Browsing Sustainability SIP Symposium by Title
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Food Purchasing Attitudes and Practices in a Low-income, Multi-racial Neighborhood in Kalamazoo
(2014)Kalamazoo, Michigan has a complex physical, geographical and political food landscape set in the context of a nationwide food system and a blossoming local food movement. This is a study of the food system as it is expressed ... -
Habitat Preference and Community Assemblages of Carabid Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Wheat Fields
(2012)Biocontrol is an important ecosystem service worth billions of dollars to agricultural systems. Many studies have investigated the conservation of natural enemies via habitat management and have found that adjacent habitats ... -
Human-Environment Relationships: Environmental Culture in Chicago Public Housing
(2013)The relationship between the Earth and humans is dynamic and dialectical, one that should be analyzed with the concepts of human distinctiveness, othering, design and architecture, and creation and destruction. Using Hays’ ... -
Liana Distributions in Disturbed Northern Indiana Temperate Forests and Management of Invasive Exotic Liana, Celastrus Orbiculatus
(2013)- Lianas (perennial woody vines) are crucial elements in maintaining richness and diversity in developing and mature forested areas around the world - Reliance on surrounding vertical supports allows for increased allocation ... -
A Look Into the Current and Future Directions of the Lillian Anderson Arboretum
(2012)- Owned by Kalamazoo College since 1982 - Originally farmland – now contains a variety of landscapes from natural succession - Main features: Magnificent Pines, Bonnie Castle Lake, Centennial Grove, Monarch Way Station, ... -
Produce Pricing Dynamics in Kalamazoo
(2014)This paper seeks to investigate the validity that produce prices are lower at superstores than at farmers’ markets by using Kalamazoo as a case study. This is done by analyzing the difference between the two markets’ mean ... -
Slow and Local Wins the Race
(2011)“Everyone has a fundamental right to the pleasure of good food and consequently the responsibility to protect the heritage of food, tradition and culture that make this pleasure possible.” -
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Carabid Beetle Assemblages in Winter Wheat Factor into their Potentail as Biocontrol Agents
(2012)Biological control is a widely available method of additional or alternative pest control which utilizes natural enemies to control crop pests. For successful control of grain aphids in wheat, predation during the early ... -
Sustainability SIP Symposium Program 2010
(2010-04-27)Program for the Sustainability SIP Symposium held Tuesday, April 27, 2010. -
Sustainability SIP Symposium Program 2011
(2011-04-26)Program for the Sustainability SIP Symposium held Tuesday, April 26, 2011. -
Sustainability SIP Symposium Program 2012
(2012-04-24)Program for the Sustainability SIP Symposium held Tuesday, April 24, 2012. -
Sustainability SIP Symposium Program 2013
(2013)Program for the Sustainability SIP Symposium held in Monday, April 29, 2013. -
Sustainability SIP Symposium Program 2014
(2014)Program for the Sustainability SIP Symposium held Tuesday, April 22, 2014. -
Sustainable Energy Practices in Thailand and Application of Thermosyphons to High-Power Light-Emitting Diodes
(2014)The goal of this paper is first to give a general overview of energy use in Thailand, and review sustainable alternatives in generation and application. As a developing country, infrastructure is rapidly developing as well, ...