Student Essays


Note to readers: I am pleased to offer you the opportunity to read this harvest of student essays. The authors have graciously allowed me to publish their work. Note that all authors below reserve copyright to their material unless otherwise indicated. --Steve Hackett


KATRINA SCHNEIDER ON THE NET SOCIAL BENEFITS OF GRAVEL MINING ON THE TUOLUMNE RIVER

RANJIT DESHMUKH ON DECENTRALIZED BIOMASS-BASED VILLAGE ELECTRIFICATION IN INDIA

JUSTIN AINSWORTH ON ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT OF ALASKAN SNOW CRAB

JACOB MCGRAW ON THE VALUE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

KRISTEN RADECSKY ON WIND POWER IN RURAL GUATAMALA

JOHN MANNING ON MARKET POWER IN CALIFORNIA'S RESTRUCTURED ENERGY MARKET

DESIREE WOODS ON TOXIC TRADE

BRENDAN BLAKE ON TOXIC E-WASTE TRADE AND CHINA

KARMA DORJI ON THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF RURAL ELECTRIFICATION

STEPHANIE SCHNEIDER ON THE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ARISING FROM HONEY BEES

GRETA PETERSON ON THE IMPACTS OF EXTRACTION SUBSIDIES ON RECYCLING

MARISSA CHAPPELL GLOBAL MINING ECONOMIES: A COMPARISON OF TWO AFRICAN NATIONS

JONATHAN MILLER ON PROPERTY RIGHTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

JENNA KELLY ON BRITISH COLUMBIA'S AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY AND ITS IMPACTS

KRIS LARSON ON ECONOMIC APPROACHES TO OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION

MARC MARSHALL ON THE COST EFFECTIVENESS OF GENERATING ELECTRIC POWER FROM THE INCINERATION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE

DEVIN TRAINOR ON THE ECONOMICS OF THE MAINE LOBSTER FISHERY

KAMALA ENGLIN ON CONSERVATION DESIGN FOR SUBDIVISIONS AS AN ECONOMIC MEANS OF PROTECTING OPEN SPACE

SALLY BENTZ ON THE ECONOMICS OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

HANS PETERSEN ON THE TRUE COST (LIFECYCLE COST) OF CLOTH VS. DISPOSABLE DIAPERS

BRENDAN WATROUS ON THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF RESTORING SALMON HABITAT IN THE KLAMATH RIVER BASIN

KARI CASEY ON TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT VS. CONVENTIONAL TRANSPORTATION

ELIZABETH MEILANDER ON THE ECONOMICS OF URBAN STREAM RESTORATION

VICTOR COLBORN ON THE BENEFITS OF A HUMBOLDT BAR WAVE FORECAST

MISTI WILLIAMS ON THE LIVE REEF FISH TRADE AND CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION

JENNIFER ROBB ON CALIFORNIA WATER

JENNIFER RUBSAMEN ON THE COST OF WETLAND MITIGATION

LISA MILLER ON THE ECONOMICS OF CONVENTIONAL VS. ORGANIC AGRICULTURE

LEE PURKERSON ON WILDERNESS VALUATION

STACEY DOBROSKY ON THE MYTH OF JOBS VS. THE ENVRONMENT

BRENNEN JENSEN ON THE ECONOMICS OF POLLINATION SERVICES

KIM MORALES ON THE WATERSHED RESTORATION INDUSTRY IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY (TEAM PROJECT WITH DOREMUS FOR RCAA/RUTH BLYTHER)

JESSICA DOREMUS ON THE WATERSHED RESTORATION INDUSTRY IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY (TEAM PROJECT WITH MORALES FOR RCAA/RUTH BLYTHER)

JOHN VINCENT ON THE THREE GORGES DAM IN CHINA

GARRETT MCSORLEY ON THE ECONOMICS OF A COMMUNITY ENERGY AUDIT PROGRAM

LESLIE BLANCHARD ON THE BENEFITS OF REUSE

COLIN MORRISON ON SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTING

HANNAH HADLEY ON ENVIRONMENTAL TAXES

CHRISTOPHER CALONJE ON THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF OPEN SPACE

ON THE ECONOMICS OF REMOVING DAMS AND RESTORING THE ELWAH RIVER IN WASHINGTON STATE

BEVERLY SHAW ON THE NEED FOR A CONTINGENT VALUATION STUDY ON WILDLIFE RESOURCES IN THE ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

ROBERT CASEY ON THE ECONOMICS OF GRID-INTERCONNECTED PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS

KAT ASPREY ON THE GREEN BUSINESS SECTOR

ERICA GELCZIS ON FISHERIES MIS-MANAGEMENT

JEFF OLIVEIRA ON ECO-INDUSTRIAL PARK PLANNING

CHRISTEN HARDEE ON WASTE-TO-ENERGY

JASON CAMPBELL ON SOLAR ENERGY ECONOMICS FOR THE PROPOSED ARCATA YOUTH HOSTEL

MEREDITH POWELL ON THE ECONOMICS OF STRAW-BALE CONSTRUCTION

MARK SOBOIL ON MARINE PROTECTED AREAS

YVETTE DICARLO ON 'TURNING GARBAGE INTO GOLD' (THE ECONOMICS OF GARBAGE TRANSPORT, TRADE, AND DISPOSAL)

MAGNUS EKSTROM ON THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF BIODIVERSITY

REBECCA WELTER ON THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CULTURE-NATURE RELATIONS THROUGHOUT HISTORY

DON SON ON PROCUREMENT, THE ORIGIN OF WASTE PRODUCTION (APPLIED TO HSU)

CARLIN FINKE ON WATER MARKETS AND IN-STREAM FLOWS

MICHAEL REICHMUTH ON THE VALUE OF TRINITY RIVER WATER AND FISHERIES TO THE HUPA PEOPLE

KAY IZLAR ON THE LIMITS TO ECONOMIC GROWTH

DAN POTEN ON 'GREEN' AND SOCIALLY-RESPONSIBLE MUTUAL FUNDS

REBECCA KAVAGE ON THE ECONOMICS OF SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY

JOSH STRANGE ON THE ECONOMICS OF ITQs: THE ALASKAN HALIBUT FISHERY

LOCKEY WHITE ON ISO-14000

BRENT CARITHERS ON CPRs

REBECCA OSTHEIMER ON PROJECT XL

JOHN GARY ON THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES