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Browsing Kalamazoo College Guilds: Sustainability Guild by Title
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Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership Sustainable and Environmentally Sensitive Features
(2013)• The Arcus Center is a LEED registered project with a goal of LEED Gold Certification. • The 10,000 square foot building is currently under construction at the northwest corner of campus with an anticipated project ... -
Art Equals Food: The Environmental Impact of Theatre and Practices to Make it Sustainable
(2008)This thesis addresses common procedure in sustainable theatre productions, where materials come from and how are they disposed, whether materials are hazardous, and how much waste goes into making theatre. -
Biofuels: Renewable Energy?
(2008-05-23)In an effort to become more environmentally conscious, there has been a worldwide effort to use products that are more carbon neutral. Two different renewable energy biofuels that have attracted recent attention are corn ... -
Carbon Sequestration in the Lillian Anderson Arboretum
(2010)• Now more than ever it is necessary to explore the potential for forests to play a major role in local and international policies aimed at mitigating carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. • The role terrestrial ... -
Commuter Behavior at Kalamazoo College: Manifesting Ontological Security in Environmental (In)Action
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2010)In June 2007, Kalamazoo College became the second college in Michigan to sign the American College and University Presidents‟ Climate Commitment, a promise to address local and institutional influences on climate change. ... -
Commuting at Kalamazoo College: Manifesting Ontological Security in Environmental (In)Action
(2010)My research examines how sustainability is situated within daily social interactions and routine behavior. Differences correlated to environmental action: 1. Ontological Security: Conceptualizations of Climate Change -Temporal ... -
Costs, Benefits and Sustainability of the Salween Dams along the Thai-Burma Border
(2010)The 2800 km Salween River is the last major river in Southeast Asia that remains free flowing. Unfortunately, Thailand and Burma have made plans to build a series of five large dams along the 118 km portion of the river ... -
Diel Variation in the Abundance and Contribution of the Predator Assemblages Feeding on Soybean Aphid (Aphis glycine)
(2012)Agricultural landscapes are managed ecosystems, usually designed to maximize yield with less concern given to diversity, making these systems more vulnerable to invasion by harmful pests. Natural enemies of the soybean ... -
Ecocentric Environmentalism and Pragmatic Strategy: The Means for an Effective Convention on Biological Diversity
(2001)Throughout these pages, I have argued that a reinvented Convention on Biological Diversity, based on ecocentric environmental theory, would curb today's frightening rates of biodiversity loss, and I have no doubt that it ... -
Effectiveness of Pollination by Wild Bees as Influenced by Landscape Composition and Distance from Natural Habitat
(2012)• Honey bees have traditionally been used for crop pollination but are currently facing a population decline • Wild bees may present a supplement or alternative to honey bee pollination • A high diversity of pollinators ... -
The Effects of Cross-Channel Circulation on Stratification in the Delaware Bay
(2012)Estuaries are important ecological systems: -Possess one of the highest primary production rates of organic matter in the world. -High species abundance. -Natural buffer between the sea and land. Stratification plays an ... -
The Effects of Decentralization on the Establishment and Management of Protected Areas
(2005)In 1872, Yellowstone became the first national park in the world and ushered in a new way of thinking about conservation. In order to keep Yellowstone an area of natural beauty, the United States government established it ... -
Energy Archipelago: A Case Study of Lithuania's Efforts to Gain Energy Security
(2009)This monograph was always conceptualized as a case study of Lithuania and its role within the European arena of politics, but the question of how to refine such a broad subject and still prove its relevance outside the ... -
Energy Recovery from Landfills: A Jamaican Case Study
(2013)Solid waste management is a critical issue for developing countries. In addition to limited financial resources that have to be distributed amongst various sectors, most developing countries including Jamaica faces high ... -
Environmental Policy and its Degradation by Conflicting National Goals
(1979)The focus of this discussion will be the environmental movement -- its rise as a national issue, the legislation enacting its goals, the regulation of its polluters, and the degradation of its importance as a national ... -
Environmentally Friendly Practices at Kalamazoo College
(2008)With the rising importance of sustainability due to an increasing scientific understanding of the impact of humanity on the planet, Kalamazoo College has a very large task at hand to successfully become more environmentally ... -
Enzymatic Digestion of Algal Carbohydrates for Biofuel Applications
(Kalamazoo College, 2009)As the globe is hurtled into the era of global warming, humanity is becoming more conscious of its dependency on petroleum and its unsustainable depleting supply. The once wonderful fuel of petroleum is the main cause for ... -
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 ... -
The “Green” K-Plan: Toward a Carbon Neutral Campus
(2008-01-01)As a signatory to the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, Kalamazoo College must undertake a carbon emissions inventory and adopt a carbon neutrality plan within the coming year. It is my hope ... -
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 ...
