Geographic Information Analysis Lab (GIAL) : Earth Day Posters and Sessions
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Last Updated: May 3, 2022 11:33 AM
Thank you to all that joined our 2022 Geography/Libraries Earth Day event on Friday, April 22nd at 6pm
Please contact Kim Plassche if you would like to view a recording of the event.
Schedule
6pm Welcoming remarks and Rich Quodomine (Experience as a COP 26 Delegate)
6:20 Student Showcase
6:45 Trivia Game
7:10 Career advice with Rich Quodomine (Senior Lead GIS Analyst, Department of Public Property, City of Philadelphia)
Student Presenters
Lightning Talks
- Suiyuan Wang, Geography (2026), Mapping population distribution at the buildings level using multi-source data
- Laura Winder, Studio Arts/Graphic (2025), Our Earth, Our Home
- Qingqing Chen, Geography (2025), Delineating a ‘15-Minute City’: An Agent-based Modeling Approach to Estimate the Size of Local Communities
Posted Projects (Please view projects below)
With regrets, the following students will not be at the Zoom event.
- Zoey Kmack, Political Science (2025), Create Sustainable Change, Create Peace
- Donald Basile. Management/Business Administration (Spring 2025), The Three E's of Sustainability
- Jonathan Townsend, Geography (2023), Bioacoustic sampling and geospatial analysis reveals that bat calling activity varies in response to land cover and habitat type
- Chloe Seyfert, Information Technology and Management (2025), Sustainability: Clean Water and Sanitation
- Evan Leatherbarrow, Business Administration (2025), Sustaining Earth's Climate
- Lucas Garver, Business Administration (2025), Solar Windows
- Jason Louie, Business (2025), Unheard World Savers
Please view posted projects below.
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The Three Es of Sustainability (Donald Basile)Student: Donald Basile
Department/School: Business
Anticipated Graduation Date: 2025 -
Bioacoustic sampling and geospatial analysis reveals that bat calling activity varies in response to land cover and habitat type (Jonathan Townsend)Student: Jonathan Townsend
Department/School: Geography
Anticipated Graduation Date: 2023 -
Create Sustainable Change, Create Peace (Zoey Kmack)This project was created for GEO 106.
Student: Zoey Kmack
Department/School: Political Science
Anticipated Graduation Date: 2025
My motivation for my graphics has to do with my interest in Human Rights. Although I am not a geography major, sustainability is an impactful issue for everyone. Sustainability does more than just save the planet; it saves human beings. It is easy to take our planet for granted until we see the cost of human life. 1 child dies every minute from hunger-related issues, many of which are due to climatic changes. Crop failure in Africa has created devastating morality, underdeveloped countries on Islands have already faced terrible flooding, and even on our home turf we face systematic issues such as people of color and women have a higher chance to face detrimental issues due to Climate change. African Americans are three times more likely to die of airborne pollution than the overall US population, as well as women and girls are disproportionately affected by climate change, reflecting the fact that they are more likely in many countries to be marginalized and disadvantaged. Sustainability creates peace, not just for the physical planet but for billions of lives.
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Sustainability: Clean Water and Sanitation (Chloe Seyfert)This project was created for GEO 106.
Student: Chloe Seyfert
Department/School: Information Technology and Management
Anticipated Graduation Date: 2025
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Sustaining Earth's Climate (Evan Leatherbarrow)This project was created for GEO 106.
Student: Evan Leatherbarrow
Department/School: Business Administration
Anticipated Graduation Date: 2025 -
Solar Windows (Lucas Garver)This project was created for GEO 106.
Student: Lucas Garver
Department/School: Business Administration
Anticipated Graduation Date: 2025 -
Unheard World Savers (Jason Louie)This project was created for GEO 106.
Student: Jason Louie
Department/School: Business
Anticipated Graduation Date: 2025
Past Showcase Winners
2021 A-GIAL Earth Day Virtual Showcase
The following presenters were chosen by attendees of the showcase event held virtually on April 23, 2021.
Year 1st Place Runner-Up Honorable Mentions
2021 Alexandra Gould Vanessa Neff Sun Ho Hwang and Kevin Griswold
A-GIAL Earth Day Poster Session Awards
This award is given by a panel of Geography Alumni judges that evaluate the competitors poster during 2-hour session with poster authors being present.
Year 1st Place Runner-Up Honorable Mention
2019 Qiuyi Zhang Jena Jendrowski Chenyang Wei
