For years ENVS students have done internships for their ENVS 202 senior thesis/project work after
having taken ENVS 201 Research Methods. Only in 2009 did we begin to categorize these internships.

In 2010 we initiated the option for seniors to do a Capstone Internship (also ENVS 202) without taking
ENVS 201, instead taking a 200-level capstone course relevant to their ENVS concentration.

So, from 2010 on, you will find both thesis project internships (indicated by (T)) and official capstone internships.

Asterisk (*) after year denotes honors thesis.

2009

• (T) Daniel Belhumeur Jr., Municipal Buildings in Burlington, Vermont: An Assessment of Energy Efficiency and Bureaucracy
  
• (T) Olympia Bowker, Vermont in Winter: The Season of Subtle Splendor: A Photographic Documentation of Sense-of-Place in Vermont State Parks and Forests
• (T) Leanne Deschenes, Compassionate Communications: Effective Policy Writing for Green Mountain Animal Defenders
• (T) Ian Howes, Shade-Grown Coffee for a Time of Crisis: Potential for Costa Rican Household Farms and a Focal Point for Global Sustainability
• * (T) Claire Frashier Johnson, Outdoor Challenge: Adventure in Wild Therapy: A Ten Week Internship with the Howard Center of Vermont
• (T) Frances Hall Lang, Challenges of Going Green: An Internship with Sweet Clover Market in Essex, Vermont
• (T) Justin Rappaport, Solar Energy Internship: A Learning Experience into the Technology, Business, Economic Incentives and the Use of Interactive Field Maps to Portray Data in the Solar Energy Field
  
  

  2010

• * Cecelia Angelone –  Reflective Learning on Addressing Human Population Growth: An Internship with Population Media Center
  
• (T) Holly Borday –  The Four Harmonious Brothers: Integration of Cultural Awareness, Sustainability, Peace and Globalization Through Linking Vermont and Himalayan Students
  
• Kimberly Desautels  –  The New England Grassroots Environment Fund: Senior Capstone Internship
  
• Thomas J. Devlin  –  Why Not Green Building? The Times Are Changing
  
• (T) Alex Hemmer  –  Environmental Policy Internship with Audubon Vermont: Analysis of the Current Use Program and its Legislative Priorities in the 2010 Session
  
• Sarah Heusner  – Northeastern Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT) Internship 2010
  
• Landis Holman  –  From the Ground Up: An Analysis of the National and International Success of Small Environmental Advocacy groups
  
• Stephanie Lyons  –  Diversity within the Environmental Field: SEEDS Program
  
• Alex Robbins  –  Environmental Policymaking: Turning Theory into Action: Internship with Restore America’s Estuaries
  
• (T) Allen Roth  – Internship with Creative Energies: How a Renewable Energy Company Operates and What is Gained Through an Internship
  
• Liz White  –  The Movement of Food Improvement: A Case Study of Shelburne Farms Agricultural Practices and the Exploration of Gardening
  
• * (T) Mollie Wills  –  Cultivating Vermont’s Food Economy: An Internship with the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund: The Farm to Plate Initiative
  
  

  2011

• Margaret C. Albee  –  Internship with Bread and Butter Farm, Shelburne, Vermont
  
• Madison Alvarez  –  Herbalism: From the Ancient Art of Healing to Modern Medicine
  
• (T) Marlee Baron  –  "Let's change this B.S.!": Creating a Sustainable Beverage System at UVM
  
• Megan Brancaccio  –  Harvesting Healthy Kids through Food Education Farm-to-School at Orchard School
  
• Jim Casey  –  GPS Mapping of Winooski Valley Parks District Natural Areas
• Thomas J. Devlin  –  Why Not Green Building? The Times are Changing
• Monica Gerbini  –  Internship with the Lake Champlain Land Trust
• Kristen Greenwald  –  Generation Waking Up
  
• Tyler A. Hall  –  Permaculture Practicum at Cosmic Dance Permaculture, Watsonville, California
• Sarah Heusner  –  Northeastern Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT) Internship: Summer 2010
  
• Hillary Hutchins  –  Burlington's Legacy: Interning with the City of Burlington
  
• Jonna Jermyn  –  Production Assistant at Urban Moonshine Herbal Products Company
  
• Brianna K. Lane  –  A Summer of Plovers, Waders and Beach Exploration: My Senior Internship Capstone with Three Bays Preservation
  
• Bridget E. McBain  –  Whole Systems Design Internship
  
• (T) Trevor Michalak  –  Analysis of Municipal Solid Waste Technologies and Trends in the United States: An Internship with Seventh Generation
• Caroline J. O’Malley  –  Sixth Grade Ecology Teacher Assistant at Essex Middle School, Essex, Vermont
  
• Elizabeth D. Quinn  –  Growing Community: A Public Outreach and Community Organizing Internship Working with Grow Team O.N.E.
  
