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The Ethics Of Environmentalism For The Individual Consumer, Molly Collins

Jepson School of Leadership Studies Research Symposium

Climate change harms the health of the environment and the well-being of humans. It is the poor choices of individual consumers that contribute to climate change conditions. I argue that it is immoral to cause harm to others, thus climate change is an ethical dilemma for individual consumers. Enforcement of climate change policies are therefore justified, as individuals who cause harm through consumer behavior are liable to punishment. I begin with a pluralistic discussion of harm, before discussing the duties of individuals to make choices that will mitigate the current harms of climate change and the wrong moral assumptions that …

2016 Undergraduate Research Symposium Abstract Book, Academic Center For Enrichment

Undergraduate Research Symposium Abstract Books

Abstract book from the 2016 Sixteenth Annual UMM Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS) which celebrates student scholarly achievement and creative activities.

Twenty-Fourth Annual Student Research And Creative Activities Symposium - April 15, 2016, Symposium Steering Committee

Student Research and Creative Activities Symposium 1993-2018

Participants - College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business and Management, College of Education, Graduate College, University Honors Program, McNair Scholars Program, Student Center for Science Engagement, Library

Volume Cxxxiii, Number 19, April 15, 2016, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

Software Defined Multi-Spectral Imaging For Arctic Sensor Networks, Sam B. Siewert, Matthew Demi Vis, Ryan Claus, Vivek Angoth, Karthikeyan Mani, Kenrick Mock, Surjith B. Singh, Saurav Srivistava, Chris Wagner

Publications

Availability of off-the-shelf infrared sensors combined with high definition visible cameras has made possible the construction of a Software Defined Multi-Spectral Imager (SDMSI) combining long-wave, near-infrared and visible imaging. The SDMSI requires a real-time embedded processor to fuse images and to create real-time depth maps for opportunistic uplink in sensor networks. Researchers at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University working with University of Alaska Anchorage at the Arctic Domain Awareness Center and the University of Colorado Boulder have built several versions of a low-cost drop-in-place SDMSI to test alternatives for power efficient image fusion. The SDMSI is intended for use in field …

The Next Billion: Lessons In Off-Grid Electricity Development From The Global South, Peter Mcdonough

UM Graduate Student Research Conference (GradCon)

Today about a third of the world’s population has no access to electricity, and another third has only limited access. Driven by the push for development on one hand and the reality of climate change on the other, a combination of for-profit companies, NGOs, missions, and aid organizations is looking for the silver bullet to sustainable electricity development. In order to understand the challenges facing off-grid electricity projects I used recent literature, stakeholder interviews, and on-site observations to create case studies in Nepal and India. Each explores and classifies the methods of electrification to date, the challenges facing each method, …

Building Students’ Civic And Moral Responsibility And Assessing Outcomes Through Service Learning, Lori Moog

Gulf South Summit on Service-Learning (Archived)

Colleges and Universities have great potential to make a positive difference in meeting community needs and addressing complex social and economic problems through service learning because it is a distinct program from other campus-community partnerships due to its deliberate intent to work collaboratively through service that is linked to course work. Developing service learning programs that engage students in meeting community needs also helps students meet their own educational goals. Integrating service and academic study optimizes resources for the community. Because of these mutually beneficial goals, service learning fits into higher education’s mission of service to the community. Moreover, in …

The Firece Green Fire: Vol. 6 Issue 22, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

No abstract provided.

The Setonian, April 14, 2016, Seton Hall University

2016

No abstract provided.

High Performance Bayesian Applications In Medical, Economics And Climate Sciences, Ahmed Almulihi

Research and Creative Activities Poster Day

We apply high performance numerical integration to problems in Bayesian statistics. These are applied to data arising in the analysis of problems in such areas as medical statistics (birth weight data, heart transplant data, photocarcinogen data, radio therapy data), climate (global weather, tornado data), and general statistics applications (multivariate logistic distribution, multivariate normal, nonlinear regression). We compute Bayesian moment integrals using the ParInt integration software that runs efficiently on computer clusters. We compare our results to those in the literature and show excellent performance with respect to accuracy and execution time.

Minutes From The April 14, 2016 Meeting Of The University Of Montana Faculty, University Of Montana--Missoula. Faculty

University of Montana Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes

Meeting minutes from the April 14, 2016 meeting of the University of Montana faculty.

The Colby Echo (2016-04-14), Colby College

The Colby Echo

Published by the students of Colby College since 1877, The Colby Echo is the weekly, editorially independent student-run newspaper of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Published monthly, 1877-1886; semi-monthly, 1886-1897; and weekly, during the academic year, 1898-present.

