Course Projects

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Spring 2018

• ENVI 394 – Environment, Health and Society (Prof. Roopali Phadke and Prof. Devavani Chatterjea)
  • “Now Let Us Shift” Podcast about the environmental health issues on the Mexico border and NAFTA by Miranda Harris ’18.  Works cited.

Fall 2017

• Prof. Roopali Phadke, Ellen Janda ’19, Kathryn Lund ’18, Ariana Lutze-Jahiel ’17, Julia Makayova ’18, and Mariah Shriner ’18 attended the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany.  Read their blog.

Fall 2016

• ENVI 194 – Welcome to the Anthropocene (Prof. Roopali Phadke) – An exhibit brought to you by first-year students.

Spring 2016

• ENVI 202 – Sustainability and the Campus (Suzanne Savanick Hansen)
  • Library and Sustainability at Macalester College by Katie Lund and Ruotong Want
  • Macalester College Microbirding on a Large Scale by Austin Dischinger, Molly Flerlage and Emma Wise
  • Rooftop Garden Initiative by Sarah Wescott and Valentia Sundell
  • Sustainability Education by Helena Oddo, Emily Roebuck, Steph Shimota and Isabella Soparkar
  • Sustainability Recommendations:  Leonard Center and Athletics Department by Brian Utz and Luciano Guzman

Fall 2015

• ENVI 394 – Climate Talks: Dispatches from Paris (Prof. Roopali Phadke) – Paris Trip

Spring 2015

• ENVI 335 – Science and Citizenship (Prof. Roopali Phadke)
  • Podcast by Jared Sousa ’17 – This podcast talks about the controversy around the research on marijuana and its classification as a Schedule 1 drug.

Fall 2014

• ENVI 202 – Sustainability and the Campus (Suzanne Savanick Hansen)
  • A Greener Affair:  A Sustainability Plan for Special Events Management within Macalester College by Abby Raisz, Amita Ramachandran, and So Nakayama
  • Language Houses and Sustainability by Masataka Yui, Minju Kim, and Wynonna Ardiansyah
  • Solar Power: A High Winds and Patagonia Collaboration by Dylan McAdam, Eojin Lee, and Hunter Johnson

Fall 2013

• ENVI 202 – Sustainability and the Campus (Suzanne Savanick Hansen)
  • Sustainability Report:  Macalester College Center of Religious and Spiritual Life by Laura Humes, Gordy Moore, George Giannos, and Sarah Birkholz

Spring 2012

• Independent Projects supervised by Prof. Christie Manning
  • Closer and Warmer: Implicit Attitudes toward Climate Change and Psychological Distance by Kelly Cargos ’13
  • Looking for the Big Picture? The Effect of Temporal Distance Priming on Global vs. Local Eye Movements by Paul Rebman ’14
  • The Abstract Benefits and Concrete Costs of Local Wind Energy Development by Natalie Camplair ’13)
• ENVI 215 – Environmental Politics and Policy (Prof. Katie Pratt) – Students wrote opinion articles and videos for the website Minnesota 2020.

Fall 2011

• ENVI 294 – Cities, Sustainability and the Campus (Suzanne Savanick Hansen)
  • Athletic Sustainability: Macalester College by Grace Caird and Erin Daly
  • From Garbage to Garden: Bringing Compost and Compostable Products to Macalester College by Alejandra Marin and Becca Cohen
  • Macalester Plastic Waste Reduction Plan: Focus on the Grille by Katie Rank, Mollie Siebert, and Emma Stout
  • Super Sustainable Student Dorm Project by Kyle Roddy, Simon Koda and Daniel Knickelbein

Spring 2011

• ENVI 215 – Environmental Politics and Policy (Prof. Roopali Phadke) – Students wrote opinion articles and videos for the website Minnesota 2020.  Check them out at:  www.mn2020.org/issues-that-matter/tag/environmental-policy

Fall 2010

• ENVI 140 – The Earth’s Climate System (Prof. Louisa Bradtmiller)
  • El Nino-Southern Oscillation by Daryl Cartas ’14
  • EBAs for Climate Change Mitigation by Owen Daniels ’12
  • Climate Feedback Systems by Sarah Fleming ’14
  • Climate Change and the Effects on Rivers by Jake Johnson ’14
  • Ocean and Climate by Chris Kartheiser ’14
  • Climate vs. Energy by Sam Leopold-Sullivan ’14
  • Carbon Cycles by Sabrina Upadhyay ’14
  • Corrie’s Cool Climate Consortium – Population vs. Planet by Corrie Weikle (St. Kate’s)

Spring 2010

• ENVI 140 – The Earth’s Climate System (Prof. Louisa Bradtmiller)
  • El Nino: Causes, Effects and Implications by Zoe Fullem ’12
  • Greenhouse Gases by Allison Harris ’10
  • Hurricanes and Mid-Latitude Weather Systems by Benjamin Eskin ’12
  • Technology Against Climate Change by Marius Johansen

Fall 2008

• How to be a Sustainable Scot – Booklet written by Kai Bosworth ’10, Timothy Den Herder-Thomas ’09, Rob Jentsch ’10, Matt Kazinka ’11, Hannah Rivenburgh ’10, Jason Rodney ’10, David Seitz ’10, Terrence Steinberg ’11, Callie Thuma ’10, Austin Werth ’09, Hannah Wydeven ‘09