• (T) Allen Roth  –  Internship with Creative Energies: How a Renewable Energy Company Operates and What is Gained Through an Internship
  
• * (T) Naani Sheva  –  A Project Based Internship with Planned Parenthood of Northern New England: A Multidisciplinary Experience in Politics, Activism and Environmental Health Advocacy.
• Lisa J. White  –  Saving Walton Pond: A Conservation Internship Project with Winding Trails, Inc. in Farmington, Connecticut
  

  2012

• Lesley Allison  –  Cultivating a Sustainable Youth: Farm Education Internship at Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, Vermont
• Matthew Barrows – Standing on the Shouders of Giants: Local Motion and the Legacy of The Line
• Kristen Bousquet  –  Pease Mountain Stewardship Program, Charlotte Central School, Fall 2011
• Julia Breul  –  In Transition Towards Sustainability: Internship with the University of Vermont’s Clean Energy Fund and Office of Sustainability
• Olivia Bulger  –  Pease Mountain Stewardship Program, Charlotte Central School, Fall 2011
• Katelyn Bushueff – Exploring Sustainable, Experiential Education in an Academic Setting: An Internship with the Greenhouse RLC
• Nathan Clark – Education Beyond the Classroom: A Study on effective outreach strategies to get off-campus college students to recycle
• Kevin Collins  –  Retrofitting our Community with Common Sense Energy
• Emma Cook – From the Grassroots to the Statehouse: Vermont's Renewable Energy Present and Future: A Senior Capstone Internship with the Vermont Natural Resources Council Energy Program
• Peter Cummings  –  Farm to School: Environmental Education with Common Roots and Orchard Elementary School
• Laura Rose Dailey  –  Saratoga Plan: Summer 2011 Internship with a Local Land Trust Working to Conserve Open Space and Farmland in and Around Saratoga County in Upstate New York
• James DeBiasi  –  Addressing the Interface of Urban Agriculture with Municipal Policy: A Project-Based Internship with the Urban Agriculture Task Force of Burlington
• Katie Deppen – Learning How to be a Sustainable Sports Turf Manager by Interning with the Philedelphia Eagles Grounds Crew
• Sean Donovan  –  Field Technician Intern 2011 with Northwest Connections, Swan Valley, Montana
• Christina Economou  –  Internship with UVM’s GreenHouse RLC: Organizing an Education for Sustainability Course for GreenHouse Students, Working with GreenHouse Staff and Managing a Seminar Series
• Olivia Marie Fragale  –  Pease Mountain Stewardship Program, Charlotte Central School, Fall 2011
• Elizabeth Frances Fucillo  –  Exploring Small Scale Organic Farming Through Experiential Education: Summer 2011 Bread and Butter Farm Apprenticeship
• Henry Gilbert  –  Fresh View Farm Internship
• Anna Glavash – Conservation Intern with the Squam Lakes Association
• Joseph Grossman – A Synthesis of Conservation Management for Habitat Restoration in the Dos Palmas Wildlife Reserve: A Restoration Internship with the Bureau of Land Management
• Cathryn Hancock  –  Exploring Nature’s Bounty: A Summer Gardening and Food Education Internship with Orchard Elementary School
• Matthew S. Holleb  –  A Study in Law: Environmental Law and the Student Legal Services
• Kathryn Holmberg  –  Spring 2012 Urban Moonshine Internship: Handcrafted Organic Bitters, Tonics and Tinctures
• Christopher Houck – Senior Internship in Renewable Energy with Solar Source, a branch of the Melanson Company
• Ben Ifshin  –  Are You With us on the Issues?: Canvassing for a Healthy Gulf in Southeastern Louisiana: Field Manager Internship with the Gulf Restoration Network
• Amanda Kava – Increasing the Demand for Property Performance Upgrades in the Burlington Rental Marketplace
• Allison Kornfeind  –  Green Event Planning with Some Adventures in Upcycling: A Senior Internship with Coul Productions in Pittstown, New Jersey
• Erica Letson  –  Internship with the Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) of Vermont
• Emily Licht  –  Internship with Vermont Works for Women: Outdoor Education for Young Girls
• Philip Marston  –  The Campaign for Local Food Sovereignty in Vermont
• Robin McAloon  –  Countryside Ranger Internship, Assynt, Scotland
• Caylin McKee  –  An Exploration of Energy Use in Vermont: Internship with Allan Bullis, Energy Auditor
• Shana Murphy  – Chittenden Solid Waste District School Outreach Internship
• Alexander Nenopoulos  –  Burlington Smart Grid: Internship with Marketing Partners
• Hannah Ohlson  –   Reflections on a Summer as a Naturalist at the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies
• Benjamin Olsen – A Greener By Design Sustainability Capstone
• Adam Pearlstein  – To Teach or Not to Teach?
• Benjamin S. Post  –  Examination of Snow Accumulation on Photovoltaic Panels: A Feasibility Study
• Kalyn Rosenberg  –  Internship with Toxics Action Center, Montpelier, Vermont
• Caroline M. Rush  –  Shelburne Farms Rain Garden: Incorporating Education and Environmental Protection into a Design
• Janet Ruttenberg  –  Natural Spaces and Off-Leash Dog Use Management at Newton’s Cold Spring Park
• Dana Eve Saladoff – Building Stronger Connections Between People, Land and Communites: An Internship with the Center for Whole Communities in Waitsfield, Vermont
• Alexandra Sarhanis  –  Sustainability at Champlain College
• Erin Schminke  –  Advocating for Local Food Systems Through the Center for an Agricultural Economy
• Edward Sennet – Senior Capstone Internship with Common Sense Energy LLC
• Sydney Stieler – Sustainability in the Central Susquehanna Valley: An Internship with the Lewisburg Community Garden
• Jake Stocker  –   Working for Local Food and Family Farmers: A Summer Inside the Food Movement in Vermont
• Alexandra Van Baars  –  The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History and Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
• Melissa Wheeler – Growing Justice: A Food Justice and Urban Farming Internship with City Slickers Farms in Oakland, California
• Ethan Whitmore  –  Buffer Stock Policy: An Economic Approach to Reforming Agricultural Subsidies and Promoting Environmental Objectives with the National Farmers Union
  

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