Activism

Asterisk (*) after year denotes honors thesis.

• 1983 Susan Clark, A Study of Citizen Participation in Burlington, Vermont 1981-1983

• 1984 Kate McDowell, The Feasibility of Support Groups for High School Girls: A Pilot Study September 1983 - April 1984
• 1984 Andrea Van Liew, A Resource Guide for Ecological Social Change

• 1986 Renny Beal, The Vermont Natural Resources Council: A Study of Advocacy, Education and Information

• 1990 Saramichelle Sapuppo, Looking Through a Window at the Peace Corps: The Belize Junior School of Agriculture

• 1991 Paul Fontaine, The Politics of Ecology

• 1992 John C. Bottelli, Citizen Participation in the Face of Cultural, Environmental and Economic Land Use Conflict: A Partial Test of the Svara Dichotomy/Duality Model and Case Study of the Temagami Ad

• 1993 Stephanie Daniels, Intuition and Political Activism

• 1996 * Courtney Brabson, The Environmental Justice Movement - A Grassroots Perspective

• 1997 Matteo C. Burani, Ogoni: A Call for Action

• 1998 * Jane Anker, Redwood War: Radical Environmental Responses to the Headwaters Forest Crisis-An Environmental Film
• 1998 David Scott Geller, An Assessment of the Existence and Impacts of Horizontal and Vertical Networking Among NGOs: A Case Study of the Solcarsar Campaign in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region of Nicaragua

• 1999 * Adam Lavinthal, Not in my Backyard: A Case Study of the Movement in Opposition to the Proposed Low-level Radioactive Waste Dump in Sierra Blanca, Texas
• 1999 Lindsay Robinson, A Study of the Environmental Grassroots Organizations, With a Concentration on Green Corps

• 2000 Brittney O. Farrow, The Home Depot and The Old-Growth Wood Boycott, 1929-1999: A Case Study of Successful Campaign
• 2000 Amanda Riley, Women Environmental Activists: Journeys of Self and Voice
• 2000 Bethany Stokes, Ecospiritual Activism on the Internet: A Look at Christian and Jewish Organizations Addressing Animal Rights Issues
  

• 2001 Erin David, Opposition to Biotechnology in Vermont
• 2001 Janet C. Eddins, A Theoretical Framework: Implementing Materials Reuse in the Classroom "Teachers' Resource Center" at the ReStore, Montpelier, VT
• 2001 Elizabeth Veronica Pangia, Applied Ecopsychology in an Adventure Challenge Course Curriculum: A Project for Mountain Mill House Outdoor Center
• 2001 Jessica Tomko, Bibaani: Resistance Through Grassroots Organization

• 2002 Susan Cincotti, Case Study: Exploring Non-Profit Contributions to Controlling Sprawl in Chittenden County, Vermont
• 2002 Kathryn Sylvester, Environmentally Conscious Businesses in the Greater Burlington Area: Goals, Policies, Practices and the Struggles to be Green

• 2003 * Kristine Mazur, Western Canada Wilderness Committee: Grassroots Efforts to Protect Ancient Wilderness and Biodiversity in British Columbia
• 2003 Ray Foley, Pursuing Environmental Justice in Camden, New Jersey: Working in Partnership with South Camden Citizens in Action & the Waterfront South Community

• 2004 Erin Longbothum, The Fair Trade Coffee Movement: Creating Awareness on Campus at the University of Vermont

• 2005 Sarah Augeri, Communicating to the Public: A Case Study of Three Food Advocacy Organizations
• 2005 Zach Carson, The Fossil Free Way Organization presents The Veg-E-Bus: The Creation of a Traveling Educational Tour Promoting Different Forms of Renewable Energy in an Effort to Educate the Public about the Importance of Reducing our Country’s Dependency on Fossil Fuels
• 2005 Kerry Clare Duggan, Michigan Environmental Council Internship: Building Legislator Relations through the Michigan Outdoors
• 2005 Megan E. Gilmartin, The Development of a New Non-Profit Organization Opposed to Genetic Engineering: GE Free Maine
• 2005 Christopher A. Hoy, Following the Progression of Vermont Legislative Bills Regarding Genetically Modified Organisms and the Role Grassroots Organizations Played
• 2005 * Alison Ray, The Consortium for Ecological Living Green Roof Demonstration Project: Chronicles of Design and Construction
• 2005 David Whiteside, Alabama Waterkeepers

