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Spring 2025 | Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice, Natural Science & Restoration

Reshaping Climate Change Education for Elementary Students

Molly Rabus

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Spring 2025 | Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice

Transportation Education: Addressing High Schoolers concerns with Seattle Transit

Hailey Roberson

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Spring 2025 | Natural Science & Restoration

Bridging the Gap: Improving Ecological Thinning Strategies in Western Washington for Climate Adaptation

Mateo Salgado

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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

Sustainable and Safe: Redefining Healthcare without Compromise

Hazel Stoyka

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

Mother Earth: Feminizing The Environment And Its Implications On Natural Resource Management

Eliza Weyman

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Spring 2025 | Natural Science & Restoration

Climate Solution or Ecological Gamble? Understanding The Tradeoffs of Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement

Jacob Williams

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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 | Education & Outreach

Bridging the Gap: Trust, Transparency, and Digital Tools in Environmental Communication

Olivia Young

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Autumn 2024 | Environmental Justice, Policy & Regulation

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

Elena Vega de Soto

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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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Autumn 2024 | 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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Autumn 2024 | Agriculture and Food Systems

Let’s Glean: What is Gleaning and what Motivates People to do it?

Tess Brobeck

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Autumn 2024 | Environmental Justice, Natural Science & Restoration

The Guidance of Salmonberries: How we can Reclaim Mother Nature as her Children and not her Antithesis

Ada Cashmere

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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 | Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice

Thinking About Nature: How Forest Classrooms Foster Systems Thinking Skills in Preschoolers

Hana Chollar

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Autumn 2024 | Natural Science & Restoration

Bird Talk: Patch Cuts as a Means of Conservations

Maya Clauson-Nehus

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Autumn 2024 | Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration

Waves of Insight: A Methodology for Tracking Recreational Boating Patterns and Significance in the San Juan Archipelago

Sara Da Silva

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Autumn 2024 | Policy & Regulation

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

Maeve Doolin

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Autumn 2024 | Environmental Justice, Policy & Regulation

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

Sydney Elfstrom

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Autumn 2024 | Natural Science & Restoration

Shifting Thermal Windows: The Impact of Climate Change on Bull Kelp in the Salish Sea

Kayla Engelhardt

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Autumn 2024 | Agriculture and Food Systems

Assessing Involvements of Farmer’s Markets in Communities

Genevieve Fend

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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 | Agriculture and Food Systems, Environmental Justice

Comparing Apples to Oranges… Fruit Preference & It’s Implications

Ella Gostisha

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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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Autumn 2024 | Education & Outreach, Policy & Regulation

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

Monica Hniang Dawt Chin

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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 | Agriculture and Food Systems, Policy & Regulation

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

Andres Kappes

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Autumn 2024 | 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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Autumn 2024 | Environmental Justice

Unhoused People as Park Users: Their Perspectives and Needs

Michael Lu

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Autumn 2024 | Arts & Humanities, Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice

Storytelling as Co-design: Reframing Participatory Design Methodologies and Frameworks for Indigenous-led Climate Justice Work

Kort Maeda

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Autumn 2024 | 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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Autumn 2024 | Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice, Natural Science & Restoration

Why Save Something You Don’t Care About? – The Importance Of Outdoor Environmental Education Programs For Kids

Haley Nelson

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

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

Katie Olsen

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

Top Barriers to Multifamily Composting: Matters of Accessibility & Justice

Evelyn Osburn

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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 | 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 | Environmental Justice, Natural Science & Restoration

What’s In a Name? Themes for Addressing Racist Language in Natural History Collections

Nile Peoples

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