Faculty Assembly Minutes, 4-13-16, Salve Regina University

Faculty Assembly Documents

FA Minutes, 4-13-16.pdf

Faculty Assembly Powerpoint Presentation 4-13-16, Salve Regina University

Faculty Assembly Documents

PPT 4-13-16.pptx

Enrollment Underway For Young Scholars Camps At Illinois Wesleyan, Kim Hill

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

Montana Kaimin, April 13-19, 2016, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

It's What's For Dinner - Furman University's Sustainable Dining Initiative, Allie Buff

Furman Engaged!

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily, April 12, 2016, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2016

Volume 146, Issue 28

Exploring Schools' Use Of Natural Spaces, M Gilchrist, R Passy, S Waite, R Cook

Plymouth Institute of Education

This chapter focuses on the changing ways in which schools are using natural spaces as part of their pupils’ learning experience. We suggest that learning in natural spaces has undergone something of a renaissance in recent times, and explore the reasons that this might be so. We then examine ways in which schools and other practitioners are using outdoor spaces for play, for non-curricular and for curricular learning. The chapter draws on a range of countries for examples that show how a nation’s cultural ideas about the outdoors can be incorporated into a country’s outdoor learning, and how other ideas …

The Influence Of Environmental Ngos In The Global Society, Eric Becker

Butler Journal of Undergraduate Research

This paper assesses the over impact and influence of environmental NGO networks from the local to the global setting. Networks of various types of NGOs have developed and emerged in recent decades as significant actors in global politics. This paper looks at the impact these networks hold in both political and societal arenas such as the business practices of large multinational corporations. A qualitative analysis of several cases involving NGOs is conducted in a variety of arenas, assessing what actions or strategies were most affective, attempting to determine their overall effectiveness in promoting environmentally sustainable policies and practices while simultaneously …

Um's Eighth Annual Green Week Begins April 16, Maggie Mosco

University of Mississippi News

Campus, community organizations collaborate for weeklong series of sustainability-focused events

Sustainability & The Environment, Marissa Parker

George Modlin Book Award

Marissa Parker, Environmental Studies and Geography, Class of 2016 at the University of Richmond, describes her process of building a book collection focusing on Sustainability and the Environment.

Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for April 7-13, 2016. Vol. 103, No. 1.

Slow Catastrophes, Uncertain Revivals, Michele Speitz, Joey Eschrich, Ariel Shamas, Graham Browning, Anna Peterson, Elisa Edmondson, Elly Gay, Hagan Capnerhurst

English Publications

A collection of research-based stories about the future, proudly published by Project Hieroglyph. The book features stories created by students in “Slow Catastrophes, Speculative Futures, Science & Imagination: Rewriting and Rethinking Sustainability,” a course designed and taught by Dr. Michele Speitz at Furman University in South Carolina.

The course and the stories in this volume were inspired by Project Hieroglyph, particularly by our first anthology, Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future (2014), which the students read and discussed throughout the course – along with a wealth of scholarly readings on sustainability, ecocriticism, international development, narrative, and ecology.

The …

Spartan Daily, April 6, 2016, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2016

Volume 146, Issue 26

The Lumberjack, April 6, 2016, The Lumberjack Staff

2016

The student newspaper of Humboldt State University

Ninth Annual Graduate Student Symposium [Program], 2016, University Of Northern Iowa

Annual Graduate Student Symposium Programs

Table of Contents:
Welcome Letter from Dean Kavita Dhanwada ••• 3
Listing of Judges, Notes ••• 4-6
Poster Presentations Listed by Last Name ••• 7-13 Oral Presentations Listed by Room, in Order of Presentation ••• 13-18
Creative Performances Listed in Order of Performance ••• 18-20
Acknowledgements ••• 20

Table Of Contents

Professional Agricultural Workers Journal

No abstract provided.

Using Technology To Serve The Agricultural Community In The Western Cape Province Of South Africa, Pavarni Naidoo, Lise Sandenbergh, Maud Bonato, Johann Strauss, Mike Wallace, Andre Roux, Shaheed Martin, Ilse Trautmann, Schalk Cloete

Professional Agricultural Workers Journal

Abstract

The Western Cape Department of Agriculture has a team of agricultural experts using novel approaches to address the challenges faced by South African agriculture. The objective of this paper is to describe some of the innovative research and technologies, and methods of technology transfer, used to better serve the agricultural community. The spectrum of technologies implemented includes new research on breeding (biotechnology); new approaches to conservation agriculture; remote sensing satellite and spatial information for improved decision making, such as the spatial intelligence project and FruitLook; Agricultural Integrated Management System; and technology to manage and disseminate information, such as smart …

Honors Convocation (2016 Program And Video), Illinois Wesleyan University

The Kemp Foundation's Teaching Excellence Award Ceremony Programs

No abstract provided.