Surveys and Interviews

Asterisk (*) after year denotes honors thesis.

2003

• Donald Ewick, An Analysis of Attitudes on Trapping in Massachusetts: Looking for Common Ground Between Rural and Suburban Populations

2005

• Kelsey Rose Cornelius, Gastronomic Piety: Sustainable Food in the American Christian Tradition
• Kathryn N. Costello, Connecting Hondurans, Despite the Distance: The Importance of Traditional Foods: A Case Study of Honduran Panela and Hispanic Markets in Boston and New York City
• Amanda Dow Davis, The Relevance of Indigenous Knowledge to Natural Resource Management: A Ghanaian Case Study
• Kerry Clare Duggan, Michigan Environmental Council Internship: Building Legislator Relations through the Michigan Outdoors
• Kelly Lynn Garrison, Empowering Communities While Improving Water Quality: An Evaluation of Water Quality Monitering Program in Taluabe, Honduras
• Benjamin R. Hodgman, Social Capital and Organic Coffee Associations in Costa Rica: Tensions Between Civic and Commercial Values
• Katie Lozito, Slowing Farmland Loss in Vermont: Assessing Beginning Farmers' Readiness for Farm Business and Ownership
• Lauren Masseria, The Evolution of Graffiti and its Community Implications
• Jennifer Savar Rock, Addressing Urban Food Security Through Urban Farmers' Markets: A Farmer and Market Participant Assessment of the Farmers' Market in the Old North End of Burlington, Vermont
• Rebecca Schweigart, Motivations of Long Distance Hikers: Case Study on The Long Trail

2006

• Rachel Charow, Participant Satisfaction with Community Collaborative Planning: A Case Study of the Spruce  Peak Ski Area Expansion Project, Stowe, Vermont
• Danielle Fuoco, Community Supported Agriculture: A Constructive Critique of an Increasingly Popular Alternative Agriculture Model
• Kelly Hayes, International Transfer of a Student Water Quality Program: A Case Study Analysis in the Lake Yojoa Region of Honduras
• William Kramen, Backpacking Towards Environmental Awareness: A Case Study of Outdoor Environmental Education in Arizona and Utah
• * Caitlin Loerch, Ecoliteracy in Academia: An Empirical Study of Institutional Support for an Environmental Literacy Requirement at the University of Vermont
• Byron Murray, Energy Efficiency through Efficient Lighting Technologies: A Case Specific Look at Energy Efficiency in
  Saint Lucia
• Heidi Raatikainen, A Comparative Social Capital Study of Burlington Coffeehouses: Can the For-Profit Sector Contribute to Social Capital?
• Sean Starfighter, Genetic Engineering and Corporate Power: Monsanto’s Use of GMOs: Will it Save or Destroy our Planet?
  

  2007

• Eva Antczak, The Changing Face of Dairy: A Case Study of Vermont Farmstead Cheesemakers
• Annie Arnold, Barriers to International HIV/AIDS Prevention: How Funding Limits the Capabilities of AIDS Non-Profit Organizations
• * Kelsey Ballard, Voluntary Simplicity: An Examination of the Motivations and Practices Involved in Adopting a Simplified Lifestyle
• Allyson Black-Foley, Imposed Adjustment: A Case Study of Impact of Structural Adjustment Programs on Rural Women Farmers in Eastern Uganda from 1975 to Present
• Emily L. Bronson, The Future of Western Herbalism and its Role in Allopathic Medicine
• Chris Franske, Pedal Power for Fitness Centers
• Victoria Jones, Epidemiological Research and Environmental Health Awareness: Analyzing the Case of Vieques, Puerto Rico
  

  2008

• Sara Chace  –  How NGOs Influence Equity in Tank Irrigation, Tamil Nadu India
  
• Kimberly Depasquale  –  Building the Engaged Campus: A Look at Community-Based Teaching in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
  
• Emily Eschner  –  Gardening as Influenced by Environmental Consciousness
  
• Abby Eden Farnham – Keeping Sprawl out of Vermont: The Fight for a Sustainable Future with Smart Growth Vermont
  
• Lisa P. Goldstein  –  The Determinants of Female Attitudes Towards Son Preference in India
  
• Deng Tong Kenjok  –  The Jonglei Canal Project and the Alternatives
  
• Jonathan Kovacs  –  Mapping for Permaculture: Creating Burlington’s Green Map
  
• Carolyn Smalkowski  –  The Coffee Countdown: Which Certification or Alternative Market Will be the Key to Latin America’s Sustainable Future?
  

  2009

• John Young, Family Forest Owners: A Vermont Study of Behavior, Pressure, and Opportunity
  

  2010

• Justin Arzberger  –  An Overview and Analysis of Voluntary Simplicity in Vermont
  
• Alyssa Catalano  –  Green Yoga?: Explorations in Environmental Connections to Yoga
  
• Kristen Cole  –  Changing School Food in South Burlington: Taste Testing Inititative
  

  2011

• Allie Calnan  –  Seeds of Rebellion: Civil Engagement in the Gardens of the Lower East Side
  
• * Melissa Kelly Cameron  –  Appetite for Local Fare:  An Assessment of Local Produce in UVM Dining Halls
  
• Kristen Cole  –  Changing School Food in South Burlington: Taste Testing Initiative
  
• * Caroline Dunlap  –  Investigating Transitions from Conventional to Organic Dairy Production in Vermont
  
• Kyle E. Gaffney  –  Endurance Sport as an Approach toward Harmonious Relationship Development: Exploring Behavioral Outcomes through Value Development Investigation of Endurance Sport Athletes
  
• * Winter Heath  –  University of Vermont Eco-Reps: Addressing Program Visibility and Awareness on Campus
  
• Seth H. Levin  –  The Sustainability Department: The Motivations, Functionality and Effects on Small to Medium Sized Business in Vermont
  
• Samantha Mass  – The Conscious Consumer: A Buyer's Guide to Humanely Raised Meat
  
• Trevor Michalak  –  Analysis of Municipal Solid Waste Technologies and Trends in the United States: An Internship with Seventh Generation
  
• * Christina Newman  –  A DREAM for a World Without HIV/AIDS: An Analysis of a Non-Governmental Organization and its Adaptation of a Local HIV/AIDS Education Program
  
• * Taylor Ralph  –  Eating Practices and Attitudes among American Buddhists:  An aspect of Buddhism and Ecology
  
• * Elijah William Sobel  –  Where the River Deepens: Exploring Place-Based Relationships through the Swimming Hole Experience
  
• * Katie Staniforth  –  Sources of DEHP exposure in the NICU: An Analysis of Respiratory and Intravenous Devices Containing di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate in Fletcher Allen Health Care's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
  
• Amelia Wurzburg  –  The Philosophy of Vegetable Gardening:  Sustainability in the Motivations of Food Gardeners
  

  2012

• Ariel Hodgins – The Omnivore's Education: Empowering Consumers with Information on Vermont Commercial Beef and Chicken Production
• Lindsey C. Hogan – Got Raw Milk?: A Study of Farmer and Consumer Rationale for Purchasing and Producing Unpasteurized Milk
• Caylin McKee – An Exploration of Energy Use in Vermont: Internship with Allan Bullis, Energy Auditor
• * Samantha Morgan – The Meat of the Matter: Exploring the Relationship between Environmental Ethics and the Food Choices of Environmental Studies Majors at the University of Vermont
• Brienne Toomey – Digging Up the Dirt: Exposing the Barriers and Challenges of Community Gardening
  

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