Senior Theses from 2018
An Assessment of the Sharing Economy and Its Policy Solutions Through the Lens of Sustainability, Chloe An
Conserving the San Gabriels: A Historical Analysis of the Management of the San Gabriel Mountains, Jack Carroll
Unity in Difference: an Exploration of Spatial Justice and Environmental Justice in Los Angeles, Minah Choi
Using Renewable Energy to Increase Tribal Sovereignty: A Feasibility Study for a Biomass Energy Plant on the Cocopah Reservation, Lauren Katrina D'Souza
Restoration of Mauri (Life-Force) to Ōkahu Bay: Investigation of a Community Driven Restoration Process, Emily Freilich
Restoration of Mauri (Life-Force) to Okahu Bay: Investigation of the Cultural, Social, and Environmental Restoration, Emily Freilich
Sustainable End-of-Life Management for Photovoltaic Waste in California, Taylor Haas
Indigenous-led Resistance to Environmental Destruction: Methods of Anishinaabe Land Defense against Enbridge's Line 3, Charlotte Degener Hughes
Unearthing the Past: Concretions of the Jurassic Fernie Formation, Fiona Käch
Potential for Climate Induced Methane Hydrate Dissociation, Graham MacWilliams
Stagnant Nuclear Energy Policy in France: An Issue of Environmental Justice, Emma McElroy
Green Looks Good on You: The Rhetoric and Moral Identity of Conscious Consumption Blogs, Abigail O'Brien
Designing For The Continued Survival Of Wildlife: A Case Study On Wildlife Habitat Design In Australia's Alice Springs Desert Park, Maia M. Presti
Closing the Loop: Exploring IKEA’s Transition to the Circular Economy, Alexandra Seidel
Prisons, Policing, and Pollution: Toward an Abolitionist Framework within Environmental Justice, Ki'Amber Thompson
Nationalizing Nature: A Critique of the English National Trust Interpretation of Stowe Landscape Garden, Sarah Whitney
Nationalizing Nature: A Critique of the English National Trust Interpretation of Stowe Landscape Garden, Sarah Whitney
A Comparison of Historic Preservation and Project Planning: Suzhou and Pasadena, Yijing Zhang
A Comparison of Historic Preservation and Project Planning: Suzhou and Pasadena, Yijing Zhang
Sustainability-Efficiency Paradox: The Efficacy of State Energy Plans in Building a More Sustainable Energy Future, Austin Zimmerman
Senior Theses from 2017
Quantifying Carbonyl Sulfide and Other Sulfur-Containing Compounds Over the Santa Barbara Channel, Julia Black
Democracy in the Dark: An Energy Democracy Model Centering Property and People, Feby Boediarto
From Yosemite to a Global Market: How Patagonia, Inc. has Created an Environmentally Sustainable and Socially Equitable Model of Supply-Chain Management, Mary-Clare Bosco
Race, Class, and Gentrification Along the Atlanta BeltLine, Natalie Camrud
White Privilege in Environmental Policy: An Analysis of Hazardous Waste Management and Operations in Southeast Los Angeles, Lindsey Chen
Focusing Events in Environmental Policy: Exide Technologies, Aliso Canyon, and Industrial Health Crises in Southern California, Emily Chittick
Edge of Town: Cultivating a Critical Design Discourse in the Liberal Arts, Dominique Chua
Aquaponics Everywhere? An Exploration of a Growing Industry's Revolutionary Potential, Alexandra Harder
Lost Opportunities: Ecuador's Yasuní ITT Initiative, Julianna Hitchins
More Than Just a Glass Face: What Makes a "Green" or "Sustainable" Building, Exactly?, Kelli Kokame
Climate Change Adaptation for Southern California Groundwater Managers: A Case Study of the Six Basins Aquifer, Frank Lyles
The Changing Geography of Poverty in the U.S. and Its Effect on Food Insecurity: A Closer Look at the Real “O.C.”, Mallory Mackey
Social Sustainability: The Role of Ecotourism in Regenerating Cultural and Environmental Histories in Rio de Janeiro, Nia McAllister
The Smaller Things in Life: A Utilitarian Analysis of Response to Antibiotic Resistant Microorganisms as a Sustainability Dilemma, Marcus McVane
The Value of Waste: The Cycle of Products and Byproducts in Nepal’s Eastern Hills, Emily Moore
Stand Clear of the Closing Doors, Please: Transit Equity, Social Exclusion, and the New York City Subway, Taylor Novick-Finder
The Islands of the Sun and the Moon: Indigenous Community- Owned Tourism Development in Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, Hannah Sands
Drowning in Rising Seas: Navigating Multiple Knowledge Systems and Responding to Climate Change in the Maldives, Rachel Hannah Spiegel
Treble in the Environment: Incorporating Music into Environmental Education, Shinara Sunderlal
Using Geospatial Analysis for High School Environmental Science Education: A Case Study of the Jane Goodall Institute's Community-Centered Conservation Approach, Madison G. Vorva
The Wash: Uncovering Pomona College's Hidden Landscape, Madison G. Vorva, Nia P. McAllister, and Maria R. Pettis
Sustaining Uber: Opportunities for Electric Vehicle Integration, David Wagner
