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Unlv Stars Unabridged Report, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

Reports (USI)

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, by earning a 2011 Silver Rating in the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Ratings System (STARS), is ahead of the curve among public universities – and improving.

STARS is a voluntary, self–reporting framework developed by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) to help measure sustainability performance over time and among colleges and universities nationwide. The UNLV Sustainability Council oversaw STARS, which by measuring sustainability can help UNLV to reduce energy consumption and waste, improve education, attract research, and generate jobs.

A rating of Silver puts UNLV in great company – with …

Groundwater Research In Middle Earth, Thomas Lapoint

Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies

My senior project focused on studying saltwater intrusion in a coastal town of New Zealand. I feel lucky that I was able to travel to such a distant place, conduct research that was insightful and interesting, and immerse myself in an international culture all in the name of my education. As a Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies student, I aim to analyze not only the cultural differences and similarities that the foreign environment offers to me but also the detailed, technical, engineering aspect of my research. I believe that my education should be approached with a well rounded perspective that …

Transboundary Water Issues In The Kura-Araks River Basin, Marianna Khachaturyan, Karina A. Schoengold

Cornhusker Economics

Water resources that are shared across boundaries by different states or countries are referred to as “transboundary” or “international” water resources. Worldwide, there are about 263 international basins that are shared by two or more countries, with 40 percent of the world population living on these international basins (Giordano and Wolf, 2003). This is an increase from the 214 basins that were identified in 1978, due to better mapping technology and newly emerging nations. For example, the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 created 15 new independent nations and simultaneously created new transboundary water resources.

Factors For Improved Fish Passage Waterway Construction, David N. Sillars, Hamid Moradkhani, Nicholas Tymvios, Trevor D. Smith

TREC Final Reports

Streambeds are important fish passageways in Oregon; they provide for the necessary habitats and spawning cycles of a healthy fish population. Oregon state law requires that hydraulic structures located in water properly provide fish passage. Increasingly stringent state and federal regulations apply to these fish passageways, and designers must become more cognizant of conditions over a range of flows to accommodate fish movement and avoid expensive structural failure of these passageways. Fish passage structures are built when roads cross streambeds and may include culverts, or bridges. When these structures are built, the streambeds are re-created using a technique called “roughened …

Assessment Of Present Cal Poly Admission Requirements, Scott Goodell

Statistics

No abstract provided.

Changing The City Landscape: From Garages To Second Residential Units, Scott Andrew Robidoux

Master's Theses

The City of Santa Maria, located between San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara in California, is experiencing rapid population growth, cultural transformation, and growth in household size. The growth rate of the city has been a consistent 20% for the past 20 years. Culturally, more than 70% of the almost 100,000 city residents predominantly identified as Hispanic or Latino in the 2010 census. The household size has consistently increased for the past 20 years; currently it is 3.52 people per household.

An issue which is becoming a growing problem for the city is the prevalence of illegal housing in the …

June 2011 News Releases, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

Barack Obama Inaugural Address: The Optimistic Jeremiad, Jason Fields

Communication Studies

No abstract provided.

Exit Surveying Of Interns: Demonstrating Impact On Young Professionals, Cara Muscio

Journal of Extension

Documenting impact is becoming increasingly important as funding becomes tighter for Extension programs. An exit survey for interns conducted via an online survey tool is an opportunity to collect information on knowledge and skill gains, as well as document changes in intentions and attitudes about future career paths. An exit survey conducted between 2006-2010 demonstrated increases in knowledge and skills related to coastal science. In addition, the internships enabled students to better define their career goals. There are many activities that we routinely participate in that could benefit from this type of impact data collection in addition to routine evaluation.

Update 2000: Progress And Limitations In Developing A Water Market In California, Peter L. Yolles

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

Water markets have long been proposed for California
as a water management tool to increase water use
efficiency. Variability of precipitation across time and
space, a fast growing population with strong
environmental concerns, a vocal agricultural sector, and
a powerful service economy combine to create pressure
on limited indigenous water supplies. While continued
investments in conservation are needed to continue to
reduce demand-side pressure, California water
policymakers are seeking innovative market-based
solutions to cooperatively and efficiently allocate water.
So far, California has failed to create the key elements
that would support a dynamic water market. This paper
will review efforts …

“Unconventional Supplies” And The Water Dispute Among The Riparians Of The Jordan River Watershed, Jeff Albert

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

Proposed resolutions to the Arab-Israeli water conflict
that fail to consider the introduction of alternative
freshwater sources in the not-too-distant future cannot
be taken seriously. Each of three major forms of
freshwater supply augmentation (the “unconventional
supplies”) is likely to be implemented on a widespread
basis in the region, thereby substantially altering the
regional water balance. These unconventional supplies
are desalination, water imports, and the reclamation of
wastewater. This paper assesses the relevance of the
unconventional supplies in achieving regional
accommodation over shared and scarce freshwater, with
particular attention to the advantages, disadvantages,
and complexities introduced by wastewater reclamation.

Bioindicator-Based Stated Preference Valuation For Aquatic Habitat And Ecosystem Service Restoration, Robert J. Johnston, Eric T. Schultz, Kathleen Segerson, Elena Y. Besedin

EEB Articles

No abstract provided.

Solar Swim Events Highlight The Use Of Solar-Thermal Technology, University Relations

Campus News Archive

The events drew a diverse crowd and emphasized the RFC's campus/community partnership.

