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Eco-Entrepreneurship: Sunset Power Solutions

Sunset Power Solutions is an Eco-E project that provides clean, wireless lighting for any social occasion. Their product, the MoonLite, repurposes second-life lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles to provide a stylish and easy-to-use lighting solution.

Faculty Advisors: Emily Cotter

Bridging Science and Management in the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: Mark Buntaine

Clients: NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Eco-Entrepreneurship: BranchOut

BranchOut is an outdoor "escape room" concept for adults and kids age 3 and up. Discover clues and solve puzzles to complete an hour-long adventure before time runs out.

Faculty Advisors: Matt Potoski, Emily Cotter

Sharing Canada’s Last Frontier: Creating a Conservation Network to Ensure Continued Wildlife Connectivity in the Mackenzie River

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: Christina Tague, Lee Hannah

Clients: Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative

Eco-Entrepreneurship: OrganicMatters

OrganicMatters is an Eco-E project that manufactures certified organic fertilizer out of poultry waste from the egg industry.

Faculty Advisors: Arturo Keller, Emily Cotter

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Planning and Incentivizing Native Oyster Restoration in Southern California

2017 Master's Group Projects

Faculty Advisors: Hunter Lenihan

Clients: Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, Honda Marine Science Foundation

Workplace Charging to Promote One Million Zero Emission Vehicles in California by 2020

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: Sarah Anderson, James Frew

Clients: California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

From Rocket Testing to Wilderness: Investigating Water Management Strategies and Impacts at Santa Susana

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: Thomas Dunne

Clients: The Boeing Company

A Greater Gray: A Larval Connectivity Assessment of Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Clients: Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary, NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Feasibility Analysis of Conservation Banking for the Greater Sage-Grouse in Montana

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: Gary Libecap

Clients: American Prairie Reserve

A Framework to Evaluate the Effectiveness of No-Take Marine Reserves in Mexico

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: Christopher Costello

Clients: Comunidad y Biodiversidad (COBI)

Quantifying the Greenhouse Gas Impacts of a Green Hotel Certification on the City of Los Angeles

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: Kyle Meng

Clients: Green Seal

The Waterfowl of Wall Street: Using Water Markets to Provide Habitat for Migratory Birds

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: James Salzman

Clients: The Nature Conservancy

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Big Island Impacts: Analysis of Land-Use Conversion on Water Quality, Carbon Emissions, and Wildlife at the Kohala Institute

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: Frank Davis

Clients: Kohala Institute

Biological and Social Tradeoffs of Implementing Fair Trade USA in Small-Scale Fisheries: A Case Study of Costa Rican Snapper

Faculty Advisors: Hunter Lenihan

Clients: Conservation International

Eco-Entrepreneurship: Sunset Power Solutions

Bridging Science and Management in the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument

Eco-Entrepreneurship: BranchOut

Sharing Canada’s Last Frontier: Creating a Conservation Network to Ensure Continued Wildlife Connectivity in the Mackenzie River

Eco-Entrepreneurship: OrganicMatters

Planning and Incentivizing Native Oyster Restoration in Southern California

Workplace Charging to Promote One Million Zero Emission Vehicles in California by 2020

From Rocket Testing to Wilderness: Investigating Water Management Strategies and Impacts at Santa Susana

A Greater Gray: A Larval Connectivity Assessment of Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary

Feasibility Analysis of Conservation Banking for the Greater Sage-Grouse in Montana

A Framework to Evaluate the Effectiveness of No-Take Marine Reserves in Mexico

Quantifying the Greenhouse Gas Impacts of a Green Hotel Certification on the City of Los Angeles

The Waterfowl of Wall Street: Using Water Markets to Provide Habitat for Migratory Birds

Big Island Impacts: Analysis of Land-Use Conversion on Water Quality, Carbon Emissions, and Wildlife at the Kohala Institute

Economic Analysis of Invasive Giant Reed (Arundo Donax) Control for the Lower Santa Clara River

Not a Drop to Spare: Sustainable Water Management Solutions for the South Coast of Santa Barbara County

Microfiber Pollution and the Apparel Industry

More Housing, Fewer Cars: Reducing Commute-Related Emissions on the South Coast

Global Spatial Analysis to Identify and Characterize Wood Sourcing Regions

Biological and Social Tradeoffs of Implementing Fair Trade USA in Small-Scale Fisheries: A Case Study of Costa Rican Snapper