• 2006 Peter Dotson-Westphalen, Bubblin’ Upstream: The Ripple Affect
• 2006 Jessica Dunlop, Environmental Awareness and the Usefulness of Trees in Unlikely Places
• 2006 Kelly Hayes, International Transfer of a Student Water Quality Program: A Case Study Analysis in the Lake Yojoa Region of Honduras
• 2006 Ben Sarle, The Yellow Bike Project: An Environmental Studies Initiative
• 2006 Ryan Sterling, Bubblin’ Upstream: The Ripple Affect
  
  
• 2007 Jamie Abbaticchio, Preserving Agriculture in a Changing Landscape: Education for Activism in the Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve
• 2007 Victoria Jones, Epidemiological Research and Environmental Health Awareness: Analyzing the Case of Vieques, Puerto Rico
  
  
• 2008 Tristam Coffin,  Defending an American Icon: The Buffalo Field Campaign: A Look into the Evolution of an Environmental Advocacy Organization
• 2008 Marissa Dinardo, Community Gardening in the Dominican Republic: A Photo Documentary
• 2008 Kelly Trace,  The Future of the Fair Trade Movement: Addressing the Controversy Around Certifying Plantations
  
  
• 2009 Dana Demetrio, Unlocking the Cages: An Awareness Campaign at UVM for Chimpanzees in Laboratories
  
• 2009 Eric Ferguson, Wind Farm Development & Political Process: A Case Study of the Political and Legal Process and Analysis of Issue Campaigns Through a Rural Lens
  
• 2009 Christopher John Scheller, Paper Conscious Burlington Initiative
  
• 2009 Basil Tsimoyianis, United in a Climate Movement: Photography and the Youth Climate Movement
  
  
• 2010 Allie Calnan  – Seeds of Rebellion: Civil Engagemen in the Gardens of the Lower East Side
• 2010 Kimberly Desautels  –  The New England Grassroots Environment Fund: Senior Capstone Internship
  
• 2010 Forest William Donaj-Keys  –  Guerrilla Gardening: Perspectives and Trends in the Current Movement
  
• 2010 Phillip Kern Fandel  –  A Green America: Cycling the States in Search of Sustainability: A Cross Country Quest to Inspire Sustainable Living
  
• 2010 Connor L. Gibson  –  Environmental Organizing and Effective Activism: A Students Teaching Students Course
  
• 2010 Landis Holman  –  From the Ground Up: An Analysis of the National and International Success of Small Environmental Advocacy groups
  
• 2010 Jessica A. Serrante  –  Environmental Organizing and Effective Activism: A Students Teaching Students Course
  
  

  2011

• Kristen Greenwald  –  Generation Waking Up
  
• Andrea Hagan  –  Socially Responsible Investment of the University of Vermont's Endowment
  
• Winter Heath  –  University of Vermont Eco-Reps: Addressing Program Visibility and Awareness on Campus
  
• Nathan Joseph  –  Songs of Freedom: The Connections Between Music and Social Change
  
• * Naani Sheva  –  A Project Based Internship with Planned Parenthood of Northern New England: A Multidisciplinary Experience in Politics, Activism and Environmental Health Advocacy.
  

  2012

• Matthew Barrows – Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Local Motion and the Legacy of The Line
• 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
• * Samantha Ethridge – ENVS 197 Students Teaching Students: Hunger, Leadership and Social Change
• * Catherine Gannascoli – Hunger, Leadership and Social Change: A Students Teaching Students Course
• 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
• Emma Petersen – Fables and Reflections: Understanding the Implications of the Maori Party Formation in Communicating Alternative Motivations for Environmental Change
  
• * Avery Pittman – Gender, Power, Action: Ecofeminism For Collective Liberation: A Students-Teaching-Students Course at the University of Vermont
• Kalyn Rosenberg – Internship with Toxics Action Center, Montpelier, Vermont
• Erin Schminke – Advocating for Local Food Systems Through the Center for an Agricultural Economy
• * Abbe Schnibbe – Gender, Power, Action: Ecofeminism For Collective Liberation: A Students-Teaching-Students Course at the University of Vermont
• Cayla Tepper – Alternative Models for Community: A Students-Teaching-Students Course
• 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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