This report is based on the compilation of work by students from Dr. Dustin Edwards’ RWS 360 Rhetoric of Sustainability class, which participated in the San Diego State University Sage Project and their partnership with the City of Lemon Grove. The students were tasked with researching and presenting the City of Lemon Grove with a […]
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The urban greening and renewal of a city requires the cooling effect of new trees. This prerequisite affects the development of green rooftops and rooftop gardens and the efficiency of water usage across city parks and public facilities. With this understanding, this report proposes to enhance the population of trees across the City of Lemon […]
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En el marco de las acciones del área de Desarrollo Sostenible de la Dirección General de Vinculación de la Universidad de Colima y de acuerdo a las actividades del proyecto denominado “Mieles de Colima, caracterización palinológica y alternativas producción”, la Dirección General de Vinculación y la Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, con el apoyo […]
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The SDSU Sage Project working with the City of Lemon Grove is interested in developing a brand system for the Greening a New Renewable City program for the City of Lemon Grove. This program embodies Lemon Grove’s ideals within its Climate Action Plan, helps establish the sense of community, and promotes civic engagement to prevent […]
This detailed report, created as part of the Sage Project’s partnership with the San Diego Urban Sustainability Coalition, presents numerous policies with an aim towards sustainable and equitable development and life for all communities within San Diego County, with a particular focus on residents of Southeast San Diego, a community that is impacted by numerous […]
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As a dedicated nonprofit striving to give communities of concern in Southeast San Diego a voice, the San Diego Urban Sustainability Coalition (SDUSC) partnered with the Sage Project to investigate historical events that led to the current state of inequalities in Southeast San Diego. SDUSC wanted to know more than where the county is now, […]
The goal of this project was to locate and collect site data for all present and historical dry cleaners in San Diego County. Additional data pertained to dry cleaning sites’ responsible parties and operation status. This report pertains to the first phase of this project, which was conducted by students in Environmental Engineering 558: Solid […]
Hazardous chemicals used in traditional dry-cleaning methods pose a serious threat to population health when spilled or discharged illegally into the environment. Children, the elderly, individuals with certain medical conditions, or those living in disadvantaged communities are at even greater risk. San Diego State University students collaborated with the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control […]
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During the spring of 2022, students from the School of Journalism and Media Studies at San Diego State University embarked in a project to report about homelessness in El Centro, CA, a mostly Latino and Spanish-speaking community. These are the bilingual multimedia stories they produced. […]
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In collaboration with the City of El Centro and the San Diego State University Sage Project, master students in the School of Public Affairs were involved in providing recommendations to the city that are aimed at alleviating the homeless crisis. These recommendations were to be specific to the City of El Centro, with students considering […]