Submissions from 2023
Sharing Resources with Rwanda: Multidisciplinary Engagement with the Forest of Hope Association in Gishwati-Mukura National Park, Thierry Amiable, Rebecca Chancellor, Trachanda Garcia, Aaron S. Rundus, and Jordan Schugar
The Medieval Climate Anomaly: Drought and Societal Collapse, T. Elliott Arnold
Epidemiologic Understanding of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Zeinab Baba
Should My Next Car Be An EV?, Lorenzo Cena
Student Advocacy as a Catalyst for Sustainable and Social Change, Joshua Filer
Preserving Home and Independence: The Economic Sustainability of Pennsylvania's Real Estate Tax System for Aging in Place, Jongwoong Kim
Silicon in renewable power generation and storage: Decarbonizing the grid and automobile transport, Kurt W. Kolasinski
Saving the Critically-Endangered Western Gray Whale, Jen Maresh
Indigenous Values and their Place in Contemporary Discussions of Sustainability, Joey Miller
Beyond Sustainability Curriculum Integration - Educating Otherwise, Paul Morgan
Urban Mass Transit: New York State and the MTA Sustainability Initiatives on Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction, Omosehin Moyebi
Sustainable and Organic Beekeeping in Chester County, John Pisciotta
The State of Sustainability at WCU: Key Insights from WCU’s First Sustainability Census, Aliza Richman
Transition Town Media - What do Transition Towns Bring to the Table?, Sari Steuber and Skip Shuda
Offsets and the Path to Carbon Neutrality in Higher Education and Study Abroad, Paul Sylvester, Michael A. Di Giovine, and Bradley Flamm
Submissions from 2022
Sustaining Communities through Transformative Justice, Casey Bohrman
Realizing the Vision of WCU’s Landscape Master Plan: A Panel Discussion, Josh Braid, Rodney Mader, and Bradley Flamm
How Inaccessible Retailer Websites Affect Blind and Low-Vision Consumers: Their Perceptions and Responses, Alex Cohen
Invisible Trash: Emerging Contaminants in Streams and Rivers, Megan Fork
Our Need for Seed: How News Media Framed the Pandemic Gardening Boom, Roger Gatchet and Amanda Davis Gatchet
WCU Center for Civic Engagement & Social Impact - Student Basic Needs Insecurity at West Chester University, Seth Jacobson
Decency Won't Save Us: Critical Considerations for Occupational Sustainability, Nia Johnson
Coping with Grief and Loneliness: The Healing Power of Green Spaces, Jasmin Tahmaseb McConatha, Georgina Hanna, Katherine Ford, Carolyn Cusmano, and Nicole Lyman
Eco-rational conversion: spheres of influence into spheres of transformation - creating an ecological society, Douglas Morris
Planning for Resilience and Equity through Accessible Community Technology: A Research Agenda, Christina Rosan and Megan Heckert
Considering Sustainability from the Perspective of Accountability: Rethinking Consumerism and the Environment, Tabassum Fahim Ruby, Madeline Mulcahey, and Christine Recchi
A Not-So-Clean Slate: A Progress Report of PA’s Automated Record Sealing Law, Matt B. Saboe and Tekia Huger-Burton
The Role of IT in Campus Sustainability Efforts: Model Sustainability in IT Operations, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, and Teaching and Learning, J. T. Singh, Kevin Partridge, Teresa Hudson, and Pete Calvert
Removing Confederate Statues, Now What?: Sustainability and Reimagining Space, Tonya Thames Taylor
Climate Crisis Impacts to Cultural Heritage Resources: Think Globally, Act Locally, Heather Wholey
Submissions from 2021
Dogs, Stress, and Tests, Oh My! A Wellness Program for Students Taking a High Stakes Test, Kathryn (Tina) Alessandria
Communicate Sustainability Successfully: How to Connect with Your Audience, Drew Anderson
Connecting in a Socially Distant World, Liz Carper
Getting out of a Sticky Situation: Differential Escape of Spotted Lanternfly from Two Commonly-Used Trapping Techniques, Jennifer L. Chandler
Disasters and BIPOC Communities: The Imperativeness of Sustainability, Hadih Deedat, Frida Navarro, and Donna Phillip
Women, Globalization, Migration, and Work, Martha Donkor
West Chester Borough Urban Forest: An Environmental Benefit For All, Michael B. Dunn and Joan Welch
Getting to Neutral: Updating WCU's Climate and Sustainability Action Plan, Bradley Flamm
Why Science is Important to Us All: Identity and Environment, Anita K. Foeman
Creating Community Connections On & Off Campus: RamCorps, Shannon Gillespie, Nick Marcil, and McKenna Kovatch
Co-Creating a Pedagogy of the Great Acceleration, the 6th Mass Extinction, and the Climate Crisis, Charles A. Hardy III, Brady Day, and James Lingman
