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Metabolomic Analysis Of Honey Bee (Apis Mellifera L.) Response To Glyphosate Exposure, Calypso Habermehl
Metabolomic Analysis Of Honey Bee (Apis Mellifera L.) Response To Glyphosate Exposure, Calypso Habermehl
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Glyphosate (GLY) is among the world’s most commonly used herbicides in agriculture and weed control. In the past decade, research has come forth suggesting that agrochemical use could have unintended consequences for non-target organisms, such as the honey bee (Apis mellifera), earth’s most prominent insect pollinator. The present study tested whether oral exposure to a environmentally realistic concentration (7.12 mg/L) of GLY affects the regulation of honey bee metabolites in a laboratory setting. I performed an experiment in which honey bees were fed sugar solution containing GLY over the course of ten days, with a control group receiving pure sucrose …
Blocking The Blockers: Charrettes, Urban Planning, And Deliberative Democracy, Adam Johnson
Blocking The Blockers: Charrettes, Urban Planning, And Deliberative Democracy, Adam Johnson
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The charrette is a participatory design tool for urban planners in which community members and experts deliberate over 4–7 days in design feedback loops, culminating in an actionable design plan. This in-depth proactive collaboration is in stark contrast to the typical public participation process, in which public hearings are often overrun by unrepresentative neighborhood opposition. Aiming towards a consensus between planners and residents, the charrette could be understood as a deliberative democratic forum that should result in greater community satisfac-tion with both the process and final design. However, while the charrette has had substantial use in the field it has …
The Covid-19 Pandemic, Brownfields, And Racism: Environmental Perspectives On Crisis Multipliers, Charlie Leavengood
The Covid-19 Pandemic, Brownfields, And Racism: Environmental Perspectives On Crisis Multipliers, Charlie Leavengood
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COVID-19 is a global pandemic highlighting historic, systemic inequities. The inequities are demonstrated through raw data of disease risk and severe outcomes of hospitalization or death. This thesis focuses on insights from the Multicultural Health Institute (MHI) during the Summer and Fall of 2020. MHI developed information about the infectious disease COVID-19 and through weekly strategic intervention community meetings. The work emphasized mitigating public health disparities through analysis of social determinants of health. The thesis focuses on Marian Anderson Place, a brownfield in Sarasota, Florida, because of its proximity to the historic Newtown district, the area of Sarasota with the …
Altered Natural Dyes As Alternatives To Expensive Ruthenium-Complex Sensitizers In Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Hunter Sullivan
Altered Natural Dyes As Alternatives To Expensive Ruthenium-Complex Sensitizers In Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Hunter Sullivan
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Solar energy is one of many forms of renewable energy which seeks to replace the use of harmful fossil fuels for the production of energy by humans worldwide. One of the ways to make this more viable is to decrease the production cost of solar technologies, without also decreasing their efficiency. Natural dyes extracted from plants can be used as sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells in order to decrease their production cost compared to the commonly used and most efficient ruthenium-complex sensitizer, N719 dye. However, natural dyes have been held back from wide-scale commercial implementation due to the critical trade-off …
Nature’S Awakening Agents: The Relationship Between Classic Psychedelics, Mystical Experience, And The Increase Of Nature-Relatedness, Alexandra Mars
Nature’S Awakening Agents: The Relationship Between Classic Psychedelics, Mystical Experience, And The Increase Of Nature-Relatedness, Alexandra Mars
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The recent revival of psychedelic research has revealed that classic psychedelics (LSD, Psilocybin, DMT, and Mescaline) have the potential to increase nature-relatedness during and after receiving the substance, particularly when the recipient has a mystical experience during the session. This thesis is an assessment of classic psychedelics and psychedelic triggered mystical experience as a means to increase long term connection with nature and environmental lifestyle change. This will be executed through the examination of prehistoric to modern use of classic psychedelics, their profound effects, recent research and qualitative interviews with individuals. In the interviews, 90% of the participants mentioned nature …
The Role Of Coca In Indigenous Cultures Of The Sierra Nevada Mountains Of Colombia, Salua Rivero
The Role Of Coca In Indigenous Cultures Of The Sierra Nevada Mountains Of Colombia, Salua Rivero
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In this project, I will investigate the role of Erythroxylum Coca in indigenous communities living in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of Colombia. The traditional cultivation and use of the coca leaf has nutritional, medicinal and ceremonial purposes. Used for thousands of generations for stamina and energy, elevation sickness, digestive aid and as a staple when food is scarce, coca is highly valued all throughout South America. The effects of colonization followed by industrialization in Colombia, has affected these communities and their ancient cultivation of this plant. The high demand for coca derivatives such as cocaine has impacted the communities in …
