2021 Capstone Projects

SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

Isabel Zungalia '21– Developing Recommendations for Sustainable Practices to be Implemented at New Bolton Center’s Marshak Dairy

Javier Peralta '21– Determining the extent of stream exclusion and water quality in 3 watersheds in Rockbridge County

KT Hensler '21 and Phillip Hall '21 – Calculating Carbon Sequestration Potential of Peniel Farm

 

FOODWAYS AND FOOD SYSTEMS

Patrick Hofstedt '21 – Hemp and Soy Historical Comparison

Laura Adams '21 – Lessons from a College Garden

Anna Miller '21 – The Terroir of Climate Change in France

Valerie Marshall '21 – Incentivizing Sustainable Agriculture

 

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

Alexis Kriegh '21 – To Protect or Not to Protect: Analyzing Effectiveness of Coastal Reef Policies

Maisie Strawn '21 – Shared Solar in Virginia

Mattie Grant '21 – Tax code and renewable energy

Caroline Snyder '21 – A choice Modeling Approach to Assessing the Benefits & Costs of Bioremediation in Tunisia

 

CREATIVE APPROACHES TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Caroline Patnode '21 and Bridget Bartley '21 – Out of the Woods – A Climate Change Screenplay

Missy Barro '21 – Moral Fiber: An Artistic Study of Man’s Relationship with the Environment

 

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE / COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES

Christopher Watt '21 - Indifly and Socio-Economic Wellbeing in Indigenous Communities

Navid Haider '21 - Climate Migration and Poverty in Bangladesh

Bella Fucigna '21 – Charismatic Species and Their Role in Conservation

Didi Pace '21 – The Relationship Between Housing Price and Air Quality in Cancer Alley – A Hedonic Approach

 

RURAL FOODWAYS

Conner Van Vooren '21 – Faunal analysis of animal bones found at Liberty Hall ruins

Lee Hamilton '21 – Food Plot Management

Jack Citrin '21– Adapting a New Methodology for Food Insecurity in Rockbridge County

Samantha Armstrong '21 – Rockbridge Composting Program