Earth Days 2021 at Salem State

Earth Days 2018 Student Poster Award Winners along with Earth Days 2018 Advertising Poster Designer Liza Powers (rear, 2nd from left), College of Arts & Sciences Dean Gail Gasparich (left front) and Friend of the Earth Award Winners Ed Frechette on behalf of UTEC-Lowell (rear center) and nature photographer Kim Smith (3rd from right)

• Miyen Chang Contreras,
• Ben Quintal, Conflict Mineral Extraction
• Amanda Baldwin, Benefits of plant-based diet
• Mark Luswata, Mountain Gorillas, an Endangered Species
• Bianca Mercado,The United States: Safest Water Supply in the World?
• Brian Arsenault, Biodegradable Bags
• Amanda Westcott, The Danger of Marine Debris: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
• Cecilia Gray, Peru's Illegal Mining is Destroying the Amazon Rainforest

 

Poster Award Winners (TOP 5%) (photo of Brooke Rodrigue)

• Brooke Rodrigue, The Effect of Macroplastic Debris on Marine Vertebrates
• Michelle Urh, Microbead Pollution of the Great Lakes and the Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015
• Mary Kate Kelley, SSU: Salem Sustainability University? Comparing the Sustainability Efforts at Universities throughout the US and the World
• Christin R. D'Ippolito, Citarum River, Indonesia One of the Most Polluted Rivers in the World
• Jeremy Mele, Atomic Atoll: The (Im)morality of Nuclear Tests

Message in a Bottle art Installation

Art Award Winners

• Logan Mine, Title.
• Matthew Cassola, Title.
• Kayla Fregeolle, Title.
• Hayley Codair, Title.

Poster Award Winners (TOP 5%) (left to right, back to front)

• Narcissa Plummer,Soapification reaction using Trimmystrin isolated from Nutmeg spice
• Natalie Carlston, Green Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles Using Citrus fruits Aqueous Extract and its Characterization
• Lidia Fernandez, Green Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles Using Citrus fruits Aqueous Extract and its Characterization
• Mitchel Tepe,Soapification reaction using Trimmystrin isolated from Nutmeg spice
• Angela Ward, Medication in Drinking Water
• Abigail Locher, Rising Waters
• Kayley LeFracois,Trouble for the San Juan- As the Orange River Flows
• Brooke Rodrigue, Plastic Pollution: Injustice for developing nations

Honorable Mention Posters (TOP 10%) (left to right)

• Victoria Chase, Massachusetts Food Systems: Reducing Hunger and Food Insecurity, Increasing Access to Healthy Food
• Lindsey Leandres,The Environmental Benefits of Industrialized Hemp
• Ellen Acheampong, Public Health Impact of Climate Change
• Ariana Yates,The Politics of Fracking
• Brian Pacheco, Depleting Water Sources: Over-irrigation and its Impact on Arid Environments

FISHBOWL Art Installation

Art Award Winners

• Anya Ciarametaro, Illuminating Jelly Fish.
• Joseph Desjarlais, Environmental Debate Team.
• Elizabeth Dunin-Wilczynski, Near Future.
• Jessica Sherwood, Coral Bed.

 

Poster Award Winners (left to right)

• Leslie Friedrich, The Kakapo
• Alexandra Serino, The Price We Pay for not Paying: Why We Must Put an Economic Value on Nature
• Kristen Sanfilippo, Nutrient Overload Leads to Ocean Dead Zones
• Isaac Perry, Biodiversity: The Significance of the Honey Bee
• Hanna Vinnikava, Endophytes are the Key for Creation of Natural Medicine and Fuel
• Prof. Marcos Luna, Geography

Art Award Winners (left to right)

