Browsing Environmental Studies Senior Integrated Projects by Author "Newday, Amy"
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Building Responsibly : An investigation of responsible business and how a new insect farm can approach growing responsibly
Lundquist, Riley (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2015)Insects, consumed regularly by humans in eighty percent of countries in the world, are a source of nutrition relatively unknown in North America and Western Europe. With growing population and continued climate change, ... -
Experiences of Students of Color with Environmentalism on Kalamazoo College’s Campus
Shaker, Yasamin (Yasi) (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2019-09-01)This study explores how students of color perceive environmentalism on Kalamazoo College’s campus and navigates the reasons behind these perceptions in a broader context, including the effects of conflating environmental ... -
Framing Food, Building Community: Reciprocity and Resurgence at a Small Scale
Rubinfeld, Orly (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2020)This project employs a small-scale approach to addressing systemic challenges to our relationship with land, the food system, and one another through building a cabin on a local farm. Guided by principles of permaculture ... -
The Impacts of Exposure to Nature on Humans' Mental and Physical Health
Pourtau, Maylis (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2016)Exposure to nature, defined as an environment than can live and prosper without human contact, is beneficial for human beings. Indeed, studies have shown that exposure to natural or green spaces affects children and ... -
Now that I am Wiser…I Know the Earth Loves Me Back Love Letters to Persons from Environmental Anthropologists
Kirchgessner, Bella (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2023-03-01)In Thich Nhat Hanh's “Ten Love Letters to the Earth”, he paints an intimate portrayal of the power of Mother Earth and the deep and intimate connection he sees between humans and the natural world. Using his model and the ... -
Waste-full : A Philosophical Investigation of the Pedagogical Potential of Waste
Chipman, Emiline (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2017)Recent changes to educational policy and subsequent economic and curricular consequences have caused concern among educators about the normative direction of education. Just as the political and economic systems are rooted ...