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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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