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ENVIR 492

 

The Program on the Environment's Fall 2007

 

Environmental Studies Capstone Conference

 

 

Wednesday, November 28, 2007
3:00-5:30 p.m.

Douglas Forum,
Bank of America Executive Education Center

 

Matthew Deisen visits an agro-forestry project with the Rural Aid Action Programme in northern Ghana.
 
Dawn Mace (at right) leads a field trip to Mt. Rainier for students from Keio University in Japan.

 

Introductions and Welcome, 3:00-3:10
Michael Reese, Capstone Instructor, UW Program on the Environment
 
Session I: Building Bridges: Sustainability, Justice, and Environmental Education
Oral Presentations, 3:10-3:55
Dawn Mace, "International Environmental Education at the University of Washington"
Andre Ellison, "Environmental Justice in the Pacific Northwest"
Anne Housekeeper, "The Reestablishment of Ejido Rights in a San Luis Valley Acequia Community: A Victory for Common Pool Resource Regimes"
 
Break, 3:55-4:05 
 
Session II: Resource Management and Restoration Efforts Abroad
Oral Presentations, 4:05-4:35
Nathaniel Hough-Snee, "Restoring the Waters : An Examination of Water Quality and Ecological Restoration Issues Surrounding New Zealand's Lake Omapare"
Matthew Deisen, "Forest Management and Methods of Conservation in Northern Ghana"
 
Session III: Poster Session, 4:35-4:55
Heidi Brown, "Going Green: Recycling in a Large Corporation--Northgate Nordstrom"
Hannah Dewey, "Building a Children's Garden at Greenwood Elementary School"
 
    Session IV: Management and Restoration of Aquatic Resources
Oral Presentations, 4:55-5:25
Chaochung Tsai, "Interactions between Invasive Dwarf Eelgrass (Zostera japonica) and Manila Clams (Ruditapes philippinarum)"
Justin Zapata, "Building the PCEIS Database: The Pacific Coast Estuarine Information System"
 
Appreciations, 5:25-5:30

 

 

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