Program on the Environment

2025 Spring | Education & Outreach

Science Communication in a New Information Age: Utilizing Social Media as an Environmental Education Tool

Ben Loke

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2025 Spring | Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice

Green Minds: Environmental Education as a Catalyst for Eco-Conscious Values

Mayah Levy

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2025 Spring | Education & Outreach

Communicating Science: Navigating Controversial Topics with Reason

Sebastian Kuhn

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

Before We Engineer The Ocean: Reimagining Community Engagement in Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal

Chloe Jazvic

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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 | Arts & Humanities, Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice

Trash Talk: Zines, Waste Systems, and Environmental Justice in Seattle

Yifan Han

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2025 Spring | Education & Outreach

Roots of Awareness, Branches of Action: Environmental Knowledge-Action Gaps In Preschool-Aged Students

Ruby Gumaelius

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2025 Spring | Arts & Humanities, Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration

Art as a Bridge: Connecting Relationship to Nature through Environmental Restoration & Immigration Stories

Emma Freeman

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2025 Spring | Education & Outreach

Eco-Engagement: Discovering Effective Social Media Strategies for Environmental NGOs

Chelsea DeGrande

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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 | Business & Sustainability, Education & Outreach

Building a Sustainable Future: Optimizing Digital Content for Environmental Education

Julia Bullock

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

From Brain Drain to Brain Gain: Preserving Institutional Knowledge in Student-Run Environmental Research Organizations

Layla Airola

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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 | Education & Outreach

Nature’s Crucial role in Child Development through the Lens of a Pandemic

Liam Griffith

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

Emotion in Science: The Role of Emotion in Integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Western Science Methods in Environmental Science

Zachary Flagler

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2024 Autumn | Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice

Are our Green Spaces Adequate? The Impact of Nature Immersion on Emotional Well-Being

Jaelyn Yanni

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2024 Autumn | Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice

Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges: Youth Entering Natural Resource Careers

Amy Whitham

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2024 Autumn | Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice

Bridging the Gap to Nature: Finding Solutions to Green Space Access Inequality

Chloe Stafford

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2024 Autumn | Education & Outreach

Citizen Science: Transforming Community Members into Environmental Educators

Annie Schlanger

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2024 Autumn | Arts & Humanities, Education & Outreach

Is the Perspective Changing; Assessing the Relationship between Young Christians and the Environment

Christina Rhoades

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

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

Hana Chollar

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2024 Autumn | 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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2024 Autumn | 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 | Education & Outreach

Five Methods to Improve Motivation in Volunteer Educators

Megan Waskom

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2013 Spring | Education & Outreach

Using Rain Gardens to Combat Storm Water Runoff

Emma Vowels

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Filter Projects

Science Communication in a New Information Age: Utilizing Social Media as an Environmental Education Tool

Ben Loke

Green Minds: Environmental Education as a Catalyst for Eco-Conscious Values

Mayah Levy

Communicating Science: Navigating Controversial Topics with Reason

Sebastian Kuhn

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

Hope Kuchan

Before We Engineer The Ocean: Reimagining Community Engagement in Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal

Chloe Jazvic

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

Chancellor Hoppenrath

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

Megan Hassi

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

Sammy Harrison

Trash Talk: Zines, Waste Systems, and Environmental Justice in Seattle

Yifan Han

Roots of Awareness, Branches of Action: Environmental Knowledge-Action Gaps In Preschool-Aged Students

Ruby Gumaelius

Art as a Bridge: Connecting Relationship to Nature through Environmental Restoration & Immigration Stories

Emma Freeman

Eco-Engagement: Discovering Effective Social Media Strategies for Environmental NGOs

Chelsea DeGrande

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

Kristina Gerard Canonizado

Building a Sustainable Future: Optimizing Digital Content for Environmental Education

Julia Bullock

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

Molly Barham

From Brain Drain to Brain Gain: Preserving Institutional Knowledge in Student-Run Environmental Research Organizations

Layla Airola

Local Nonprofits Have Our Backs– Who Has Theirs?

Anna Crow

Nature’s Crucial role in Child Development through the Lens of a Pandemic

Liam Griffith

Emotion in Science: The Role of Emotion in Integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Western Science Methods in Environmental Science

Zachary Flagler

Are our Green Spaces Adequate? The Impact of Nature Immersion on Emotional Well-Being

Jaelyn Yanni

Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges: Youth Entering Natural Resource Careers

Amy Whitham

Bridging the Gap to Nature: Finding Solutions to Green Space Access Inequality

Chloe Stafford

Citizen Science: Transforming Community Members into Environmental Educators

Annie Schlanger

Is the Perspective Changing; Assessing the Relationship between Young Christians and the Environment

Christina Rhoades

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

Nina Pursai

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

Chikita Nigam

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

Mia Nelson

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

Haley Nelson

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

Ainsleigh McKinlay

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

Kort Maeda

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

Nha Khuc

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

Monica Hniang Dawt Chin

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

Caroline Hale

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

Grace Georgitsis

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

Sara Da Silva

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

Hana Chollar

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

Brianna Cateriano

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

Lea Bodmer

Five Methods to Improve Motivation in Volunteer Educators

Megan Waskom