The SDSU Sage Project working with the City of Lemon Grove is interested in developing a brand system for the Greening a New Renewable City program for the City of Lemon Grove. This program embodies Lemon Grove’s ideals within its Climate Action Plan, helps establish the sense of community, and promotes civic engagement to prevent […]
Sustainable Development Goal: 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
Identification of High-Risk Dry Cleaning Sites in San Diego County: Data Collection and Remediation
The goal of this project was to locate and collect site data for all present and historical dry cleaners in San Diego County. Additional data pertained to dry cleaning sites’ responsible parties and operation status. This report pertains to the first phase of this project, which was conducted by students in Environmental Engineering 558: Solid […]
Desarrollo de un programa de monitoreo y de control preventivo de la intrusión salina en los acuiferos subterráneos y superficiales de la Ciudad de Manzanillo
La importancia que reviste el estudio de los agentes contaminantes de los recursos hidricos, avalado por el necesario consumo de este elemento, en estos momentos no representa una amenaza considerable a las reservas acuífera, pero desde una perspectiva del problema a futuro se visualiza un riesgo potencial, es por ello la necesidad de impulsar el […]
Environmental Screening and Preliminary Assessment Report
3. PROJECT ALIGNMENT DESCRIPTION The Projected Corridor STARTS from Chainage @ 00.000 Km (NH – 74) with coordinates (28°57’19.26” N and 79°25’47.66” E) and traverses through mostly government land and paddy fields and circles the City. Rudrapur Bypass Road Crosses NH – 87 (New NH – 09) and NH – 74 (New NH – 309) […]
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Consultancy Services for preparation of Detailed Project Report for Rehabilitation and Upgradation to two lane with paved shoulder configuration of Araku (Bhalluguda) to Bowdara Section of NH – 516 E in state of Andhra Pradesh.
B. Description of the Subprojects The objective of the MORTH’s Project Financing Facility is to support the projects for improving Andhra Pradesh State’s connectivity of the current rural interior and achieving a larger coverage of the National Highway and State Highway. The loan from the MORTH will be on – lent to the Government of […]
Mapping Nitrate-N contamination of groundwater in Marathon County
A student created a visual of where nitrogen levels are worse within the community so that actions can be taken in the right areas to increase water quality. UniverCity Year Contact Info Gavin Luter Managing Director gavin@cows.org 608-261-1141 […]
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Examining best practices for de-icing in Marathon County
In order to be more cost effective and environmentally conscious, Marathon County ishoping to utilize a standard salt usage plan as the road de-icing techniques currently vary in eachof the 11 municipalities in the county. This disconnect is not only ineffective, but also potentiallydangerous to drivers traveling throughout different municipalities that salt heavier or lighter […]
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Road Salt Practices Across Wausau Metropolitan Area Municipalities
With the support of Andrew Lynch, AICP, Transportation Planner at the Wausau Metropolitan Planning Organization, and the UniverCity Alliance, students in the Nelson Institute Community Environmental Scholars Program researched road salt practices in the Wausau Metropolitan Area during Spring Semester 2021. Four University of Wisconsin-Madison students participated in the project through their enrollment in Environmental […]
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Understanding environmental attitudes in the Fenwood Creek Watershed, Marathon County
In an effort to gain better insight for outreach strategies, this student team wrote and conducted apublic attitudes survey of Fenwood Creek Watershed farmers and landowners. Their goal was to gain perspectives on broad topics such as local watershed health and conservation efforts. The team’s methodology focused on three areas: communication, research, and survey writing. […]
Promoting soil health through public engagement in Marathon County
This student team assessed the County Conservation Plan and Farmland Preservation Plan and held discussions with Marathon County and associates to identify ways they can increase public awareness in Marathon County. They want to influence people to adapt to new sustainable agricultural practices that can enhance soil health. The students focused on finding ways to […]
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