Highlighted Project
Creating Recycled Material Landscapes to Promote Environmental Stewardship on Dominica
See the video of the team at: http://epa.gov/p3/multimedia/videos/clemson.html 
Students from EES 486/686 Pollution Prevention and Industrial Ecology wrote a successful proposal for $10,000 to the EPA People, Planet, and Prosperity program to address the solid waste management problem of waste tires on the island of Dominica. Then, an interdisciplinary group of students and faculty embarked on the Landscapes for Learning-Dominica project, which seeks to create recycled material landscapes as learning tools for elementary schools in the developing world. A group of seven students and three faculty initiated research and education activities in the community of Grand Fond, Dominica. Students from the Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences conducted a waste tire audit and material flow analysis of tires on Dominica, while Sociology and Landscape Architecture students began the process of transforming the school grounds to use as a learning landscape demonstration site.
Dr. Shelie Miller (pictured right) served as principal investigator for the team of students consisting of Jim Chamberlain (PhD, EEES), Roger Flynn (PhD, Policy Studies) and Laurie Robbins, (MS, Construction Management). The team received Honorable Mention at the 2008 EPA People, Prosperity, and Planet National Sustainable Design Expo held in Washington D.C. on Earth Day (pictured below).
The pictures on this page and more pictures of the team can be found at: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/p3/event_2008/event_photos/teams/su833512/su833512.html
Students from EES 486/686 Pollution Prevention and Industrial Ecology wrote a successful proposal for $10,000 to the EPA People, Planet, and Prosperity program to address the solid waste management problem of waste tires on the island of Dominica. Then, an interdisciplinary group of students and faculty embarked on the Landscapes for Learning-Dominica project, which seeks to create recycled material landscapes as learning tools for elementary schools in the developing world. A group of seven students and three faculty initiated research and education activities in the community of Grand Fond, Dominica. Students from the Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences conducted a waste tire audit and material flow analysis of tires on Dominica, while Sociology and Landscape Architecture students began the process of transforming the school grounds to use as a learning landscape demonstration site.
Dr. Shelie Miller (pictured right) served as principal investigator for the team of students consisting of Jim Chamberlain (PhD, EEES), Roger Flynn (PhD, Policy Studies) and Laurie Robbins, (MS, Construction Management). The team received Honorable Mention at the 2008 EPA People, Prosperity, and Planet National Sustainable Design Expo held in Washington D.C. on Earth Day (pictured below).
The pictures on this page and more pictures of the team can be found at: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/p3/event_2008/event_photos/teams/su833512/su833512.html