Senior Theses from 2016
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
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
San Diego’s Options for Alternate Sources of Water: A comparative analysis of water recycling and desalination as alternative methods to importing water, Alana O. Pokorny
Innovation or Inundation: The Political Economy of Sea Level Rise in the San Francisco Bay Area, Nicole Quilliam
Immigrant Labor in Fish Processing in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia and Current Undocumented Labor, Adi D. Salinas Ferreira
Ensuring Our Future or Sowing the Seeds of Our Own Destruction? Crop Insurance and Water Use in Texas, Michael Shapiro
Moving Towards a Greener Future: An Investigation of How Transit-Oriented Development Has the Potential to Redefine Cities Around Sustainability, Margaret E. Smith
A Comparative Analysis of Bicycle Cultures in the United States and the Netherlands, Sydney Stephenson
Bridging the Blue-Green Divide: The Role of Environmental NGOs in Tackling Environmental Problems in Taiwan, Yttrium Sua
Implementing (Environmental) Justice: Equity and Performance in California's S.B. 535, Meagan Tokunaga
Looking Beyond Fossil Fuel Divestment: Combating Climate Change in Higher Education, Robin Xu
Senior Theses from 2014
“It’s Like We Are Free”: An Analysis of Soccer-Based Programming in a California Prison, Lillian S. Barrett-O'Keefe
Cultivating Human-Nature Relationships: The Role of Parents and Primary Caregivers in Development of Environmental Identity, Anne E. Bremer
Missing Voices, Hidden Fields: The Gendered Struggles of Female Farmworkers, Keiko A. Budech
Radical Housewife Activism: Subverting the Toxic Public/Private Binary, Emma Foehringer Merchant
Where Design Meets Occupant Engagement: Studying the Importance of Occupant Engagement for Green Buildings, LEED and Pomona College, Chelsea Fried
Fossil Fuel Divestment: The Power and Promise of a Student Movement for Climate Justice, Jessica Grady-Benson
Making the Desert Bloom: Landscape Photography and Identity in the Owens Valley American West, Kaily A. Heitz
Energy Storage in the Golden State: An Analysis of the Regulatory and Economic Landscape., Ryan H. Higgins
Urban Farm and Community Garden Hybrid Models: A Case Study of the Huerta del Valle Community Garden, Leah Hochberg
Factors of Success in Beekeeping Development Projects and Their Application to South Africa’s Beekeeping Industry, Deirdre Lee
The Pacific Crest Trail: A History of America’s Relationship with Western Wilderness, Jenn Livermore
Implementing Green Roofs on Movie Theaters and Shopping Centers: Business Cases in Profitable Sustainability, Ryan J. Miller
Spreading The Char: The Importance of Local Compatibility in the Diffusion of Biochar Systems to the Smallholder Agriculture Community Context, Laura C. V. Munoz
Biodynamic Agriculture: A Valuable Alternative to the Industrial Farming System, Eden K. Olsen
Fish and Fruit for Food Justice Success, Nickelle A. Raschick
The Reclamation of Public Parks: An Analysis of Environmental Justice in Los Angeles, Allison Rigby
Earth, Air, Water, Oil: Regulating Fracking in the Monterey Shale with Health and Environment in Mind, Gideon J. Salzman-Gubbay
Evaluating the Potential Risks and Rewards in the Implementation of a REDD+ Policy in Uganda, Sage Schaftel
Farming: It's Not Just for Farmers Anymore, Jennifer Schmidt
Let's Not Eat Alone: A Search for Food Security Justice, Emma Shorr
Wetlands and Greenhouse Gas Fluxes: Causes and Effects of Climate Change – A Meta-Analysis, Robert E. Ventura
A Study of Post-Fire Recovery in Invaded Coastal Sage Scrub at the Bernard Field Station, Dana Marie Von Schaumburg
AB 32 and SB 375: Investigating Land Use and Transportation Policy on a Regional and Local Scale, Caroline Vurlumis
Images for a Nation: The Role of Conservation Photography in American Environmentalism, Nathaniel W. Yale
Reconsidering Firmitas: Durability as an Integral Function of the Sustainably Built Environment, Katherine P. Yzurdiaga
Senior Theses from 2013
The Concrete River: Industry, Race, and Green Justice on the Banks of the Los Angeles River, Carolyn M. Angius
Decolonizing Ecology Through Rerooting Epistemologies, Lauren M. Bitter
School Gardens: Reconnecting Children with Nature and Food, Alyssa M. Boyle
Living in Place On the Globe: Analyzing Narrative and Opinion Responses of Sixteen Tropical Interviewees to Understand Environmental Realities, Aleksandra Bril
Public Land and Its Management: Why the Research Is Not Enough, Corinne Calhoun
Justified By Faith: The Upper Susquehanna Lutheran Synod and the Pennsylvania Natural Gas Fracking Controversy, Lena R. Connor
'Clean Energy' At What Cost?, Rachel E. Conrad
Sustainable Urban Rail Trails: Designing the Cross Kirkland Corridor, Mia Cooledge
Fertile Lands and Bodies: Connecting the Green Revolution, Pesticides, and Women’s Reproductive Health, Sarah M.K. Cycon
Cooking up a Course: Food Education at Pomona College, Christina A. Cyr
Designing Affordable Housing for Adaptability: Principles, Practices, & Application, Micaela R. Danko
Conserving Fish and Forests: Community Involvement and Its Limits in Resource Management On the Island of Hawai'i, Amber W. Datta
Co-Management and the Fight for Rural Water Justice: Learning from Costa Rican ASADAS, Kristin B. Dobbin
A New Commons: Considering Community-Based Co-Management for Sustainable Fisheries, Charlotte L. Dohrn
Altering the Urban Frontier: Gentrification and Public Parks in New York City, Sarah E. Evers
Handcraft and Environmental Knowledge: Mapuche Women Weavers, Priscilla Pambana Gutto Bassett
Currents of Change: An Urban and Environmental History of the Anacostia River and Near Southeast Waterfront in Washington, D.C., Emily C. Haynes
Social Entrepreneurship: The Ideal Business for Humanity and the Economy, Maya D. Horgan
Environmental Economics: A Case Study for the Big Cottonwood Canyon Watershed, Robert Hull
Fruitful Communities: Evaluating the History and Impacts of TreePeople’s Fruit Tree Program, Kayla B. Imhoff
A Guide to the Pomona College Organic Farm: An Introduction to the Farm’s History and Basic Gardening Skills and Techniques, Adam J. Long
Floatovoltaics: Quantifying the Benefits of a Hydro-Solar Power Fusion, Abe McKay
Play in Place: The Role of Site-Specific Playgrounds in Community Space, Allison Nkwocha
From Farm to Fork to Landfill: Food Waste and Consumption in America, Mariel Nunley
Landscapes to Learnscapes: Exploring Schoolyard-based Education, Emily I. Palena and Caroline T. Spurgin
Oil, Oil, Everywhere: Environmental and Human Impacts of Oil Extraction in the Niger Delta, Julia Pitkin
Wind Energy Opposition in Vermont: Perspectives on the State's Energy Future, William R. Pitkin IV
Incentives for Distributed Generation in California: The Rise of Third-Party Solar Development, Joshua M. Propp
The Stories of Environmental Ethicists in Word and Image, Camille Robins
Greening the Streets: A Comparison of Sustainable Stormwater Management in Portland, Oregon and Los Angeles, California, Na'ama Schweitzer