Roots of a Movement: Community Action and the Impact of Urban Agriculture in Chicago, Maia Welbel
Sustainability and Historic Preservation: A Case Study of Nanjing, Wanyun Yang
Senior Theses from 2016
What a Waste: Segregation and Sanitation in Brooklyn, New York in the post-WWII Era, Amanda T. Chang
Environmental Racism and the Movement for Black Lives: Grassroots Power in the 21st Century, Rickie Cleere
Locating Gendered Resistance: Interethnic Conflict, Environmental Disaster, and Feminist Leadership in Sri Lanka, Allison A. Donine
Crowded: Population Pressures in San Francisco Bay Area National Park Service Properties, Caroline R. Ebinger
E-Waste Recycling: The Dirty Trade Between the United States and China, Laura Edwards
Disasters Are Not, They Become: An Understanding of Social Vulnerability in the United States Gulf Coast with Respect to Hurricanes, Katherine Franklin
Food Rebellion: Contemporary Food Movements as a Reflection of Our Agrarian Past, James Gordon
Christianity and the Development of Eco-Justice, Emily C. Hill
The Price is Right: Investigating Net Metering Policies for Rooftop Solar in California, Jesse Honig
You Are What You (Can) Eat: Cultivating Resistance through Food, Justice, and Gardens on the South Side of Chicago, Ida B. Kassa
The Power of the Tower: Contesting History at Bear Lodge/Devils Tower National Monument, Anna Marie Kramer
Ballot-Box Environmentalism across the Golden State: How Geography Influences California Voters’ Demand for Environmental Public Goods, William Skyler Lewis
How Can We Have A Better Public Transportation System? –An Exploratory Agent Based Model, Boyu Liu
A Critical View of Contemporary Environmentalism: Pushing for Grassroots Struggle and Hope during an Era of Escalating Catastrophe, Sarah E. Lockwood
A Critical View of Contemporary Environmentalism: Pushing for Grassroots Struggle and Hope during an Era of Escalating Catastrophe, Sarah E. Lockwood
Parting the Green Curtain: Tracing Environmental Inequality in Portland, Oregon, Lindsay E. McCord
Increasing Energy Efficiency in Existing Residential Buildings: A Case Study of the Community Home Energy Retrofit Project (CHERP), Jenna Perelman
A Clean Electricity Future: Assessing the Role of Wide-Area Power System Operations in Supporting Weather-Driven Renewable Energy in the U.S., Paul D. Picciano
Vehicle to Grid: An Economic and Technological Key to California's Renewable Future, Jackson C. Rafter
Dismantling Structural Inequality in the Inland Empire: Rebuilding Community from the Ground up at Huerta del Valle Garden, Jennifer E. Reyff
Turning Waste into Compost in Napa, California, Liana D. Solis
Environmental Justice in Remediation: Tools for Community Empowerment, Chihiro Tamefusa
An Ecofeminist Critique of the Alternative Food Movement, Delia Ley Tyrrell
Faith in a Changing Planet: The Role of Religious Leaders in the Fight for a Livable Climate, Morissa Zuckerman
Senior Theses from 2015
Listening to the Quiet Revolution: The Implications of Voluntary Simplicity for a Sustainable Society, Katherine M. Barton
Discovery Islands, Earth Islands: The Theory and Practice of Island Imagery in Environmental Thought, Naomi A. Bosch
A Tale of Two Cities: A Study of Oil's Influence on Houston, Nikki Lynn Chang
Overburdened Women and Disempowered Men: Case Studies on Tanzania and Kenya's Rural Agro-pastoralist Communities, Anna Clabaugh
Tiny Houses: Community and Dwelling, Evan Dion
The Eco-Sustainable Initiative: A Case Study in and Evaluation of Eco-labeling, Chiara Dorigo
A Call for Bioregional Governance in Cascadia: Shaping an Ecological Identity in the Land of Falling Waters, Molly D. Freed
Pursuing the Preservation of Place: The Automobile’s Significance to Los Angeles’ Physical Character and the Opportunity for its Continued Existence, Spencer J. Fried
The Future of Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows, Brian Friel
Post-disaster Transitional Housing for Displaced People, Yuqiao Guo
The San Antonio Wash: Addressing the Gap Between Claremont and Upland, Benjamin C. Hackenberger
Reforestation, Renewal, and the Cost of Coal: Opposing a Manichean Worldview in Central Appalachia, Elizabeth R. Hansen
African Elephant (Loxodonta Africana) Conservation in Tanzania, Zoe M. Jacobs
The Culture of Nature in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Allison Kerley
Roots Versus Wells: Grassroots Activism Against Fracking in New York and California, Shannon J. Leap
The State of Sachets: Ghana’s Private Sector Solution to a Public Infrastructure Problem, Robert J. Little
Chinese Medicine's Commercialization and its Social and Environmental Impact, Yi Luo
Phthalates: Science, Advocacy, and Biomonitoring, Lauren Mitten
The Natural Hair Movement as a Platform for Environmental Education, Joyce M. Nimocks
Local Food Networks and the Power of Community, Lucia Nunez
“A Give and A Take”: Lived Experiences in a Real Sharing Economy, Lauren F. Phipps