• Jennifer Brooks

• Mariah Pike

• Prof. Ken Reker, Art + Design

"Biodiversity: The Significance of the Honey Bee" by Isaac Perry	"Nutrient Overload Leads to Ocean Dead Zone" by Kristen Sanfilippo
"The Price We Pay for not Paying: Why We Must Put an Economic Value on Nature" by Alexandra Serino	"The Kakapo" by Leslie Friedrich
"Endophytes are the Key for Creation of Natural Medicine and Fuel" by Hanna Vinnikava	"Climate Change, Resource Wars, and Future Conflicts" by Bryan Pacheco
"Pumped Storage Hydro-Electricity: Simultaneously Optimizing Emerging Green Energy While Socially Promoting a Region’s Unique Topography and Ecosystem" by Nicholas LaQuerre	"Air Pollution in China and Its Environmental Impacts" by Joseph Mack
"Soil Toiling: A Comparison of Organic and Conventional Farming" by Brian Rappa	"The Effects of Road Salt on Our Environment" by Kyle Favaloro
by Kayla McLaughlin

 

Poster Award Winners

• Krystal Gmyrek, Effect of Electrolyte on the performance of batteries
• Paul Barbaro, Home Grown Agriculture
• Dave Antonuccio and Hanna Vinnikava, Green Synthesis of Silver Nano-Particles
• Jennifer Curtin, Putting Limits on Population Growth: China’s One-Child Policy
• Stephanie DeYoung, A Green Glass of Wine
• Katherine Robinson, Lush: Fresh Handmade Cosmetics
• Fatou B. Mandiang, The Native Way or “our way”?
• Rebekah Estrada, A Green Alternative to the Iodine Clock Reaction
• Nicholas Schomburg, Marine Dead Zones

Poster Honorable Mention Recipients

• Carling Granger Audette, Renewable Resources & Rare Earth Elements
• Kinga Jacaszek, Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility

Environmental Art Award Winners

• Taylor Doiron, ALTERNATIVE POWER.
• Casey Cataldo, STYROFOAM MAN.
• Phearun Mao, WISHING WELL.
• Paul Moskevitz, DEFORESTATION IN THE AMAZON FOR PROFIT.

“Niger Conflict: The Edge of the Ocean” by Erin Burke	“Thorium Nuclear Power” by Stefan Johnson
“Ocean Acidification: Reducing Diversity by Reducing pH” by Alyssa Pendleton	“Hydrofracking” by Bridgette Gillespie
“Ocean Acidification” by Arjola Mishgjoni	“Blood in Pleasant Bay: Horseshoe crabs, Limulus Amebocyte” by Jesse Nichols
“The Decline of Northern Fur Seals on the Pribilof Islands” by Mario Mosso	“The Great Barrier Tyrants” by Michael Cuneo

“Coastal Water Protection & Monitoring: Is it Working for Massachusetts?” by Dennis Pothier	“How Waste Affects the Oceans” by Casia Terenzoni
“The importance of Education in Reducing waste By Retrofitting Homes” by Kossim Osseni	“Going Solar in Massachusetts” by Kelsey Shepard
“Ocean Acidification” by Chris Dubois & Sarah Sullivan	“Salem Power Plant vs. City of Salem” by Brian McAdams
“Energy Waste in the Home” by Paris Beckett	“Groundwater Contamination in Post Conflict Bosnia” by Michael Dellea

“Microalgae as biodiesel in Massachusetts: A Case Study” by Kimberly Nguyen and Joseph Mistretta	“Socio-Economic Impacts of Good Governance and Sustainable Forestry Practices, Knuckles Conservation Forest, Sri Lanka” by Jennifer Carr
“Impacts of Bottled Water” by Tom Collins	“Buy Fresh, Buy Local” by Kayla Coburn and Barry Oneil
“Economic Justice in Allocation of EECGB Grants under ARRA” by Karl Allen and Mike Maher	“Beyond Fossil Fuels: The Future of Energy” by Arick Dodge and Chris Noble
“The Consequences of U.S. Meat Consumption” by Franki Vetrano-Olsen, Mashooma Khalifa, and Alyssa Pendalton