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Climate Change and Poverty Alleviation in the Twenty-First Century: A Case study with the Mi Bosque Project and CARE Guatemala
(Kalamazoo College, 2009)This paper will examine how this particular development project has carried out its goals of climate change mitigation activities and poverty alleviation through innovative measures, and if their approaches have proven ... -
An Investigation of the Relationship Between Humans and the Wilderness on the Appalachian Trail
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2014)Many authors such as Aldo Leopold, E.O. Wilson, and Richard Louv have studied the connection between wilderness and humans. These authors conclude that this connection is intrinsic. The Appalachian Trail (AT) is a 2,183.5 ... -
The Influence of Invasive Centaurea stoebe on Cirsium pitcheri and Tanacetum huronense
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2014)Centaurea stoebe is a major invasive species within the United States that has invaded the sensitive dune habitats of the Great Lakes region. This area is home to many unique and increasingly rare species, two of which are ... -
Building Responsibly : An investigation of responsible business and how a new insect farm can approach growing responsibly
(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, ... -
The Impacts of Exposure to Nature on Humans' Mental and Physical Health
(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 ... -
Waste-full : A Philosophical Investigation of the Pedagogical Potential of Waste
(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 ... -
Experiences of Students of Color with Environmentalism on Kalamazoo College’s Campus
(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
(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 ... -
Assessing Apple Transportation in Southwest Michigan as a Method of Analyzing Sustainable Diets
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2020-01-01)Greenhouse gas emissions as a result of food production are impacting climate change at an ever-growing rate. If we want to sustain and feed the rapidly increasing human population, be able to improve our health, and ensure ... -
Reciprocal Relationship Building as a Way of Resistance and Resiliency
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2020-02-01)Capitalistic, individualistic and colonial society has caused great disconnects between the people and the land. Today, many people view the earth as a given, as something that can be freely bought, sold, developed and ... -
Propagation of Native Freshwater Mussels for the Continuation of Provided Ecosystem Services
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2021-04-01)Benefits humans derive from the environment, known as ecosystem services, come in a variety of forms, provided by a variety of organisms. Native freshwater mussels, of the order Unionida, provide many ecosystem services, ...