Informing Conservation Efforts Of Florida Endangered Bromeliads Through Species Distribution Models, Evaluation Of Microclimate, And Conversations With Land Managers, Liliana Benitez
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The current environmental crisis threatens biodiversity worldwide. Florida is one of the most biodiverse states in the United States of America, containing many unique and endangered species. Two of these species are the epiphytic bromeliads Tillandsia utriculata and T. fasciculata (Bromeliaceae), threatened by an introduced bromeliad weevil, Metamasius callizona (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). This study used species distribution models (SDMs), and microclimate data collection with data loggers to evaluate the effects of climate on distribution at large and fine scales, using two study sites: Myakka River State Park (MRSP) and Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens (FTBG), the former …
“Foodways At Twin Oaks Intentional Community”: An Ethnographic Study Of Eating, Working, And Growing Together, Amaranth Sander
“Foodways At Twin Oaks Intentional Community”: An Ethnographic Study Of Eating, Working, And Growing Together, Amaranth Sander
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This is an ethnography of food systems at Twin Oaks Intentional Community, a rural income-sharing commune of about 100 children and adults in Central Virginia. I use data from three months of participant observation, interviews, and community records to analyze multiple aspects of on-site food production and consumption. I look at how the community produces a portion of its own food, through their dairy program and a large vegetable garden, as well as how the community allocates resources to purchase and obtain outside food and how these fit in with concepts of self-sufficiency and interdependence. I use an embodied approach …
Understanding Sustainable Urban Landscapes: An Analysis Of The Effects Of Plant Biogeography On Soil Microbial Activity And Nutrient Dynamics, Nora Flower
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Plant biogeography is a key driver of plant-microbe dynamics in soil. For this reason, it is important to better understand the effects of plant biogeography on soil health parameters. Essentially, the amount of time that a given plant species has been living in a certain region determines the length of time it has had to develop symbiotic relationships with different microbes. These relationships have notable effects on plant and soil health. To study this dynamic, plant biogeography can be categorized in different ways, and determining the best way to categorize it in terms of effects on soil health is an …
Coastal Soils Carbon Dynamics Of Sarasota Bay, Deric Harvey
Coastal Soils Carbon Dynamics Of Sarasota Bay, Deric Harvey
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Biofuel Production: A Review Of The Industry And Experimental Optimization Of Terminal Alkene Production, Gina Vazquez
Biofuel Production: A Review Of The Industry And Experimental Optimization Of Terminal Alkene Production, Gina Vazquez
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Globally people are working towards creating and implementing methods to reduce human-induced climate change. The US has a particularly large responsibility to reduce greenhouse gas emissions because it is the second leading emitter globally. Being one of the largest consumers of fossil fuels and greenhouse emitters in the world, it’s important to identify the sector that contributes most to climate change, how it affects climate change, and what solutions exists to reduce emissions within that industry. Part 1, identifies that the transportation sector is responsible for the highest consumption of fossil fuels and highest greenhouse gas emissions. Scientists have been …
Thermal Comfort Through Vernacular Architecture, Maria Van Allen
Thermal Comfort Through Vernacular Architecture, Maria Van Allen
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Thermal comfort through vernacular architecture is explored through the use of a literature review and three cases studies, focusing on Malaysia, Florida, and Iran. The authors reviewed in the literature review agree that we can learn important lessons from vernacular architecture regarding simple, proven techniques for increasing the thermal comfort of building’s inhabitants without relying on high energy-consumptive mechanical systems. The case studies revealed there are several common cooling methods recommended across the different hot climates examined, including shading and natural ventilation. A design portfolio of passive cooling technologies and a final building design in Florida’s climate were proposed to …
A Philosophy Of Change: Community Resilience In The Face Of Rising Sea Levels, Olivia Siegel
A Philosophy Of Change: Community Resilience In The Face Of Rising Sea Levels, Olivia Siegel
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Global sea levels are rising, and affecting coastal communities across time, space, and species. The popularly held perspective on climate change and rising sea levels are of negative and extreme thought, and embody the attitude that nothing can be done. The climate always has, and always will be dynamic, as should our attitudes and actions regarding the issue of Sea level rise. An interdisciplinary approach based on fundamentals from ecology, landscape archaeology, and the physical and metaphysical properties of water guide this thesis. Three communities of study along the Gulf Coast of Florida, specifically Sarasota Bay, offer insight into how …
The Local Consumer Food Environment Of Sarasota, Florida: An Assessment Of Access To Healthy Food Choices By Median Household Income, Elizabeth Ramsamooj
The Local Consumer Food Environment Of Sarasota, Florida: An Assessment Of Access To Healthy Food Choices By Median Household Income, Elizabeth Ramsamooj
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The local food environment is the proximal access of food retailers within a residential area. It comprises three domains, physical, social and individual or perceptions. Within these domains four aspects of the local food environment are recognized, community, consumer, information and organizational nutrition environment. For this thesis, I explore the physical domain of the local consumer food environment of Sarasota, Florida and how access to healthy food choices varies between census tracts with varying median household incomes. To measure access I used a mixed methods approach including the Nutrition Environment Measures Study Survey for stores (NEMS-S) and qualitative journals. A …
Food Aid & Farmers: How U.S. Policy Impacts Recipients, Ellie Bullen
Food Aid & Farmers: How U.S. Policy Impacts Recipients, Ellie Bullen
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This thesis investigates the food aid system and the existing dynamic between the United States as a donor and its recipient countries. Through the exploration of food aid objectives, policies, and outcomes in two countries, Haiti and Ethiopia, this study aims to answer the question of whether United States food aid promotes development in recipient countries’ agricultural sectors. It is found that the United States focuses more on donating agricultural commodities than investing in the development of recipient countries. Suggestions for improved policies and areas for future research are also made.
Food For The Future: An Analysis Of Florida Forest Gardens And Their Resilience To Climate Change, Sydney Clingo
Food For The Future: An Analysis Of Florida Forest Gardens And Their Resilience To Climate Change, Sydney Clingo
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Forest gardens mimic natural forest ecosystems in several ways, suggesting that research on forest ecosystems could be applied to forest gardens. The similarities of these systems could aid in closing the gap of knowledge that exists currently for forest gardens and their resilience to climate change, but more research is necessary. This thesis initiates a discussion on what makes Florida forest gardens resilient to climate change, focusing on factors that make forests resilient: the level of species diversity, perennials, natives, tolerance to extreme conditions, and the vertical layers or levels filled. With a focus on three forest garden sites located …
A Geographic Information System-Based Analysis Of The Psychological Effects Of Population Exposure To Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining In Central Appalachia, Aaron Spielman
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This thesis examines mountaintop removal coal mining (MTR) and its potential implications for mental health outcomes in Central Appalachia through a GIS-based analysis of county-level mental health survey data. The impacts of MTR are discussed, specifically highlighting current research on the psychological effects of MTR. National survey data is used to summarize mental health outcomes by county and variables such as poor mental health, depression, alcohol abuse, and mental illness are compared between areas with and without MTR mining. The results of the GIS analysis show higher rates of depression and poor mental health in counties participating in MTR, adding …
Potential For A 'Greener Sense Of Self' : An Exploration Of The Photocatalytic Degradation Of Water Pollutants Via Tio2 Nanoparticles Through A Citizen Science Framework And Its Impact On Environmental Stewardship Attitudes And Scientific Agency, Kristen Patterson
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Citizen science is a volunteer framework that has proven itself to be a powerful guide for environmental research, but has often limited volunteer participation to data collection. This thesis explores the potential of developing the citizen science framework in conducting water quality treatment. Chemically, the aim was to determine whether dye sensitization of titanium dioxide nanoparticles could increase their photocatalytic pollutant degradation efficiency. In this, a citizen science initiative was created around this tool and introduced to the Meadows Community Association in Sarasota, Florida, where we partnered to develop the methodology of and collect data for the project to speak …
In The Heights: An Analysis Of Transit-Oriented Development And Its Impacts On Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, Alex Caruso
In The Heights: An Analysis Of Transit-Oriented Development And Its Impacts On Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, Alex Caruso
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Transit-oriented development can be a useful approach to urban planning, and can assist in remedying many of the issues that face modern cities. However, there is a certain irony in that transit-oriented development is possibly complicit in effects such as gentrification and displacement of communities. Through this investigation into the literature, applications can be made towards understanding events in the case of Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. Boyle Heights, which has seen an increasing amount of attempts at transit-oriented development in the last ten years, has been in conflict with planners at many levels of the process. Through the interactions of …
Resetting The Connection: Legal Personhood And Decolonization In Aotearoa New Zealand, Sarah Kelly
Resetting The Connection: Legal Personhood And Decolonization In Aotearoa New Zealand, Sarah Kelly
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Exploitation and pollution of the environment has led some to search for a better way to protect the environment in law. In its current form, the majority of Western environmental policy only considers human interests. This shortcoming has been confronted in a few notable cases around the world where law has granted nature itself with “all the rights, powers, duties, and liabilities of a legal person.” Synthesizing philosophical, historical, ethnographic, and legal sources, this thesis examines how the “rights of nature” movement provides an avenue for decolonization and the legitimization of indigenous worldviews in mainstream policy. Two New Zealand examples …
“Altering The Earth To Fit Vera” Analyzing Sustainable Fashion Supply Chain Management, Iyanu O. Corniel
“Altering The Earth To Fit Vera” Analyzing Sustainable Fashion Supply Chain Management, Iyanu O. Corniel
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While clothing is an integral part of our daily lives, it’s current mode of production pose a serious threat to the environment. Current fashion production practices, named fast fashion, has evolved in the past few decades and has brought with it some economic benefits but considerable environmental challenges. The need for sustainable fashion, otherwise known a slow fashion practices have arisen. Using a qualitative approach to study design, this research sought to identify best practices in the management of supply chains in the top four sustainable fashion brands. Primary and secondary source information regarding sustainable practices and economic performance was …
Taking Coal To The Polls: A Critical Analysis Of Voting Patterns In West Virginia, 1960-2018, Jessie Sinitch
Taking Coal To The Polls: A Critical Analysis Of Voting Patterns In West Virginia, 1960-2018, Jessie Sinitch
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From 1960 to 1996, West Virginia voted for just two Republican presidential candidates. West Virginia was known for being filled with “New Deal Democrats” and had all Democratic Senators and just three Republican Governors from 1961 to 1997. Since 2000, West Virginia has voted for Republican presidential candidates each election cycle. This paper seeks to examine this change in political voting outcomes through a historical and political analysis of voting trends in West Virginia from 1960 to 2018. Gubernatorial and congressional data are also examined. The results of this paper illustrate that positions for the Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, …
Rooting For The Riotous Life: An Ethnographic Analysis Of Agroforestry In The Delaware Valley, R. A. Pic
Rooting For The Riotous Life: An Ethnographic Analysis Of Agroforestry In The Delaware Valley, R. A. Pic
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This thesis examines human implementation of agroforestry in the Delaware Valley and the potential of this agricultural and ecological process to influence natural disaster and climate event resilience as well as the preservation of community cohesion. I evaluate the role of agroforestry through combining research into historical agriculture and Delaware Valley ecology as well as five interviews conducted with three current agroforestry practitioners. Ecosystems that grow fruit and nut crops throughout urban, suburban, and rural communities of the Delaware Valley can address issues of crop diversity preservation, lack of community green spaces, food insecurity for community members, and natural disaster …
Breaking The Bee’S Knees: An Overview Of Global Pollinator Decline And Conservation Efforts On The New College Of Florida Campus, Jackie Lebouitz
Breaking The Bee’S Knees: An Overview Of Global Pollinator Decline And Conservation Efforts On The New College Of Florida Campus, Jackie Lebouitz
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We live in a world where anthropogenic activity and its consequences (pollution, habitat destruction, climate change, etc.) have led to the loss of pollinator biodiversity. Both agricultural operations and general ecosystems require pollination for stability. Biodiversity provides an excellent ecological buffer for compromised species that may disappear due to environmental stressors, disease, and genetic bottlenecks. In fact, bats, birds, butterflies, beetles, and even some species of lizards can provide pollination services to plants. Some flowering plants rely on specialist pollinators for their continued persistence in an ecological community, and the vulnerability of these species can lead to disruptions in the …
Fill The Earth And Subdue It: Evangelicals, Environmentalism, And Religious Divides, James Spencer Powell
