2010 Capstone Projects

10,000 Trees Project: Investigating A Framework for Reforestation in the Amazon - Joao Artur Vieira, exchange student from Universidade Federal do Amazona (Manaus, Brazil); Advisor Dr. Laura Henry-Stone

A Cross-Cultural Comparison: Lead Contamination in Ancient Rome and Modern America - Edward Yeilding, '10; Advisor Dr. Robert Humston

A Microeconomic Assessment on the Feasibility of the Use of Natural Gas for Reducing Pollution - Victor Costa da Silva, exchange student from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Advisor Dr. James Casey

A Restoration Strategy for Bacteria Impaired Streams - Anna Stuart Burnett, '10; Advisor Dr. Robert Humston

An Analysis of Environmental Education Policy, Literature, and First-hand experiences to Promote the Integration of Environmental Education into the Lives of Children in Order to Decrease the 'Nature Deficit' and Foster the Development of Future Stewards of the Earth - Mary Dozier, '10; Advisor Dr. Laura Henry-Stone

Art in the Wildness - Garrott McClintock, '10; Advisors Dr. Pamela Simpson and Dr. James Warren

Belgium: A Case Study in the Problems of Phasing Out Nuclear Energy - Allen Roth, '10; Advisor Dr. Frank Settle

Belonging to the Land: Telling the Stories of People and Nature for Conservation - Stephanie Hardiman, '10; Advisor Dr. Claudette Artwick

Flagship Species Conservation: Hope for Climate Change? - Samantha Hogans, '10; Advisor Dr. Robert Humston

Impacts on Amphibians Due to Mountaintop Removal Mining in Regards to the Spruce No. 1 Mining Project - Courtney Fairbrother, '11; Advisor Dr. David Marsh

Is a Local Food System Better for the Environment and for Human Health than a Global Industrialized Food System? Does the Region Surrounding Rockbridge County, Virginia, Have the Capacity to Support the Entire Population with Locally Grown and Distributed Foods? - Blair Brzeski, '10; Advisor Dr. Bill Hamilton

Lake Baikal: in what ways have the Russian Media, government, and culture contributed to the persistence of pollution and loss of biodiversity in Lake Baikal? - Hillary Strasser, '10; Advisor Dr. Robert Humston

Mitigating Carbon Dioxide Emissions through a National Energy Policy of Marketable Permits - Robert Saliers, '10; Advisor Dr. Sandra Reiter

Not Just Tree Huggers Anymore: The Politics, Ethics and Justifications of Radical Environmentalism - Claudia Vincenti, '10; Advisor Dr. Charles Lowney

Oil Companies' Work for Environmental Protection - Roberta Santana, exchange student from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Dr. Paul Low

The American Media and the Amazon Forest - Camila Baranda, exchange student from Universidade Federal do Amazona (Manuas, Brazil); Advisor Dr. Kary Smout

The Sustainable Development of Legal Amazonia: Past Failure & Present Opportunities - Abel Delgado, '10; Advisor Dr. James Kahn

Under the Color of the Law? Enforcement of the Clean Water Act in Low-Income and Minority Communities - Alexandra Caritis, '10; Advisor Dr. James Casey and Dr. Alan Marco