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2025 Autumn | Business & Sustainability, Natural Science & Restoration, Policy & Regulation

Adverse Selection and Equity in the Voluntary Carbon Market: Balancing Integrity and Inclusion in Global Climate Finance.

Brigitte Worstell

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2025 Autumn | Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice, Policy & Regulation

CTRL + Recycle: Making Digital Zero Waste Resources Accessible

Callista Walla

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2025 Autumn | Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice, Policy & Regulation

Atoms and Inequities: Exploring the Demographic Divide in Nuclear Understanding

Cassia Vinci

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2025 Autumn | Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice, Policy & Regulation

Strengthening Resilience In Washington’s Coastal Communities: Integrating Social Vulnerability Into Regional Hazard Mitigation Planning

Ava Vaughan

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2025 Autumn | Policy & Regulation

Bridging Policy and Practice: Evaluating Washington State’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategies in Comparison to Other U.S. Frameworks

Samarth Sarin

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2025 Autumn | Environmental Justice, Policy & Regulation

This is how we Cool It: Comparing Heat Planning and Heat Response in Pierce County

Ethan Hynes

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| Agriculture and Food Systems, Environmental Justice, Policy & Regulation

Protein with a Purpose: Evaluating How Local Nutrition Assistance Programs can “Meat” Community Needs

Tash Drewry

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2025 Autumn | Business & Sustainability, Education & Outreach, Policy & Regulation

Bring or Borrow: A Sustainable Choice Made Daily

Allyson Chelsy

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2025 Autumn | Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice, Policy & Regulation

Youth-Led Sustainable Community Development: As Easy As ABCD+E

Silvia Caralas

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2025 Autumn | Environmental Justice, Natural Science & Restoration, Policy & Regulation

Climate Collaboration: How Jurisdictions Can Strengthen Local Climate Action

Sophia Bender

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2025 Spring | Environmental Justice, Policy & Regulation

Creating Sustainable Transit-Oriented Development: How Seattle Can Grow its Light Rail Network Sustainably

Callum Mitchell

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2025 Spring | Business & Sustainability, Policy & Regulation

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

Olivia Knutson

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2025 Spring | Business & Sustainability, Policy & Regulation

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

Alex Johnson

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2025 Spring | Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration, Policy & Regulation

Tools for Curiosity: Hands on Sustainability and the Fight Against Perceived Obsolescence

Chancellor Hoppenrath

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2025 Spring | 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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2025 Spring | Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice, Policy & Regulation

Behind the Seams: Understanding Youth Attitudes Toward Sustainable Clothing and Textile Waste

Sammy Harrison

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2025 Spring | Natural Science & Restoration, Policy & Regulation

Underwater Real Estate: Analyzing Policy Frameworks for Effective Eelgrass Restoration on the U.S. West Coast

Jordan Genuario

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2025 Spring | Arts & Humanities, Environmental Justice, Policy & Regulation

The Language of Justice: Participation, Knowledge, and Power in Environmental Policy

Shannon Cosgrove

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2025 Spring | Business & Sustainability, Policy & Regulation

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

Sean Carey

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2025 Spring | Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice, Policy & Regulation

Redlining Today: Greenspace Inequity, the Detrimental Effects of It and How the City of Seattle Confronts It

Kristina Gerard Canonizado

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2025 Spring | Best Lightning Talk, Policy & Regulation

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

Benjamin Blatt

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2025 Spring | Education & Outreach, Policy & Regulation

Local Nonprofits Have Our Backs– Who Has Theirs?

Anna Crow

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2024 Autumn | Policy & Regulation

The Dangers of Weak Policy: Voluntary Corporate Participation in Standardized Date Labeling as an Enabler of Food Waste

Olivia Hallas

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2024 Autumn | Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration, Policy & Regulation

Bridging Divides: Holistic Approaches to Managing Salmon and Forest Ecosystems Amidst Increasing Wildfires

Nina Pursai

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

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

Caroline Pavloff

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2024 Autumn | Agriculture and Food Systems, Environmental Justice, Policy & Regulation

Top Barriers to Multifamily Composting: Matters of Accessibility & Justice

Evelyn Osburn

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2024 Autumn | Agriculture and Food Systems, Policy & Regulation

Keeping our Communities Fed: A Local Approach to Food System Planning

Katie Olsen

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2024 Autumn | Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice, Policy & Regulation

Nature’s Wealth: Quantifying Benefits of Nature Exposure and Promoting Equitable Access through Policy

Chikita Nigam

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2024 Autumn | Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration, Policy & Regulation

From Coastlines to Classrooms: Marine Mammals as a Wake-up Call for Transformative Environmental Education

Ainsleigh McKinlay

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2024 Autumn | Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice, Policy & Regulation

Barriers Hindering the Minority and Women-Owned Businesses to Reuse and Recycle Construction and Demolition Debris

Nha Khuc

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2024 Autumn | Agriculture and Food Systems, Policy & Regulation

We Can Manage: Examining Offal Waste Management Pathways For Washington State

Andres Kappes

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2024 Autumn | Business & Sustainability, Policy & Regulation

The Power of a Circular Economy to Meet Sustainable Development Goals

William Hooper

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2024 Autumn | Education & Outreach, Policy & Regulation

Cultivating Well-Being: The Transformative Impact of Community-Based Environmental Learning

Monica Hniang Dawt Chin

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2024 Autumn | Environmental Justice, Policy & Regulation

How to Achieve Transit-Oriented Development in an Equitable and Just Way

Sydney Elfstrom

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2024 Autumn | Policy & Regulation

Capitalism and Sustainability: Understanding the Role and Implications of Corporate Greenwashing and Climate Misinformation

Maeve Doolin

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2024 Autumn | Environmental Justice, Policy & Regulation

Reinventing Recycling: How Drop-off Sites Can Engage Consumers and Keep Recyclables Out of the Landfill

Alec Baron

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2024 Autumn | Environmental Justice, Policy & Regulation

Toxic Tech: Washington’s Path to a Sustainable Electronics Recycling System

Elena Vega de Soto

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2013 Spring | Environmental Justice, Policy & Regulation

Quantification of Environmental Justice Communities and the EPA

Byron Wenning

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2013 Spring | Policy & Regulation

Cleaning up Environmental Regulations to Help Clean up Stormwater

Alison Sienkiewicz

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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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