Fill The Earth And Subdue It: Evangelicals, Environmentalism, And Religious Divides, James Spencer Powell
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Christianity contains numerous ecotheologies that present humans as the epitome of creation, but also instruct them to care for the Earth. While Christian environmental organizations have flourished over the past few decades, studies have consistently linked belief in Christianity and Evangelicalism in particular to negative environmental ethics and lack of support for environmental regulation. Numerous explanations for Evangelical’s aversion to environmentalism have been explored and tested such as biblical literalism, religiosity, morality, eschatology, and political conservatism with different explanations ultimately resulting. This led me to explore what aspects of Christianity are responsible for these environmental ethics by studying the social …
The Effect Of Anthropogenic Noise Pollution On The Foraging Efficiency Of Corn Snakes (Pantherophis Guttatus), Margaret Hoffswell
The Effect Of Anthropogenic Noise Pollution On The Foraging Efficiency Of Corn Snakes (Pantherophis Guttatus), Margaret Hoffswell
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Travel by car produces many types of pollution and one of the most disregarded of these types is noise pollution. Sadly, the vast majority of populations that may be affected by noise pollution remain unstudied. This research aims to investigate the effects of such traffic noise on the widespread and charming corn snake. Snakes rely on highly sensitive mechanoreception to hunt, including an acute articulation of their ear bone directly to their jaw. Because noise pollution may interfere with these senses, it may hinder their ability to forage effectively. To study this relationship, I subjected eight snakes to artificial traffic …
Rough And Tumble Play In The Domestic Dog (Canis Familiaris), Aren Hendrickson
Rough And Tumble Play In The Domestic Dog (Canis Familiaris), Aren Hendrickson
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Rough-and-tumble play is a type of social play characterized by both competition and cooperation. The experience of rough-and-tumble play may allow juveniles to calibrate their emotional response and improve motor, neural, and social development. Playing as adults has been shown to reduce current stress levels. In the animal kingdom, rough-and-tumble play typically happens between familiar individuals. At off-leash dog parks, familiar and unfamiliar individuals play, which requires intricate social coordination. How do they do it? Here we observed naturally occurring playful behaviors of domestic dogs in 14 dyadic play bouts at an off-leash dog park in Bradenton, Florida. We video-recorded …
Critiquing Environmental Rhetoric: An Exploration Of Ecocriticism And Its Value To Activism, Tristen Johns
Critiquing Environmental Rhetoric: An Exploration Of Ecocriticism And Its Value To Activism, Tristen Johns
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This thesis examines the field of ecocriticism, tracing its conceptualization as a subgenre of literary critique and discussing its implications for the community of scholars and environmental activists. I explore commonly cited definitions of the field and examine ecocritics’ works. I also discuss the importance of the ecocritical approach and its value to the field of environmental study and activism. I advocate for the importance of the humanities to work in environmental studies, a perspective often missing in my experience from research related to the ecological crisis. Ecocritics do far more than contribute critiques of specific pieces of literature, but …
The Yucatec Maya Milpa: Integrating Livelihood, Environment, And Culture, Allegra Nolan
The Yucatec Maya Milpa: Integrating Livelihood, Environment, And Culture, Allegra Nolan
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This thesis explores the milpa agricultural system utilized by the indigenous Maya of the Yucatán Peninsula. Informed by both personal fieldwork and anthropological texts, the first two chapters describe the technical and cultural practices within the system. Through this description, I demonstrate the multi-faceted character of the milpa, a framework for food production, environmental management, and cultural expression. This traditional system is not confined to a period of history, but rather continuously adapts to changes in environmental conditions, human needs, and market influences. However, the productive capacity of the milpa field has declined under the pressures of increasingly intense change, …
Food Justice, Or Just Foodies?: Cultivating Local Food In Segregated Spaces, Timothy Manning
Food Justice, Or Just Foodies?: Cultivating Local Food In Segregated Spaces, Timothy Manning
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Farmers markets have grown more prevalent in recent years as different cities and communities use them to invigorate public spaces and provide healthy food. They are a manifestation of the alternative foods movement, a broad movement dedicating to changing the way that food is produced, distributed, and consumed. Increasingly, the alternative foods movement has become a site of food justice work, which is focused on bringing healthy food to communities that have historically not had access and creating socially sustainable forms of agriculture. This thesis examines two farmers markets in the city of Sarasota, Florida, which are geographically close but …