Planting Seeds For An Improved Agrifood System? Linking The Aims Of The Alternative Agrifood Movement To Executive Action In The First Two Years Of The Obama Administration, K. Glowa, Sarah Carvill, Costanza Rampini

Faculty Publications, Environmental Studies

This paper uses several case studies to look at the dialogic relationship between the Obama administration and the alternative agrifood movement. We evaluate the case studies based on criteria developed from the agroecology literature and literature on food security, agrarianism, and the alternative agrifood movement as a whole. Additionally we compare the policy tools utilized and the funding levels of each of the cases. Our findings suggest that the Obama administration is committed to tackling issues of food security and promoting the well-being of small- and mid-scale farmers and their local agrifood economies. Deconsolidation of large agribusiness, equitable trade, and …

Every Day Is Earth Day: Using A Latent Curriculum To Develop An Ethic Of Sustainability Among College Students, Robert Longwell-Grice, Rebecca Nordensten

New York Journal of Student Affairs

As educators, colleges are in a unique position to inform future leaders about environmental issues. This paper reviews a specific plan for developing an ethic of care for the environment in students, based on the work of Aldo Leopold. The plan focuses on the latent curriculum, and argues that divisions of student affairs are best suited to develop it.

Market-Driven Development In Frontier Ecologies, Dolly Daftary

All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)

This dissertation investigates the interaction of market-based development policy with democratic decentralization in ecological frontiers in western India inhabited by the vast majority of the country's poor. The study explores how the leaders of elected local bodies called panchayats who are driven by the imperatives of broad-based distribution deliver upwardly distributive capital-intensive development in resource-poor communities during a period of state-neoliberalization. On the basis of eighteen months of ethnographic fieldwork in eastern Gujarat, the study explores how the implication of panchayats- the world's largest system of democratic politics- in large-scale politics shapes the distribution of material resources in resource-dependent communities. …

Research Discovery Earns Senior Katy Cummings Geology Award, Lawrence University

Press Releases

A potential breakthrough discovery helped Lawrence University senior Katy Cummings earn the “Most Promising Undergraduate Student Award” at the 2011 meeting of the Institute on Lake Superior Geology May 18-21 in Ashland.

Cummings, a geology and biology double major from Dousman, was honored for her poster “Possible eukaryotic macrofossils in the 1.1 Ga Copper Harbor Formation, Michigan,” which she co-authored with Marcia Bjornerud, professor of geology and Walter Schober Professor of Environmental Studies.

The poster presentation was based on research Cummings conducted last fall during a field trip to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Cummings discovered what may be some of the …

Is Ecuador's Refinery Of The Pacific On Track?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

In 2008, PDVSA and PetroEcuador agreed to build the "Eloy Alfaro Delgado" Refinery of the Pacific, which reportedly will be the only high-conversion plant on Latin America's Pacific coast. The facility will require an investment of $12 billion, of which Venezuela and Ecuador have so far committed $3 billion. On March 9, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa announced that more money would be distributed to accelerate the manufacturing of construction equipment. Is preliminary work on the refinery on track to be ready by 2015? Are the right plans in place for the refinery to attract the necessary investment and who would …

Volume Cxxviii, Number 26, May 20, 2011, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

Volume 48, Number 39: May 18, 2011, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 1 Issue 20, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

No abstract provided.

Calling All Unwanted “Gadgets”: Electronic Recycling Drive Scheduled Friday At Warch Campus Center, Lawrence University

Press Releases

Lawrence University students will conduct a community-wide electronics recycling drive Friday, May 20 from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. in front of the Warch Campus Center, 711 E. Boldt Way.

The electronics drive will collect and properly recycle broken, obsolete, or unwanted electronics. Among the items that will be accepted free of charge include televisions, MP3 players/iPods, cellular and hard wire phones, circuit boards, wire and cabling, laptops, printer/toner cartridges, copy and FAX machines, printers, DVD/VHS players, stereo equipment, CPUs, GPS units, keyboards, monitors and terminals.

Large items such as refrigerators, stoves, air conditioners and dehumidifiers will not be accepted. Lawrence …

2011 Spring Boise State University Commencement Program, Boise State University Commencement Committee

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

University Of Montana Commencement Program, 2011, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of The Registrar

University of Montana Commencement Programs, 1898-2020

Commencement program from the University of Montana.

2011 Ursinus College Commencement Program, Ursinus College

Ursinus College Commencement Programs

This Ursinus College Commencement program from 2011 contains the list of speakers and order of events for the day.

Planning, Producing, Preparing And Tasting Produce Influences Dietary Behaviors Of Elementary Students, Lori Annis

Humanities and Creative Projects

This project proposes to have elementary school students participate in planning, producing, preparing and tasting of school garden produce. Food preferences pertaining to familiar and novel varieties were surveyed before and after the garden program and percentage changes measured. Student participants are hypothesized to gain enhanced consumption habits and food preferences pertaining to produce in their diets.

Academic Advising Offers Students Smooth Transitions, Rachel Hatch, Katie Webb

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

Volume 48, Number 38: May 11, 2011, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 1 Issue 19, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

No abstract provided.

The Superfund Program Past And Present Funding Implications, Nicole Franklin

Theses and Dissertations

The present research examines the impact of not reauthorizing the Superfund taxes on the operations of the program. EPA NPL site status data were obtained from the EPA CERCLIS database for analysis in this study. Data were selected for the fiscal years 1981 to 2009 in four NPL listing status categories: proposal to the NPL, final NPL listing, deletion from the NPL, and achievement of construction completion. Since the Superfund tax expired in 1995, data from the 1981 to 1995 fiscal years and data from the 1996 to 2009 fiscal years were analyzed to determine if there were mean differences …