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Tim Foster's Regenerative Craft Website, Tim Foster Oct 2021

Tim Foster's Regenerative Craft Website, Tim Foster

WWU Honors College Senior Projects

This portfolio website explains and contextualizes Tim Foster's Fairhaven Interdisciplinary concentration in Regenerative Design, Ecological Solutions and Craft through design and writing. Website link: https://timfoster.webflow.io/


Contamination In The Upper Columbia: Smelting And Its Impact To The Environment And Human Health, Brenden Murphy Apr 2021

Contamination In The Upper Columbia: Smelting And Its Impact To The Environment And Human Health, Brenden Murphy

WWU Honors College Senior Projects

The objectives of this project include discussing the historical context of the smelting that occurred in Washington and Canada over the past century and how political events shaped the geographies of the region(s). Another objective will be to assess the level of environmental impact to the Upper Columbia region and the potential health effects to organisms and humans from the pollution released from the smelters. We will also explore the interaction of different agencies and stakeholders and the political processes of environmental cleanup to which parties are held responsible. Explaining the different advocacy and conservation groups already involved in the …