WCU’s Geoexchange System, Stream Salinization, and Heated Sidewalks: Exercises in Sustainable Connections, Martin Helmke, Patricia Haug, and Abigail Keebler
Sustaining Diversity in Higher Education: The Importance of Investigating Success, Lisa C. Huebner
Sustainability Impacts of Building Energy Use Management, John Lattanze
Waste Reduction at WCU: Benchmarking Systems with the Atlas Zero Waste Program, Amy Maxcy
Beyond Recycling: A Progress Report on WCU's Ongoing Zero Waste Assessment, Yu-Shien Ni, Andrew James, and Grace Bowden
Creative Collaborations: Graphic Design for Sustainability Advocacy, Scotty Reifsnyder
COVID-19 and Sustainable Development Goals: The Pandemic, Politics, and the Road Ahead, Gopal Sankaran
Climate Change Communication in the [M]anthropocene, Steve Sassaman, Michael Sofis, and Scott Ramsey
Teaching Transition: Organizing Sustainably Through Service-Learning, Megan A.K. Schraedley
Environmental Health - The Impact of Oil Sands Mining on Peatland Ecosystems in Alberta, Canada, Melanie A. Vile
Submissions from 2020
Eat Mor Chikin!: a case study in economic efficiency and sustainability, Thomas Andrews
Listening to Young People: Philadelphia Youth Organizers' Perspectives on 2020 and Sustaining the Movement(s) Beyond, Hannah Ashley, Ananiya Jones, Lilah Saber, and Mayana Ashley-Carner
A Green New Deal for Schools: Inequality, Funding, and Finance in Pennsylvania, David I. Backer
Projecting EV Distribution and Charging Demand: DVRPC/UC Davis's EV Planning Toolkit, Adam Beam
UN SDG 4: When Access to Education is *NOT* Enough, Christine M. Chiarelli-Helminiak
Human Rights and Social, Economic, & Environmental Justice: Ethics of Samfundssind & Agape, Claire L. Dente
Earth Day at 50: Sustainable Exhibition Planning During a Time of Pandemic, Michael A. Di Giovine, Natalie Fenner, Tyler C. Haney, Foster W. Krupp, Ben Popp, and Melina Schauermann
Project 1851 - A Journey in Sustainability: A Tech-integrated and Regenerative Rental Property, Markos Duey
STARS in our Eyes: Documenting WCU Sustainability Efforts, Bradley Flamm
Updating WCU’s Climate Action Plan: Creating a Version 2 for our Community of Learners, Bradley Flamm
Improving the State of Society and Making Men Happy: Rhetorical Citizenship in Historical and Contemporary Vegetarian/Vegan Discourses, Kristin E. Kondrlik
Second-Best Prioritization of Environmental Cleanups, Jacob LaRiviere, Matthew J. McMahon, and Justin Roush
Who Speaks for the Trees? The Movement for the Rights of Nature, Thomas Linzey
Pack It Up, Pass It On: Ditch the Dumpster WCU, Amy L. Maxcy
Envisioning Higher Education for Sustainability AFTER the Sh*t Hits the Fan, Paul Morgan and Rebecca Drake
Preparing Youth for Climate Action: Philadelphia Teachers Facilitating Student-Led Social Change in Elementary and Middle School Classrooms, Kathleen Riley and Elizabeth Soslau
Solve Climate by 2030, Jessica L. Schedlbauer and Paul Morgan
West Chester University Fair Trade Campaign, Kathleen Tobelmann
West Chester's Energy Future, Will Williams
Contempt in the Public Sphere, Joan Woolfrey
Truth and Transformation in the US: A Path Towards Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Susan R. Wysor Nguema
Submissions from 2019
Fatness, Intersectionality, and Environmental Justice: Working Towards Health and Sustainability, Ginneh L. Akbar and Meg Panichelli
West Chester Goes Green: 3 WCU Students Work at Grassroots Levels in the West Chester Borough, Courtney Bodle, Kara Thorpe, and Paige Vermeulen
The Biopsychology of Ending Poverty: Lessons from Research on Economic Instability, Household Chaos, and Child Cortisol, Eleanor D. Brown
Sustainability Research and Practice Seminar [Fall 2019 flyer], Bradley Flamm
Zero-Net Emissions by 2050: Climate Realities and Challenges, Karl Hausker
Zoning for Climate Change: Learning from Leader Suburbs, Dorothy Ives Dewey
Copenhagen: Sustainable by Design, David P. Jones and Karen M. Watkins
Sustainability in an IT Context, Dikran Kassabian
Pennsylvania's Environmental Rights Amendment: Past, Present, & Future, Franklin Kury
The Ethics of Outdoor Education: Increasing Access while Minimizing Environmental Impacts, Steven Sassaman
WCU Study Abroad and Carbon Offsets: Not whether but whXen NOW!, Paul Sylvester
Sustainable Economics: A Very Short Introduction, Larry Udell
Submissions from 2018
Nano to Global: Small Structures and Their Impact on Energy Markets, Kurt W. Kolasinski