustainable Choices

Taylor Sproed

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2011 Spring | Agriculture and Food Systems, Arts & Humanities, Business & Sustainability, Natural Science & Restoration

Examining Industrial Sites and Toxins in the Columbia River Watershed

Siera Miller

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2011 Spring | Business & Sustainability, Climate Change, Sustainability

The Threat of Freshwater Shortages Has Become More Evident Within Recent Years Due to Climate Change, Increasing Population, and Inefficient Water Networks

Meaghan Kapinos

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2011 Spring | Business & Sustainability, Sustainability

Identifying Potential Rain Garden Locations in Kitsap County, Washington

Sarah Hudgins

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2011 Spring | Agriculture and Food Systems, Business & Sustainability, Education & Outreach

Shifting the Impact of Food Production through Urban Agriculture and Beekeeping

Katherine Game

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2011 Spring | Business & Sustainability

A Case Study Analysis of the Fundamental Components to Successful Recycling and Composting Programs Across the Commercial Sector

Casey Funke

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2011 Spring | Business & Sustainability, Policy & Regulation

Increasing Distributed Energy Generation by Modifying State Net Metering Policy

Rachel Dussell

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2011 Spring | Business & Sustainability, Policy & Regulation, Sustainability

The Effect of Policy on the Economic Feasibility of Combined Heat and Power in Washington State

Duncan Clauson

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