Sustainable Oxy / Eco-LA

Student Work

The following are powerpoint presentations of projects completed by students working with the Sustainable Oxy / Eco-LA and Environmental Stewards programs at Occidental College.

2005

Environmental Sustainability of Landscaping:
An Analysis of the Means of Water Conservation as Pertains to Irrigation and Landscaping at Occidental College
By Alyce Brookfield (Student researcher, not an Environmental Steward)

2003

Occidental College Compost Project
By Colleen Calahan

Sweat X: Taking the High Road
By Michelle Ashley and Ingrid Melendez

Recycling and Deconstruction in Construction and Demolition
By Cyrus Grout

2001

Ways to Reduce the Environmental and Health Impacts of Occidental's Studio Art Department
By Maggie Fleming

Bicycles, transportation alternatives
By Mia Gutfreund

Alternatives to Pesticides: A Look at IPM and Occidental College’s Use Pesticides
By Randell Roberts

The Urgency for an Environmental Mission
By Stephanie Schroeder

Creating a sustainable future in Occidental College’s Campus Dining
By National Wildlife Federation Campus Ecology Fellow Daniel Alex Feinberg

2000

The Ground We Sit On: Occidental's Use of Pesticides
By March Gaulberto

Sustainable Developments
By Darren Jack

Greening the Playing Fields
By Meredith Herman

Evaluating Landscaping at the President's House and Proposing 'Educational Pocket Gardens'
By Miriah Mortimer

Cooler Cleaner Oxy for Cool Clean Earth (conversion into Ecological Campus Fleet)
by Tomoyuki Oshino

A Study of Water Conservation at Occidental (Slide Show)
Reducing Water Consumption in Occidental College Dormitories (PDF)
by Zureena Valli

1999

Evaluating Occidental's Landscaping Plan
By Devon King

Micro-scale Chemistry
By Deborah Thompson

Women's Center Garden
By Erin Post

The Conversion to Green Cleaners (Slide Show)
The Conversion to "Green Cleaners" at Occidental (PDF)
By Katie Brewer-Ball

The Viability of Composting Programs at the College and University Levels
By Penelop Brion